Communication Studies

Our most traditional and liberal arts oriented program is Communication Studies, formerly known as Speech Communication. We changed this program's name recently to more accurately reflect the types of activities and careers related to Communication.

Communication Studies students discover the many strategies of how to effectively communicate with different groups of people in varying situations. Coverage includes person-to-person communication such as in counseling, peer advising, personnel management and other business and corporate positions.

Students may also study persuasion and message construction strategies that are helpful in sales and management areas. Students desiring careers in training, development, fund-raising and similar fields may wish to major in Communication Studies.

Major courses include: Interpersonal communication, small group communication, organizational communication, persuasion, research methodologies and other courses dealing with message design.