Communication

About the Curriculum

The Culture and Communication department offers a major in Communication, with concentrations in Corporate and Public Relations, Technical and Science Communication, and Global Journalism.

The department is committed to helping students become broadly educated and professionally competent individuals. Students are exposed to a variety of media and are guided in the development of their interpretive and expressive skills.

All Communication majors take a common core of courses that emphasize communication theory and methods. Then, they specialize in one of three concentrations. Students in the Corporate and Public Relations concentration pursue careers in public relations, corporate training, and corporate communication. Those who choose the Technical and Science Communication concentration go on to work in technical writing, science writing, publishing, and software and hardware documentation. Global Journalism students pursue careers in journalism and news. Many communication graduates also go on to law school, to business school for an MBA, or to graduate school.

Students who elect the Corporate and Public Relations concentration have the option of pursuing either a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree. Students who elect the Technical and Science Communication concentration must pursue the Bachelor of Science degree. Students in Global Journalism must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree.