The University of Utah: why it’s a great place to get your graduate in communications

   

The University of Utah: why it’s a great place to get your graduate in communications

 By Andy Page

Choosing where to get a graduate degree in communications is never easy for college students especially if it is out of state. Stephanie Bor, a graduate student in the University of Utah communication program shares why the University of Utah is a great place for grad students both native to Utah and from out of state wanting to come study communication.

“I had never been to Utah before I got accepted to the program,” says Bor. “It was really weird coming here the first time and flying into Salt Lake not knowing where anything was or what to expect but knowing that I was going to spend the next four years of my life here.”

Bor, originally from Chico, California, shares how she came to love living in Utah.

“I learned to love the snow,” she says. “ I really like Park City and getting away and going snowboarding for the day to clear my mind from school.”

Explaining that although she has grown to love the snow, Bor says snow is not all that makes studying at the U of U so great. She says that it’s how well the communication department at the U sets itself apart by mixing the disciplines of speech communication and mass communication.

 “In all of our seminars and classes there are people from all different kinds of back grounds and I really have found it extremely useful to hear the perspective of speech comm. and redirections to shine a new light on a subject and expand my knowledge,” says Bor.

According to the U of U communication website, the graduate program is known for its closely connected faculty and students which give students the flexibility to design their individual programs of study.

“It’s very independent," says Bor. “ There are a lot of options and you can take courses outside the department and even have faculty outside of the department on your committees.”

As advice to all incoming communication grad students, Bor suggests that students remember that, “this program is what you make of it.”