Department of Communication Arts

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students working with a camera in CA355.
Students interacting with a discussion session of CA250.
Students listening to each other's podcasts in CA330.

Communication Arts at UW–Madison

Welcome to the home of communication studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. We teach the production and consumption of communication in its diverse forms.

Join Communication Arts

Undergraduate Program

Be a part of one of the most popular majors in the College of Letters and Science at one of the top public universities in the country. Focus your studies on either Communication Science and Rhetoric, or Radio, Television, and Film.

Graduate Program

Join our renowned graduate program to do groundbreaking research in Communication Science, Film, Media and Cultural Studies, or Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture.

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  • Bringing Communication Arts Expertise to Campus-Wide Programs

    In an era where disagreements often lead to division, Communication Arts is building space to practice having difficult conversations and deepen our understanding of others’ ideas as well as our own. This has made Communication …

    April 14, 2026

  • Lifting Up Storytellers with the Wisconsin Screenwriters’ Symposium

    If great stories can come from anywhere, why not Wisconsin? For the last three years, the Wisconsin Screenwriters’ Symposium has aimed to support writers and the great stories they create. Between panels with professional screenwriters …

    April 13, 2026

  • Telluride Takeaways

    “The Telluride Film Festival is a magical event, taking over the small town almost completely, so the person at the table next to you at breakfast is pitching someone a script, you’re chatting for an …

    April 10, 2026
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