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Communication Studies is a diversified and dynamic department. With our move to a new state-of-the-art facility, Lang Hall, we are well prepared to assist students in becoming informed, responsible, creative and critical communicators in our diverse global communities.
We are dedicated to providing our students with a variety of experiences inside and outside of the classroom that will help them prepare for a career in a communication-related field. Our mission is:
- to assist students in becoming informed, responsible, creative, and critical communicators;
- to enhance student knowledge of, and skill in, the construction, interpretation, and distribution of communication in diverse cultural and global communities;
- to promote theoretical understanding and professional/personal practice of effective and ethical human communication between and within a broad range of contexts and communities.
What is Communication? It is a learned skill. Most people are born with the physical abilities to acquire necessary communication tools, but such abilities do not guarantee that they will learn to be effective communicators. Language, rhetorical strategies, listening skills and a vocabulary of verbal and nonverbal meanings are developed in various ways.
It is thought that people acquire their communication skills by modeling them after people in their environment, by being taught specific techniques through the educational process, and by practicing their abilities and having them evaluated by others.
Excellent communication skills are important in both social and career settings. Communication is the basis for relations development and maintenance, family cohesion and work success.
The department faculty consists of 27 full-time faculty, plus adjuncts and graduate teaching assistants, serving over 700 undergraduate majors and more than 40
graduate students.
Undergraduate academic programs specialize in the following areas:
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- Communication - Theatre Arts Teaching
- Culture and Communication
- Electronic Media
- Interpersonal Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Political Communication
- Public Relations
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- Business Communication
- General Communication
- Journalism
- Public Relations
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Co-curricular programs are available in all major areas.
Graduate academic programs specialize in the following areas:
- General Communication
- Communication Education
- Mass Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Human Resources
- Performance Studies
- Public Relations
If you have any questions or need additional information, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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