Overview

Students go further in depth through a wide range of elective courses in categories that include communication for social change, global and intercultural contexts, contemporary social issues, and research skills. Students complete a thesis which enables them to apply their knowledge, understanding, critical analysis and research skills to a specific research project.

This Communication for Global Social Change program from University of Miami prepares students for leadership positions in agencies and organizations working in social change, globally and in the United States and for graduate education toward a Ph.D. to lead advanced in global social change.

Program Goals

Graduates will be prepared for professional work as well as for doctoral studies. Specifically, graduates will be able to contribute to:

Agencies and organizations working in social change, globally and in the United States
Positions relevant to the design and assessment of communication interventions

Graduate education toward a PhD, to lead advances in global social change

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate foundational expertise in critical communication theory and research, particularly as it relates to global communication and social change.
Students will signal understanding of communication and social change within a global communication context, recognizing social, cultural, political, economic, and technological domains.
Students will demonstrate research skills including the ability to diagnose social problems across multiple levels (systemic, community, etc.), in order to critique and to assess communication interventions as well as to design and to implement them based on these diagnoses.
Students will display an understanding of a designated contemporary social issue, such as health, climate change, migration, or social justice.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge, understanding, critical analysis and research skills to specific research through completion of a written master's thesis.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Research Design and Proposal Writing

Communication and Social Change

Global Communication

Intercultural Communication: International Perspectives

Medical Anthropology

People, Plagues, and Pandemics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Miami, United States

Disciplines

Communication Studies International Relations View 235 other Masters in International Relations in United States

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
The School's official application
An $85.00 non-refundable application fee
Three letters of recommendation
500-work typed statement of academic and professional goals
Official transcripts of all college work, both undergraduate and graduate.
Copy of current passport (Only for international applicants. The name entered on the graduate application must exactly match your name as it appears on your passport. )
CV / resume

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

63456 USD / year

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Out-of-State

63456 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

63456 USD / year

≈ 63456 USD / year

Living costs

Miami

United States

1508 - 2603 USD / month

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Duration

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Academic requirements

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