Master of Arts in Communication (MAC)
Faculty
Director: Dr. Erin B. Jensen
Associate Professor: Dr. Erin B. Jensen
Program Mission
The Master of Arts in Communication program embodies the Benedictine Hallmarks by having students actively engage in building through active listening and communication with each other, nurturing learning and actively seeking Truth, and building lasting relationships through open communication practices. Communication is a broadly defined field that focuses on students developing the tools to become better communicators with their peers, clients, and leaders and within their broader communities. Students will learn from the intersections of Catholicism, academic, and public engagement to create successful communication strategies to benefit God, themselves, and the wider communities they will serve. The program emphasizes written, verbal, and visual communication skills. All classes include a focus on both theoretical understanding of communication theories and application of such theories to real-world situations.
Program Goals
- The program is designed to help students develop theoretical, practical, and analytical abilities in the field of communication and utilize these abilities to create well-crafted communication appropriate to the audience, purpose, context, and medium with which they are interacting.
- The program incorporates specialized fields of interest, including Catholic and religious communication, professional communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, social media communication, and digital communication, and facilitates students’ understanding of and proficiency in these fields.
- The program includes a capstone course and project that requires the critical application and integration of the theories, methodologies, and competencies in the field of communication.
Curriculum Requirements
The Master of Arts in Communication (MAC) program consists of 30 credit hours of the following courses:
Program Requirements
| MAC601 | Foundations of Communications | 3 |
| MAL602 | Ethics and Value Based Leadership | 3 |
| MAC602 | Professional and Technical Communication | 3 |
| MAC603 | Social Media Communication | 3 |
| MAC604 | Document Design and Presentations | 3 |
| MAC605 | User/Audience Research | 3 |
| MAC606 | Visual and Digital Communication | 3 |
| MAC607 | Research & Publishing in Communications | 3 |
| MAC650 | Grant & Proposal Writing | 3 |
| MAC699 | Capstone Project | 3 |