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Benjamin Hass, a communication studies graduate student.

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Established in 1928, the LSU Department of Communication Studies is one of the oldest communication departments in the nation and the first in the South to develop a doctoral program. Situated in a research intensive university, the department and its faculty strive to foster the intellectual growth of each student while also attending to their development in the areas of teaching and service. Our main goal is to prepare graduate students for success in their chosen profession in an environment that is innovative, stimulating, friendly, and humane.

Specifically, we hope to produce researchers capable of generative critical thought and scholarship; to balance areas of specialization with a holistic approach that stimulates dialogue between areas; to understand communication as both an art and science; and to provide creative outlets for communication expression and experimentation, such as the HopKins Black Box, the Mixon Lyceum Debate Program, the Relation Station Matchbox Interaction Lab, and Studio 151.

The program offers a MA degree with a thesis or non-thesis option and a PhD degree in three broad areas of specialization: Communication Theory, Performance Studies, and Rhetoric. Within and between areas, a broad range of courses is offered, and each student is encouraged to design a program of study that fits his or her interests. A student may, for instance, concentrate his or her course work and research in one area or work across areas.

Communication Theory examines interpersonal communication with special attention to marriage and family, social cognition, health settings, life-span, and the role of the individual in communication. Our approach is primarily quantitative and mixed-methods.

Performance Studies features communication-centered approaches to performance in three main contexts: the cultural, the historical, and the aesthetic. Our approach is qualitative, focusing on interpretive and critical analyses of performance texts, events, and processes.

Rhetoric focuses on the analysis of public argument, the persuasive power of linguistic and aesthetic forms, and the generation and critical analysis of civic discourse. Our central theme is that linguistic forms are not merely instrumental, but fundamental – not only to persuasion but to thought itself.

So what exactly did he get a degree in? Community Organizing? How does burning a flag equate to Intellectual Growth?

Read what others have to say

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p...amin-Hass.aspx

Somebody needs to just walk up to him and punch him in the face, yeah you will get arrested and it will go on your record, but when you are applying for a job and in the interview they ask you about the assualt charge and you explain, the next thing out of the boss' mouth will be "you are Hired"

http://www.facebook.com/pages/LSU-De...s/296629344522

Benjamin Hass is also a Poet:

http://www.ditchpoetry.com/benjaminhaas.htm