Ave Maria University’s Master of Arts degree in Communication, Rhetoric, and Writing (CRW) educates leaders in the arts of creative and critical thinking, speaking, and writing. Whether in direct service to the Church, as faithful leaders in popular culture and the public sphere, or as emerging scholars of communication and rhetoric, graduates of the program gain a grounding in the communicative traditions of the Church, become familiar with contemporary communication theory, and learn the importance of integrating both to meaningfully impact the culture around them.
The majority of program classes, and all required courses, will be taught by AMU faculty onsite in a synchronous hybrid format that allows remote students to interact with professors and those attending on-site in real-time. Such classes will be recorded but not published so that students may review seminar discussions in the case of emergencies and occasional conflicts. Access to recordings will be granted at the discretion of the instructor.
Occasional electives may be offered by prominent professionals and scholars in an entirely remote format with scheduling up to the discretion of the instructor.
Graduate students may also have the opportunity to enroll in graduate sections of electives that run concurrently with upper-level undergraduate electives
Graduates of the M.A. CRW Program will be prepared to assume professional communication roles and attend doctoral programs in communication studies, rhetoric studies, or writing studies, engage with communicative practices and artifacts in ways that are informed by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and classical liberal arts tradition, and strive for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in their communication practices. Upon completion of the program, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
To successfully graduate, a student must meet the following requirements:
The required courses for the program are:
* For students interested in pursing composition instruction and writing program administration, COMM 540: Writing Pedagogy may substitute for the COMM 550: Communication Theory and Research, with approval of the department chair, the graduate program director, and the student's thesis advisor.
Students who have the requisite academic background in a required course may petition the department chair, program director, and their thesis advisor for a review of transcripts and previous coursework to obtain permission to take an appropriate elective in its place.
Applicants to the M.A. CRW program must meet the following admissions requirements:
Complete AMU’s free and easy online application here
Submit official copies of all transcripts, showing degree conferral when appropriate
Submit an essay or video in which you communicate your motivation for pursuing an MBA :( through AMU.
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