Overview

With an emphasis on civic engagement, your learning experiences will extend beyond our classrooms and labs. Our location across the street from the Oregon State Capitol and our proximity to downtown will give you opportunities to participate in state government, intern at communication and technology firms, and design media for local organizations.

Civic Communication and Media alumni at Willamette University go on to graduate programs and careers in public policy, law, education, nonprofit leadership, marketing, technology research and design, and business management.

Learning outcomes

Those who pursue the major or minor in Civic Communication and Media have the opportunity to explore how people devise and use media—whether speeches or tweets—to engage the world, to define and negotiate controversies, to construct identity and community, to develop and circulate arguments, and to effect change. In addition students who select this major will examine rhetorical practices through which individuals and groups establish, maintain and challenge structures of power in civic life.

Civic Communication and Media courses cultivate engaged practitioners who can analyze and work in multiple forms of communication, who are engaged in public life, and who contribute through research to public conversations about communication and media.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public Speaking

Designing Persuasive Campaigns

Analysis of Public Discourse

Rhetorical Theory

US Public Discourse in the Print Age: Visual Rhetoric in the Print Age

Media and the Environment

Persuasion and the Mass Media

US Women's Rights Since 1920

Topics in Public Discourse

Rhetoric and Race in the Post-Obama Age

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oregon, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Common application

Records of Secondary and Post-Secondary Academic Work

School Report Form and Counselor Recommendation

SAT or ACT scores - optional

Teacher Evaluation - optional

Official Language Test Score

Passport Photo Identification Page

Financial Guarantee Statement

Mailing Your Documents

Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

53940 USD / year

≈ 53940 USD / year
Out-of-State

53940 USD / year

≈ 53940 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

53940 USD / year

≈ 53940 USD / year

Living costs

Oregon

United States

1031 - 1701 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

Learning outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Oregon

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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