Welcome to Comm Arts

Communication is vital to every aspect of daily life. Communication plays an important role in personal relationships, social activities, politics, medicine, business, education, the law, entertainment, and creative expression, and new communication technologies have given rise to a host of communication-based industries.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison was one of the first universities to establish a program in communication, and its Communication Arts Department has taken a leading role in the development of the discipline throughout its history. The department offers a variety of courses focusing on the principal modes and media of human communication, from the spoken to the digital.

Whether a course deals with film, radio, television, digital media, public address, political discourse, or interpersonal communication, it is designed to encourage students to enhance and develop their own capacities for critical appraisal, reflection, and expression, and to expand their capacities for participation in the communication-driven social and civic life of the twenty-first century.

Graduates of communication departments work in a variety of professions, including the media, law, marketing, sales, corporate communications, counseling, public relations, advertising, and education. Knowledge of communication and skill in communicating are crucial tools for success in our rapidly changing era. Our graduate program produces scholars who teach and produce the research that others read in colleges and universities around the world.

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