The Department of Communication Studies

The Department of Communication Studies offers broad training in the general area of human communication. The curriculum provides considerable flexibility and is designed to fit a variety of student needs and career interests.  Six specialized majors lead to a bachelor’s degree:

1) dramatic arts
2) interpersonal communication
3) mass communication 
    (film, journalism, television, radio)
4) organizational communication
5) speech education
6) theatre education

The department also offers a bachelor’s degree in the general communication studies major consisting of courses selected from the specialized programs listed above.  This multi-disciplinary major in communication studies allows students to tailor their study to unique individual career goals.

In addition to classroom course offerings, practical experience is achieved through internships and individualized instruction in all of the programs.