Communication: associate degree records.

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Official classification: Speech Communication and Rhetoric.

A program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of interpersonal, group, organizational, professional, and intercultural communication; speaking and listening; verbal and nonverbal interaction; rhetorical theory and criticism; performance studies; argumentation and persuasion; technologically mediated communication; popular culture; and various contextual applications.

Inspect the actual speech communication and rhetoric curriculum. This exact code does not cover every communication, journalism or media qualification.

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Source: connected NCES IPEDS first-major completion records, exact CIP 09.0101, award level 3. This list does not rank institutions or measure admissions capacity.

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