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Phone: (323) 343-4200
FAX: (323) 343-6467
Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/comstud/

Chair

David Olsen
dolsen@calstatela.edu
323-343-5809

Overview

The Department of Communication Studies offers undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and minors in Communication and Health Communication. It also offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies. The graduate program is described following the undergraduate programs. For more information, please refer to University Programs.

The Faculty

Professors: Mohammad Auwal, Kevin Baaske, Chunsheng Bai, Beryl L. Bellman, Lena Chao, and David Olsen (Chair).

Associate Professors: Angela Cooke-Jackson, Kate Kurtin, Nina O’Brien, Kristina Ruiz-Mesa, Elaine Wittenberg.

Assistant Professors: Kamran Afary, Cynthia Wang, and Mu Wu.

Emeriti: D. Rob DeChaine (Posthumous), Michael P. Kelley.

Programs

• Communication, B.A.

• Minor in Communication
• Minor in Health Communication

• Communication Studies, M.A.

Courses

• COMS 5990 - Thesis