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cas.umkc.edu/communication_studies

Admission requirements

• Freshmen and transfer students may apply to UMKC as pre-communication studies students and are admitted based on general university requirements.
• At least 33 credit hours of coursework in communication studies must be taken; six of these hours are required for all majors.

Why UMKC?

• Students can take advantage of the university’s strong internship program with a variety of organizations in the city’s thriving media industry, working in a state-of-the-art television or radio studio, at a public relations or advertising firm, in a corporate communications office or with a professional sports team.  

  

Fast facts

• The department has approximately 400 undergraduate students; the average junior- or senior-level class size is 20-25 students.
• Students can take advantage of fully equipped film, video and radio production facilities and editing suites.
• The nationally syndicated literary radio program New Letters on the Air is produced in association with the communications department, and broadcast on KCUR, a service of UMKC.
• Communications majors are eligible for a number of field-specific scholarships and grants, and can participate in an annual public speaking competition.  

Faculty

• The professionally oriented faculty includes a variety of communication theorists, media historians, journalists, film critics and specialists in radio and television production
• Some of the faculty members’ special interests and research areas are journalism, film propaganda and censorship, animation, radio and video production, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, and film theory and history. 
• Because the faculty is well-connected and professionally active in the field, new concepts and technologies are constantly being integrated into the program.

Student organizations

• Mercury Association: UMKC Student Communicators provides information about educational and career opportunities within the communications industry.
• Student Film League offers screenings and discussion for those interested in film.
• UMKC founded and maintains strong partnerships with DEBATE-Kansas City (Developing Empowerment By Argument, Thought and Engagement), a national award-winning debate program. 

Careers

Explore career options for Communication Studies majors at careeronestop.org.

Contact us

Office of Admissions

120 Administrative Center
5115 Oak St.
Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 816-235-1111
Toll-free: 1-800-775-8652
Relay Missouri: 1-800-735-2966 (TTY)
E-mail: admit@umkc.edu
umkc.edu/admissions

Visit us

Students are encouraged to schedule a campus visit by visiting umkc.edu/welcome or calling 816-235-8652.