University of Kentucky College of Communications & Information Studies
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The College of Communications & Information Studies is the communications school at the University of Kentucky
. The College offers the following undergraduate majors: Communication
, Integrated Strategic Communication, Journalism
, and Telecommunications. Graduate programs are offered in Communication and Library Science
. The College has over 1,200 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students pursuing Master's
and Ph.D.
degrees. The College is one of the fastest growing at UK and has one of the highest levels of extramural research funding at the university.
The Grehan Journalism Building is home to the College's undergraduate departments, the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and the Department of Communication. The University of Kentucky's independent daily student newspaper
The Kentucky Kernel
also operates out of the building. Grehan also is home to the broadcast student newsroom where students produce a live newscast four days a week every week.
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
. The College offers the following undergraduate majors: Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
, Integrated Strategic Communication, Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, and Telecommunications. Graduate programs are offered in Communication and Library Science
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
. The College has over 1,200 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students pursuing Master's
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
and Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
degrees. The College is one of the fastest growing at UK and has one of the highest levels of extramural research funding at the university.
The Grehan Journalism Building is home to the College's undergraduate departments, the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and the Department of Communication. The University of Kentucky's independent daily student newspaper
Student newspaper
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
The Kentucky Kernel
The Kentucky Kernel
The Kentucky Kernel is the daily student newspaper of the University of Kentucky.The Kernel is distributed free on and around the University of Kentucky campus. It claims a circulation of 17,000 and readership of more than 30,000. Its sole source of revenue is advertising...
also operates out of the building. Grehan also is home to the broadcast student newsroom where students produce a live newscast four days a week every week.
Departments
The College of Communications & Information Studies features 5 departments, created by the merger of the College of Communications with the College of Library and Information Science.- Department of Communication
- School of Journalism and Telecommunications
- School of Library and Information Science
- Graduate Program in Communication
- Division of Instructional Communication