Graduate Program | Degrees | Sample Program
PhD in Mass Communications
Subject of Study: Media Psychology
PhD students work closely with faculty mentors to conduct advanced research on such topics as Media Processes and Effects, Media Psychology, Media and Sexuality, Communications and Politics, Telecommunications Policy and Law, Children and Media, and other academic research topics involving communications, the individual, and society. The best guide to the PhD work available in the department is to browse recent academic publications by the faculty. The following sample program illustrates the courses one would take to get a PhD with a specialization in Media Psychology. This program is just an example; all PhD students are able to design their own Program of Study, with different courses and different areas of emphasis, under the guidance of the student's faculty advisors.
| PhD in Media Psychology | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL TEL HPER TEL |
T501 Philosophy of Inquiry in Telecommunications T512 Communication and Politics C589 Models and Theories of Health Behavior T600 Proseminar in Telecommunications Research |
3 3 3 1 |
| Semester 2 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL TEL COGS |
T502 Intro to Research Methods in Telecommunications T503 Telecommunications Theory Q540 Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science |
3 3 3 |
| Semester 3 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL PSY |
T602 Topical Seminar: Psychophysiology: Theory & Practice P553 Advanced Statistics in Psychology I |
3 3 |
| Semester 4 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL PSY COGS TEL |
T552 Cognitive Approaches to Media P554 Advanced Statistics in Psychology II Q733 Cognitive Science Colloquium Series T600 Proseminar in Telecommunications Research |
3 3 0 1 |
| Summer | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| GRAD GRAD |
G675 Structural Equation Models/LISREL G741 PhD Research in Mass Communications |
3 3 |
| Semester 5 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL GNDR COGS COGS TEL GRAD |
T510 Research Methods in Message Analysis G701 Bill, Hill & Others Bodies Politic Q530 Programming Methods in Cognitive Science Q733 Cognitive Science Colloquium Series T600 Proseminar in Telecommunications Research G741 PhD Research in Mass Communications |
3 3 3 0 1 2 |
| Semester 6 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL TEL GNDR GNDR TEL |
T642 Communication Campaigns T602 Topical Seminar in Telecom Processes & Effects G601 Research in Gender Studies: Social & Behavioral Sciences G701 Disability Between Law and Culture T600 Proseminar in Telecommunications Research |
3 3 3 3 1 |
| Summer | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| GRAD |
G741 PhD Research in Mass Communications | 6 |
| Semester 7 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| TEL TEL GNDR GRAD |
T504 Telecommunications Institutions & Industry T511 Research Methods in Audience Analysis G702 Researching Gender Issues G741 PhD Research in Mass Communications |
3 3 3 3 |
| Semester 8 | ||
| Dept. | Course | Credits |
| GNDR TEL SLIS GRAD |
G701 Privacy, Sexuality and Law T540 Special Projects in Telecommunications L567 Gender and Computerization G741 PhD Research in Mass Communications |
3 3 3 1 |
Total Graduate Credits (minimum 90 to graduate): 91
Total Transfer Credits (no more than 30): 0
Total Telecom Courses (at least 10): 12
