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Doctor of Philosophy in Communication

The Ph.D. program in Communication is dedicated to educating the next generation of communication scholars, professors, leaders, and practitioners for the digital age. The proliferation of communication technologies has dramatically altered communications, creating extraordinary challenges and opportunities for communication scholars and professionals locally and globally.

Program Goals

The program aims to accomplish the following goals:

• Build up UAE national capabilities in communication scholarship and practical research.
• Offer current knowledge and applied research in media and public relations.
• Satisfy the need of a significant number of master's holders in the field to pursue a doctorate degree.
• Foster long-term collaborative relations with the UAE community.
• Enhance and empower students to engage in research using advanced theories and methods in communication.
• Contribute to a better understanding of present issues relevant to communication issues and other cultural, social, and ethical media issues in the region and at the international level.
• Transform the College into a center of excellence and expertise in the area of communication.
• Satisfy the need for Ph.D. holders in the UAE universities.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify, explain, and critique the major paradigms and theories that have shaped the field of communication, including their historical development and current trends.
• Articulate the ethical and social responsibilities in communicating with others in different social contexts.
• Analyze and evaluate published research, and design and conduct communication research studies using quantitative social science, interpretive, critical, rhetorical, and/or performative methods.
• Interpret and critique research methods used in published communication research studies.
• Design, facilitate, and evaluate applied communication activities in professional contexts utilizing conceptual foundations and research methods.
• Participate in research teams to develop and implement research projects.
• Produce research that contributes new knowledge to their field of communication.
• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to create, develop, and exchange research knowledge to influence and benefit society and the economy.

Program Structure

Requirement | Credit Hours

• Compulsory courses | 15
• Elective courses | 12
• Dissertation | 18
• Total Credit Hours | 45

Course List

Program Requirements-Compulsory Courses

• Readings in Mass Communication and Public Relations | 3 | --
• Seminar in Contemporary Communication Theory | 3 | --
• Statistics for Communication | 3 | --
• Seminar in Applied Quantitative Methods in Communication | 3 |
• Seminar in Applied Qualitative Methods in Communication | 3 |
• Comprehensive Exam | Pass/Fail | Completion of 15 Cr.Hrs. from compulsory
• Dissertation | 18 |

Program Requirements-Elective Courses

• Integrated Strategic Communication | 3 | --
• Ethical Problems in Communication | 3 | --
• Seminar in Health Communication | 3 | --
• Communication Technologies and Social Media | 3 | --
• Special Topics in Communication | 3 | --
• Rhetorical Communication | 3 | --
• Communication & Political Economy | 3 | --
• Women Studies in Communication | 3 | --
• Seminar in Global Communication | 3 | --
• Seminar in Development Communication | 3 | --

Course Description

Readings in Mass Communication and Public Relations

The course surveys main books and other references both classical and modern in the fields of mass communication and public relations.

Seminar in Contemporary Communication Theories

The course examines the most current theories, scholarship, published research, trends, and issues in the field of communication theory.

Statistics for Communication

This course introduces students to foundational statistical concepts and provides applied experience with conducting, interpreting, and reporting results obtained from the most commonly used tests in the field of communication.

Seminar in Applied Quantitative Methods in Communication

This course is designed to prepare students to undertake their own independent research.

Seminar in Applied Qualitative Methods in Communication

The course examines goals, epistemology, and methods of qualitative inquiry in communication.

Dissertation

Dissertation Seminar is intended to assist doctoral students in the preparation of a dissertation proposal and to facilitate the transition from course work to dissertation.

Integrated Strategic Communication

The course examines all phases of integrated strategic communication and its role in contemporary business and society.

Ethical Problems in Communication

The course is designed to give students an overview of one of our most important ethical issues in modern media practices.

Seminar in Health Communication

This course is designed to advance knowledge of health communication theory, research, and practice.

Communication Technology and Social Media

In this seminar, we will examine the role of communication technologies in society and culture, with a particular emphasis on the technologies of the "social networks society."

Special Topics in Communication

The course investigates topics related to contemporary issues in mass communication and public relations.

Rhetorical Communication

This course is designed to provide a foundation for the humanistic study of communication, starting from the classical notions of rhetoric and civic life in ancient Greece and extending this analysis to our current global community.

Communication and Political Economy

This course explores topics in the political economy of information and communication in contemporary society.

Women Studies in Communication

The course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that explores critical questions about the meaning of gender and images of women in language and media.

Seminar in Global Communication

The course examines globalization theory, the global media landscape, and social media using political, economic, technological, and cultural perspectives.

Seminar in Development Communication

This course traces the theory and the research in the development communication. Throughout the course, students gain theoretical knowledge and practical competencies in the fields of communication, media, culture, development, social change, and globalization.