School of Communication Studies

Teamwork and Innovation Drive CCI Team to Second Place in National Advertising Competition

Kent State students Noah Lewchenko and Ashley Heilman presented an integrated marketing campaign at Subaru's headquarters and took second place in the national Effie Collegiate competition.

Counterterrorism Class Collaborates With Local Law Enforcement Organizations

Students in the Communication and Terrorism class listening to the client brief

CCI Students Earn Commendation in International Advertising Competition

Julie Jones (left) and Jerrica Damask (right) attended an awards celebration in London in recognition of their commendation in the YCN Student Awards, an international competition.

School of Communication Studies Welcomes 135 New Alumni to its Family

School of Communication Studies alumnus Nicholas Peters waves to his parents as he walks across the stage at graduation. (photo by University Communications and Marketing)

The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University provides students with valuable skills needed to pursue a variety of careers. The school offers a Bachelor of Arts with five concentrations, a Master of Arts, a dual degree M.B.A./M.A. and a Ph.D.

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Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Communication Studies degrees examine the role of communication in a wide range of settings, focusing on how to adapt messages to diverse situations and circumstances.

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Graduate Program

Graduate Program

The M.A. in Communication Studies program strives to provide a broad spectrum of knowledge about human communication.

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Spotlights

Kent State Students Create Campaign Tying 'Stay-at-Home' Order to Climate Justice

Jul 20, 2020

When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a statewide “stay-at-home” order at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Kent State University students immediately recognized an issue that almost nobody else was talking about: Not all homes are healthy homes.

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Nothing More Important Than Action

Jun 15, 2020

Great strife inspires great change. My hope is that you will persist and meet these challenges. The country needs communication specialists like you with an ability to talk about difficult subjects; and nothing is harder than conversations about racism.

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Graduate Students Explore Remote Learning During COVID-19

May 21, 2020

Graduate students in CCI spent the second half of the Spring 2020 semester applying course material in real time as they examined how classrooms were adapting to new ways of learning during COVID-19.

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Kent State Course to Focus on Communication Related to Pandemics and Global Crises

Apr 3, 2020

Communication has shaped the way the world has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall 2020, Kent State is offering a new course that will examine risk communication through the lens of pandemics and other global crises. “Communicating Risk: Global Pandemics and Crises.”

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Global Communication and Fast Fashion in the Classroom

May 21, 2020

Students in the class Communication in a Global Society worked in teams throughout the Spring 2020 semester to educate audiences about one specific aspect of globalization and ecology: fast fashion.

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