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.
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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.
Latest News
Erin Lee Carr wins TV Academy Award
Congratulations to Erin Lee Carr (BA’10) for winning an TV Academy Award for her documentary At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal. While at UW-Madison, Carr majored in Communication Arts and studied screenwriting and independent cinema …
September 16, 2020
Olivia Babler part of team which discovers lost silent film
Communication Arts alum Olivia Babler (BA‘13) was recently part of a team that uncovered a silent film from 1923 that was presumed to be ‘lost’, The First Degree (dir. Edward Sedgwick, Universal Pictures). The discovery …
September 15, 2020
New faculty member Aaron Greer has podcast selected for Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) Forum
Aaron Greer, new Associate Professor in Communication Arts, met author Marsha Walker at Temple University while earning his MFA. Greer was drawn to Walker’s semi-autobiographical short stories about a girl growing up in Appalachia, Eastern …
August 10, 2020- More News
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