# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gcmn
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/communication/communication-phd/

# Communication

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://communication.ucdavis.edu/graduate)

[Email the Program](mailto:sfallas@ucdavis.edu)

Students gain advanced knowledge of how people create, transmit, interpret, evaluate and respond to messages to inform, relate to, and influence one another interpersonally, in small groups, in organizations, in public settings and across cultures. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in the strategic aspects of social interaction, mediated communication, and the development of communication theories.

Degree Type

Departmentally-Based Graduate Program

Degrees Offered

M.A. Plan I \
M.A. Plan II \
Ph.D. Plan C

Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Degree Requirements

[2025](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4509)

[2022](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4133)

[2020](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3767)

[2018](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3569)

[2016](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2879)

[2009](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2880)

[2005](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2881)

Administrative ByLaws

[2018](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3570)

Major Code

GCMN

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://communication.ucdavis.edu/graduate-program-frequently-asked-questions)

Admission Deadlines

Priority: Dec 1, 2025\
General: Feb 1, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Stephanie Fallas
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(530) 752-3464 | [sfallas@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sfallas@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Program Chair**\
 Drew Cingel
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[dcingel@ucdavis.edu](mailto:dcingel@ucdavis.edu)

**Department Chair**\
 Bo Feng
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(530) 754-0978 | [bfeng@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bfeng@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact**\
 Drew Cingel
\
Communication \
[dcingel@ucdavis.edu](mailto:dcingel@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Sarah Hamid
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(530) 754-2355 | [shamid@ucdavis.edu](mailto:shamid@ucdavis.edu)