Student Resources

• Department of Communication Graduate Handbook
• Graduate School Graduate Catalogue
• Recommended Timelines

A number of competitive fellowships are available to graduate students at the College and University levels.

• College of Humanities Graduate Fellowships
• University of Utah Graduate Fellowships
• Tanner Humanities Center Graduate Fellowships

The Graduate School, the Marriott Library, and the Writing Center each offer thesis and dissertation writing support.

• Writing Center Graduate Services
• Three Minute Thesis
• Dissertation Handbook
• Dissertation/Thesis Boot Camp
• Thesis and Dissertation Forms
• Thesis Manuscript Tracking

• Masters Supervisory Committee Form
• Masters Supervisory Committee Change Form
• MA/MA Program of Study Form
• Masters Prospectus Approval Form
• Masters Proficiency Exam Approval Form
• Masters Project Approval Form
• Masters Thesis or Project Defense Form (Departmental)
• Masters Thesis Final Read Through and Committee Sign off
• Independent Study Proposal Form
• Graduate Student Annual Review Form

• Ph.D. Supervisory Committee Form
• Ph.D. Supervisory Committee Change Form
• Ph.D. Program of Study Form
• Ph.D Prospectus Approval Form
• Ph.D. Proficiency Exam Approval Form
• Ph.D. Thesis Defense Form (Departmental)
• Ph.D. Thesis Final Read Through and Committee Sign off
• Independent Study Proposal Form
• Graduate Student Annual Review Form

• Department of Communication Travel/Research Funding Application 
• College of Humanities Travel/Research Funding Application (One-Time Career Funds)
• Graduate School Travel Funding Application (One-Time Career Funds)

• Career and Professional Development Center
• Center for Disability and Access
• Dean of Students
• Graduate School
• Insurance Information
• International Student & Scholar Services
• Leave of Absence
• Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
• Personal Money Management
• Recommendation for Change of Graduate Classification
• Student Counseling Center
• Student Health Center
• Student Success Advocates
• Tuition Benefit Program Guidelines
• University Writing Center

M.A. & M.S. Expected Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate a standard of familiarity with the scholarship in three selected competency areas.
2. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak as a novice scholar in the communication discipline.
3. Demonstrate reading knowledge of an appropriate foreign language.
4. Demonstrate the ability to organize and integrate scholarship to produce a substantial scholarly essay, project, or thesis.

M. Phil. Expected Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate intensive knowledge in communication theory, research methods, and two additional competency areas.
2. Demonstrate the ability to write and speak as a scholar in the communication discipline.
3. Demonstrate the ability to organize and integrate scholarship in doctoral level coursework.

Ph.D. Expected Learning Outcomes: 

1. Demonstrate intensive knowledge in communication theory, research methods, and two additional competency areas.
2. Demonstrate the ability to integrate the knowledge and research skills assessed through competency examinations to produce an original piece of scholarship in the form of a doctoral dissertation.
3. Demonstrate competence as a communication educator with a broad-based knowledge of the academic field of communication.