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Why Communication?
The Department of Communication, an energetic multidisciplinary department, offers a major course of study designed to prepare its students for successful entry into a growing professional field, while also educating students for inevitable long-run changes in their careers.
Programs
Bachelor's
Bachelor's Degree
Communication Studies (BA)
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
Program Modality: Campus
Effective and efficient communication is at the center of a well-functioning organization and society. The dynamics of clear communication can be seen in all spaces of productive government, businesses, media, and nonprofit agencies. The Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies focuses on courses such as Persuasion (great preparation for law school), public speaking, advanced public speaking, and the dynamics of interpersonal communication. The program prepares students to communicate with a diverse population using effective communication skills and new media technologies.
Bachelor's Degree
Mass Communication (BA)
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication
Program Modality: Campus
The Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication provides students with an overview of creative communication, strategic planning, and management strategies needed to become communication leaders. Students develop the skills needed to report to the press, research, negotiate, and plan on behalf of organizations.
The program teaches students how to write the perfect message, find the right audience, and distribute information in the most effective way possible while building relationships based on transparency and honesty. The program offers concentrations within the major.
Concentrations:
Master's
Master's Degree
Communication (MA)
Master of Arts in Communication
Program Modality: Campus
The Master’s degree in Communication is designed for those who are interested in pursuing advanced studies in Communication as a means of enhancing their professional and academic careers. It is a broad-based and individualized degree program that addresses all the essential dimensions and components of communication studies, including organizational, interpersonal, intercultural, public relations, mass media, and communication theory. Students are grounded in communication research, both theoretical and applied. Substantial flexibility exists for the student in communication to design a course and research program that fits his or her unique and specialized professional and educational goals.