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.
Program Highlights
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.
In addition to the BA and AA degress in Communication & New Media Studies, there are now 5 Communication Concentrations in Design, Health, Leadership, Sports, and Strategic Communication.
Communication and New Media Studies Concentrations
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According to the National Association of Colleges and Employer's Job Outlook Survey, employers list verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills as the most important skills they look for in potential employees. Graduates in Communication and New Media Studies are prepared for graduate school or can become a/an:
- Broadcast Journalist
- College recruiter/admissions counselor
- Corporate or hospital event planner
- Health communications director
- Multimedia marketing
- Human resources management
- Public relations practitioner
- Marketing or advertising specialist
- Social media specialist.
The program consists of 45-47 credit hours in courses such as:
- Co-Op Experience
- Digital Video Production
- Gender and Communication
- New Media Law and Ethics
- New Media Campaign and Blogfolio Design
- New Media, Culture, and Society
- Public Engagement in the Digital AgeWriting for New Media.
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- Major in Communication & New Media Studies (AA)
- Major in Communication & New Media Studies (BA)
- Major in Communication & New Media Studies: Sports Communication Concentration (BA)
- Major in Communication & New Media Studies: Communication Design Concentration (BA)
- Major in Communication & New Media Studies: Health Communication Concentration (BA)
- Major in Communication & New Media Studies: Communication Leadership Concentration (BA)
- Major in Communication & New Media Studies: Strategic Communication Concentration (BA)
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