Communications
Majors & Minors
Did you know that the ability to communicate effectively is consistently listed as the number one skill employers look for in new hires? This evergreen skill is central to your study as a communication student. Through communications courses, you will explore the complexities of verbal and nonverbal communication and their importance in interpersonal, organizational, and cultural contexts. You will emerge with the knowledge and skills to bring people and organizations together in any field that you choose to pursue.
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Communication Degree
Program Highlights
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Communication majors may complete internships for course credit in various organizations of all sizes and sectors. Students apply knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom to real world experiences, enhancing their understanding and job market appeal. Recently students have interned at Workhorse Marketing, Metro by T-Mobile, Denison Chamber of Commerce, Boys & Girls Club.
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Our Professionalism and the Humanities (PATH) program helps you build career-ready skills, explore the real-world career paths of successful recent alumni, and incorporate project-based learning into your courses that allow you to work with community organizations, develop exhibitions, and learn about the publishing process.
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Ida Green, as it is commonly known, was recently renovated and reopened in fall 2021. The first floor was renovated to create the Sally and Jim Nation Learning Commons, a popular study hub on campus, and the Sally and Jim Nation Theatre, a 500-seat theatre. This multi-purpose area hosts a variety of campus activities, including classes, guest lectures, and group meetings.
Finish in Four*
with the skills to launch your career
Communication is embedded
in everything we do, but it’s more than speaking and writing. Your four-year academic experience will strengthen and refine your skills in analysis, critical thinking, and collaboration. With a degree in communication, at graduation you will be prepared to:
- Work in a variety of areas in many organizations, including marketing, corporate communications, human resources, and many others;
- Conduct research using qualitative methods such as interviewing, field observation, and textual analysis; and
- Demonstrate problem solving, critical thinking and analytical reasoning applied to understanding of the role of language, non-verbal presentation of self, and visual and material communication in everyday interactions.
Explore our Graduate Outcomes to learn more about what our graduates are doing today.
Meet our Faculty
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Popular Courses
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Public Speaking
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Interpersonal Communication
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Organizational Communication
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Communication in Relationships
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Nonverbal Communication
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Health Communication
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Intercultural Communication