Communication and Information Studies - Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Communication and Information Studies from Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a Campus Master Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. ABOUT OUR PROGRAM Adapting to audiences, designing effective communication strategies, collaborating and resolving conflict effectively, and leveraging social media are a few of the complexities of communication that MCIS students learn to understand. The MCIS program is designed to provide its students with opportunities to execute a course of study that enables them to leverage theoretical understanding of critical communication and information processes into practice or advanced doctoral studies . Our three specialized tracks in Strategic Organizational Communication, Digital Media, and Health Communication enable students to either focus study in one area or combine areas of study to tailor a program for students' career goals. Our students join us from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Approximately two thirds of our students come to us with significant working experience --please see the link to "stories about our students" --and the other third come straight from undergraduate programs. Some of our students come with strong communication backgrounds in study as well as experience, although many come from a variety of other related backgrounds such as business, sociology, public health, social work, English, IT, and the humanities Our faculty are cutting-edge researchers who understand the importance of leveraging general knowledge and theory into practice. Students in the program will learn how understanding underlying dynamics and essential processes of communication , interaction, and knowledge creation can enable high-level skill execution in practice. The program draws diverse groups of students with a variety of employment, educational, cultural, and national backgrounds with a wide variety of goals: Recent graduates of bachelor programs seeking advanced knowledge; experienced professionals seeking career advancement or career change; students bound for Ph.D. programs in Communication or Media Studies. View more details on Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.