Metropolitan State's Department of Communication, Writing, and the Arts offers innovative undergraduate and graduate degrees focused on creating messages and making knowledge. Creativity, critical thinking, facility with research and technology, as well as the ability to speak, write, create, and perform for a variety of audiences in both professional and community settings are needed for effectiveness in these disciplines. An education in such skills and knowledge is available to Metropolitan State students through the classes and degrees offered by the department.
Office for the Department of Communication,Writing, and the Arts:
Suite 205, Energy Park Place
1380 Energy Lane
St. Paul, MN 55108
(off Energy Park Drive between Snelling and Lexington).
Ph: 651-999-5940
This building (called Energy Park Place) is on the east side of Metropolitan State University's Midway Campus (ETC Building).
Department Chair: Dr. Craig Hansen, 651-999-5957.
The Communication, Writing and the Arts Department is composed of disciplines that share a significant theme - communication. Whether expressed through speech, writing or art, and whether on paper, canvas or a Web page, communication connects, builds, and maintains human culture and society.
Communication, writing and the arts involve creating messages and making knowledge. Doing these effectively in college and in the workplace requires creativity, critical thinking, facility with research and technology, as well as the ability to speak, write, create and perform for a variety of audiences in both professional and community settings. An education in such skills and learning is available to Metropolitan State students through the department's general education curriculum and its five majors, which are listed below. The Communication, Writing and the Arts Department also offers a Master of Science in Technical Communication. For more information see the Metropolitan State University online Graduate Catalog.
- Professional Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Public Relations
- Screenwriting
- Technical Communication
- Theater
- Writing
- Creative Writing
- Professional Writing
Contact
For general information regarding Communication, Writing and Arts programs, please contact the CWA support staff, Lisa Ann McMahon, lisaann.mcmahon@metrostate.edu.If you are interested in any one of the majors in Communication, Writing and Arts, please contact CAS advising, Donna Blacker, donna.blacker@metrostate.edu.