Master's programs
The Department of Communication offers two types of masters:
- Master of Arts in Communication (MA)
- Master's with thesis - (4 courses + proposal + thesis research and defence)
- Master's with research paper - (6 courses + proposal + research paper)
- Master in Communication (MC) (10 courses)
Our graduate programs in communication offer two fields of specialization—media studies and organizational communication. Media studies allows students to examine the content and modes of operation of traditional and emerging media in their social, cultural, economical, political and regulatory contexts. This specialization focuses on the complex dynamic that transforms facts and imagination into a vast, evolving media universe and places a particular emphasis on analyzing media content within an increasingly diverse mediated landscape. Representations of the world are produced and reproduced via film, TV, radio, newspapers, musical recordings, the Internet and social networks, delivering reality to society as a multitudinous audience. In other words, research in media studies involves examining the ways this array of content designed to inform or entertain (and often both) can affect human identity.
The field of organizational communication explores the processes underlying human communication in different contexts—from labour to leisure. This specialization involves analyzing the realm of human interactions, how human beings engage all modes of communication and the processes shaping these modes. Students can conduct research on internal and external communication as well as on the dynamic of interpersonal and group relations within private and public organizations. These fascinating topics raise questions such as, What happens with the management of risks in an age where information circulates at very high speeds? How does the virtual revolution affect the workforce? How do interpersonal and group communication shape personal and social identity?
Graduate research in either media studies or organizational communication allows students to develop a critical understanding of problems related to communication studies and assess to what extent individuals and organizations or media representations shape each other.
The master’s programs are offered in the two official languages of Canada, French and English. For more information, consult the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Research and publications :
MA theses completed (PDF)
