UCSD Communication

The Communication Department at UCSD is a unique academic community bringing together scholars and media artists from many disciplines across the Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts to do cutting edge work in communication scholarship and practice.

The department is known worldwide for its innovative research, and its graduate program has been ranked #2 in the country by the National Communication Association in the area of Critical Cultural/Media Studies.

Among the distinctive features of the department are its synthesis of perspectives drawn from diverse disciplines, an emphasis on integrating communication theory with practice, a global focus and historical perspective, and a concern with issues of democracy, social change, power and inequality, and the role of media and communication processes in shaping these social realities.