SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION

Address : PO Box 21880, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-1880

Telephone : (787) 763-6775, (787) 764-0000, exts. 5042, 3387, 2397

Fax : (787) 763-5390

E-mail : copugrad@uprrp.edu

DEGREE OFFERED

MA in Communication with specializations in Theory and Research, and Journalism

FACULTY

Silvia Álvarez-Curbelo , Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, 1998, Professor.
Research and Methods; political communication; cultural studies; popular culture; history of journalism .

Eliseo R. Colón-Zayas , Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh,1982, Professor.
Semiotics; cultural studies; popular culture; discourse analysis .

Magali García-Ramis , MS, Columbia University, 1969, Professor.
Journalism; journalism and literature .

María de Lourdes Lugo-Ortiz , Ph.D., Wisconsin University, 1994, Associate Professor.
Journalism; feminism .

Beatriz Morales-Alequín , Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1982, Professor.
Feminism; cultural studies; aesthetics and communication; political economy .

José Rivera González , Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, 2003, Associate Professor.
Gender; History of media; Cultural Studies.

Mario E. Roche Morales, Doctorate,Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2003, Assistant Professor.
Theory of Communication; Information Theory, Cultural Journalism; Journalism Theory

Jorge Santiago-Pintor , Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, 2005, Assistant Professor.
Emergent Information Technologies; Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods.

Haydeé Seijo-Maldonado , Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998, Associate Professor.
Research methods, political communication, cultural studies, and audience studies .

Héctor Sepúlveda-Rodríguez , Ed.D., University of Puerto Rico, 1996, Professor.
Sociology; communication and education; popular culture; political communication and communication theory.

Jimmy Torres Rodríguez, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1990, Professor.
Television and educational radio; distance education; mediated communication.

MASTERS PROGRAM

Requirements for Admission

Applicants must meet the general requirements for admission to graduate studies at the Río Piedras Campus. In addition, the following requirements must be satisfied:

  1. A bachelors degree from an accredited university.
  2. A grade point average of 3.00.
  3. Full knowledge of Spanish and reading ability in English.
  4. Satisfactory EXADEP or GRE scores.
  5. Application for admission from the School of Communication.
  6. Two official copies of academic transcript.
  7. Statement of purpose (three-page maximum) for pursuing graduate studies in Communication.
  8. Two letters of recommendation.
  9. Interview with the Graduate Admissions Committee.

Requirements for Graduation

  1. Complete the 36 required credits in courses and seminars
  2. Maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0
  3. Pass a written comprehensive examination
  4. Approval of thesis or project proposal
  5. Successfully complete a thesis
  6. Complete all requirements for graduation within 6 years or less

Program of Study

Program Requirements

Credits

Required Courses

12

COPU 6500 Communication Theories

3

COPU 6510 Communication and Popular Culture

3

COPU 6515 Property and Power Structures

3

COPU 6667 Perspectives and Methodologies of Communication Research

3

Courses in Area of Study

12

Electives

6

COPU 6900 Comprehensive Examination

0

Thesis

6

COPU 6695 Seminar: Thesis Proposal

3

COPU 6800 or COPU 6696 Thesis /Project or

6 or 3

COPU 6895 Thesis Continued

0

Total Credits

39-36

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