Department of Communication Arts

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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

  • Professor Catalina Toma

    Catalina Toma appointed Associate Editor at Human Communication Research

    Congratulations to Catalina Toma on her appointment as Associate Editor of Human Communication Research. The flagship journal of the International Communication Association concentrates on presenting the best empirical work in the area of human communication. The journal has …

    October 5, 2020
  • At the Heart of Gold

    Erin Lee Carr wins TV Academy Award

    Congratulations to Erin Lee Carr (BA’10) for winning a 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 …

    September 16, 2020
  • Olivia Babler reviewing film

    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
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