Students majoring in Communication & New Media Studies become citizens and professionals equipped with exceptional oral, written, visual, interpersonal, and group communication skills. They acquire knowledge to serve their communities and organizations. Majors are encouraged to choose from concentration areas such as: Communication Design, Communication Leadership, Health Communication, Sports Communication, and Strategic Communication. The experience students gain in speaking, writing, collaborating, and creating mediated messages prepares them for success in their careers, communities, and personal lives.
Communication Studies is an interdisciplinary, liberal arts program designed to help students develop fundamental communication skills including:
- Information gathering and processing
- Problem solving
- Audience analysis
- Written, oral and visual mastery
In this major, you'll learn to persuade, influence, negotiate, generate and adapt ideas. Through project work, you'll plan, organize, evaluate and solve problems. There is ample opportunity for practical experience in a variety of communication fields, including journalism, advertising and public relations. The program also offers several course sequences to complement work done in other liberal arts and professional majors.
Robert Bodle
