Communication
Major/Minor
Communication involves people and includes a variety of methods for transmitting, receiving, and evaluating what individuals say and do. Communication-trained personnel work in a variety of careers, which include human resources; sales, training, and development; communication consulting; public relations; radio/television; journalism; and industrial publications. There are three programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts in communication: communication studies, mass communication, and organizational communication.
- Student majoring in mass communication may choose from four concentration areas: broadcasting, print journalism, public relations, and visual communications.
- Communication majors are encouraged to gain practical, hands-on experience by participating in the many communication-related clubs and activities on campus which include: cable television programming, WWSU-FM radio station, The Guardian (student newspaper), and the Public Relations Student Society of America.
| Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication/Journalism Concentration - Suggested Curriculum |
Freshman
·Comp I&II
·Mathematics
·Essentials of Public Address
·Essentials of Interpersonal Comm.
·Intro Comm. Activities
·Mass Communication
·History Course
·Foreign Language I, II, II
·Choose two: Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology
·Human Expression Course |
Sophomore·Writing to Communicate
·Basic Media Writing
·Foreign Language IV & V
·Choose three: Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics
·General Education |
Junior
·Advanced Communication Activities
·Emerging Communication Technologies
·Communication Graphics
·Advanced News Writing
·Research Methods
·Communication Electives
·General Electives |
Senior
·Performance for the Media
·Mass Media: Law and Regulation
·Feature Story Writing
·Editing for the Media
·Senior Seminar in Communication
·General Electives |
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