University of New Mexico
Department of Communication & Journalism
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Department


C&J Mission Statement
The Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico creates excellence in learning through academic scholarship, teaching, and service to the community and the field.  We offer undergraduate majors and minors in communication and in journalism and mass communication for liberal arts and career preparation.  We also offer electives and courses that serve the general education programs of the entire university.

Communication is the focus of our scholarship and curricula with emphasis on the understanding and appreciation of diverse messages and meanings.  Our scholarship and teaching explore the social skills, societal dynamics, and professional environments of communication from a variety of standpoints: intercultural, interpersonal, rhetorical, health, organizational, environmental, strategic, broadcasting, print journalism, and mass communication.

At the graduate level, the department offers the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in communication.  The complex relationship between communication and culture as interaction, artifact, and text is the distinctive focus of these programs. We offer an emphasis on three core areas of communication: intercultural communication, health communication, and mass communication.

COMMITMENTS:

  • To promote and support the mission of the University of
    New Mexico.
  • To offer academic programs leading to bachelors, masters
    and doctoral degrees
  • To demonstrate excellence in all endeavors
  • To provide students with the tools needed to succeed in
    a challenging global work environment
  • To value, embrace, and support diversity as an integral
    component of communication
  • To understand, evaluate, and produce scholarship
    concerning the structure, function, dynamics and impact
    of human communication in a variety of contexts
  • To use the Southwest and international borderland
    environment to focus the study of intercultural
    communication.


C&J Program Review: Self-Study Report 2011-2012
The linked documents below present the 2011-12 self-study for the Communication & Journalism Department. The self-study was prepared as part of the Department's Academic Program Review. It reviews and analyzes the history and status of undergraduate, graduate, and service programs in the C&J Dept. and discusses current issues and future directions. The Department views this report as an honest assessment of C&J's strengths, weaknesses, potential for growth, and needed resources.


C&J Vision: Communicating for a Better World
The Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico is a center that fosters discovery, creativity, dialogue, teamwork, and growth among a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students—a community recognized as a unique and excellent example of communication research, education, and outreach for a better world.

FAIRNESS POLICIES:

    EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY
    The University of New Mexico is committed to providing equal educational opportunity and forbids unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disabilities, age, sex, sexual preference, ancestry, or medical condition. Equal education opportunity includes: admission, recruitment, extracurricular programs and activities, housing, health and insurance services and athletics. In keeping with this policy of equal educational opportunity, the University is committed to creating and maintaining an atmosphere free from all forms of harassment.

    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY
    The University of New Mexico commits itself to a program of affirmative action to increase access by, and participation of, traditionally under represented groups in the University's education programs and work force. It is the policy of the University in the case where a vacant position falls within a job group which is determined to have underutilization that the hiring official give preference for selection to a finalist who is member of the underutilized group, provided his/her qualifications and past performance are subtantially equal to other finalists.

    ADA COMPLIANCE
    To comply with ADA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, UNM can provide information in alternative formats. If you have a special need and require an auxiliary aide and/or service, please contact Student Support Services - Upward Bound, Mesa Vista Hall, 505/277-3506.


C&J Department Spring Convocation:

    May 10, 2013, in Woodward Hall
    For more information go to the C&J Dept. Graduation Page.


Department Hours & Holidays:

    OFFICE HOURS
    We are open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p m. We are also open every day through lunchtime. So do drop by just to chat or  resolve an issue. Either way we are here to help you as necessary. And of course do not hesitate to call us at our main number: (505) 277-5305.

    BUILDING HOURS
    The building is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. Camera-monitored access also can be obtained at other times with a Lobo card at the main entrance.

    COMPUTER POD HOURS
    During the semesters, the Windows and Mac computer pods are open and manned by a technician from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. Both pods usually are closed during weeks when classes are not in session.

    EXTENDED HOURS
    Let us know if you need special arrangements.

    INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
    Please remember that UNM's "Snow Policy"' provides that all offices and work locations will normally remain open during regular business or operating hours even if early or late classes are cancelled because of snow. Only in extreme conditions would the University shut down and even then, the medical facilities, UNM Police, and other critical areas would remain open.

    In the event of delays of closures during final exam week, faculty whose final exams are affected by the delay or closure may elect one of the three options. Faculty must choose one of the options prior to final exam week and clearly communicate to their students which option thy have chosen. The options are:

    • Faculty may assign as final grades, the current grades that students have going into final exam week.

    • Faculty may make provisions for students whose exams are cancelled to contact them for the scheduling of a make-up exam or alternative arrangements.

    • Faculty may, as a last resort, choose to assign incomplete grades.

    On days when there is bad weather, you can listen to local radio and television stations for information about UNM or call UNM's "Snow Hotline" (277-SNOW). Information will also be made available on UNM's voice mail and e-mail systems.


C&J Faculty and Staff

  • C&J Faculty are profiled here.

  • C&J Staff members are profiled here.

  • A faculty and staff directory page can be found here.

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