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MA in Lifespan and Digital Communication
Communication Research and Education for Positive Living
(Created by Fall 2011, COMM 601 students)
Program Highlights
- First MA program in US. to integrate study of human communication and digital media within a lifespan framework
- One of four universities in the U.S. to offer graduate specialization in Lifespan Communication
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Active and Award-Winning Graduate Communication Faculty
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Study Full-Time or Part-Time
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Thesis or Non-Thesis options
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Classes held evening and nights at ODU's Norfolk Campus
Want to Apply for Fall 2012?
For priority consideration applications Fall 2012, applications should be submitted by June 15th. Applications will be considered until August 1, 2012. Click on the Admissions link (in the right-hand navigation column) to begin your application. We prefer to receive applications in March/April, but for students seeking admission who are graduating in the summer, we have one final reiew in August before the start of Fall classes.
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Already have your undergraduate degree but cannot begin until the Spring 2012? Get in touch with Dr. Socha about taking classes as a non-degree seeking student as you ready your application for the following Fall.
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Want to begin the accelerated BS-BA/MA program? If you are a junior, have a 3.00 cumultive GP and a 3.25 GPA in COMM, download and review the informational handout (see the link above) and meet with Dr. Socha before completing the application (link also above). If you are a Lambda Pt Eta member, or will qualify for Lambda Pi Eta this year, you should consider the BA-BA/MA program and leave ODU with an MA in LIfespan and Digital Communication.
Need to take the GRE?
There is a new GRE Exam as of August 1, 2011. ODU students can make an appointment to take the computer-based GRE General Test at a local ETS/GRE center:
Prometric Testing Center
894 J. Clyde Morris Blvd
Newport Square Shopping Center
United States Of America
23601
757-873-0208
Courses
Comin up-- Fall 2012
- COMM 601 Dr. Socha
- COMM 602 Dr. Santo
- COMM 603 Dr. St. John
- COMM 623 Dr. Beck
- COMM 695 "Critical Issues in Social/Digital Communication" Dr. Anderson
- COMM 689 Dr. Socha
- COMM 698 Thesis Research (Various advisors)
Coming up--Summer 2012
- COMM 695 "Lifespan Communication and Love" Dr. Baesler
- COMM 695 "Media, Migration, Mobility" Dr. Santo
Current--Spring 2012
Previous--Fall 2011
Inaurgural ODU Presents Lecture (Fall 2011)
Professor Jon Nussbaum, Penn State University, the Father of Lifepsan Communication, visited ODU this fall and delivered an ODU Presents President's Series Lecture at Ted Constant Convocation Center. He was awarded the:
2011 ODU Lifespan and Digital Communication Achievement Award
  
Professor Nussbaum is pictured with ODU Provost Carol Simpson; Dr. Tom Socha, MA in Lifespan & Digital Communication GPD; and Dr. Gary Edgerton, Chair, Department of Communication & Theatre Arts
  
ODU's 2011 Inaugural Class of MA in Lifespan and Digital Communication students with Dr. Charles Wilson, Interim Dean, College of Arts & Letters, and Professor Nussbaum
MA in Lifespan and Digital Communication*
Communication Research and Education for Positive Living
*ODU's MA in Lifespan and Digital Communicaton degree was approved by the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV) and the Southern Assocation of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
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