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 in two concentrations, online options for all course requirements, a Master of Arts, and a dual degree M.B.A./M.A.

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  • Communication Studies Undergraduate Program

    Communication Studies Undergraduate Program

    The Bachelor of Arts program in Communication Studies provides a flexible program that permits you to choose a curriculum that is right for you and serves your goals.

  • Graduate Degrees and Certificates

    Graduate Degrees and Certificates

    We offer several options for students who want to pursue the study of communication after they have completed their undergraduate degree. 

  • Online Bachelor's Degree

    Online Bachelor's Degree

    The online Communication Studies program is perfect for working professionals, transfer students or others who wish to earn their college degree, but whose schedules or location make travel to and from campus for in-person classes problematic.

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  • Kent State student Katie Criswell, ’24, is actively engaged in telling the daily stories from Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools classrooms through her communication-focused internship. During the Fall 2023 semester, the Communication Studies major and Honors College student has been to each of the district’s 10 schools, capturing what’s going on and what’s exciting in classrooms. Putting skills she’s learned in her own classes to work, Criswell then takes the content she’s captured and transforms it into social media posts and stories for the district’s Community Connection magazine.

  • As a Kent State student, Michael J. Houser, ’11, learned the value of good communication, and those lessons have propelled him throughout his career.

    "From the first class to the last," he says, "you are assisted in learning the necessary skills to advocate and organize."

  • Through actively pursuing opportunities to make connections and market herself, Kent State alumna Grace Petitijean, ’21, has found a fulfilling communication-based career she is passionate about. As a Copywriter for FCB Health New York, part of the IPG Health Network, Grace takes high-science medical content and crafts messages that tailor the information to be understood by the general public, ensuring everyone has equal access to health information.

  • The class, Global Perspectives Book Club, has become a refreshing classroom experience for students; it’s structured as a student-led, seminar-style class, so the students have an important role in deciding the course content and discussions. In addition to expanding their reading library, they’re gaining exposure to new cultures and learning how to empathize with those they are reading about through a storytelling and communication lens.  

  • Strong written and oral communication skills are essential to the practice of law. Communication Studies is one of several majors that students at Kent State can choose for the university’s 3+3 partnership with area law schools. We caught up with three alumni from the School of Communication Studies to explore how an undergraduate communication studies major prepared them for the study and practice of law.