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Communications - BA

Good communication and communicators are needed everywhere and all of the time.

WHY STUDY COMMUNICATIONS?

With this program, you'll learn the communication skills to help you succeed in almost any industry and also will increase your marketability by declaring a minor, such as digital graphic design, marketing or writing. You'll have the opportunity to put your communication skills to use during the internship portion of the program. 

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

In our program, you’ll learn the skills that will help you in countless settings and circumstances, from simple conversations to large-scale messages intended for the mass media. You’ll further increase your marketability by participating in one of our many academic minors, such as public relations, digital graphic design or writing.

Students in media lab

WHAT CAN I DO WITH A DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS?

In addition to helping you secure a good job, this program is highly suitable if you’re thinking of going to graduate school.

Featured Courses in This Program

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  • COMM   0115

    Interpersonal Communication

    This course is an introduction to and overview of basic theories and research in inter-personal communication. The course addresses our behavior in interpersonal interactions and application of theory and research studied in various settings including the small group. Units of instruction include self-concept formation, stages of relationships and types of relationships, power, conflict and other aspects of interpersonal communication.

  • COMM   0120

    Intercultural Communication

    This course explores the dynamics of culture and communication, and the social effects generated by their interaction. This course emphasizes the establishment and maintenance of student understanding of intercultural dynamics in a manner that positively impacts life outside the classroom.

  • COMM   0210

    Social Media Communication

    New media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, electronic gaming devices, YouTube, etc.) Have been dramatically changing human communication and interaction in the modern society. This course uses media literacy approaches and information-processing tasks to introduce the niche perspectives of mass audience, developments of mass media industries, multiple dimensions of social realities, and potential effects of hyper-online relationships. Learners will explore a variety of communication theories and practices in examining the use of new media.

  • COMM   1309

    Environmental Communications

    This course examines the communications methods of environmentalism - those of both business and industry and those of the environmental movement. While the course is concerned with some of the issues that relate to the environment - land use, air resources, global warming, and pollution, among many others - its primary concern is the communications questions that these issues illustrate or suggest. We develop and revise 25 pages of material.