Why Minor In Communication Studies?

• "The field of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels and media. The field promotes the effective and ethical practice of human communication" (www.natcomm.org).
• The word ‘communicate' has the same root as the work ‘community': the Latin communis. To communicate is to create and engage in community. Students use knowledge about symbols to understand their worlds.
• Students who major in communication studies take the following courses: public speaking, small group communication, organizational communication, media, rhetoric and interviewing, Students understand the theory of communication, as well as how to speak, write and think critically.

Why is communication important?

• The communication studies major prepares students for positions in business, government, education, the arts and performance.
• Communication is a primarily a social process that is used in personal, academic and professional spheres.
• Communication Studies emphasizes critical thinking, writing and speaking.
• Communication is essential for "the development of the whole person; the improvement of the educational enterprise; being a responsible citizen of the world, both socially and culturally; and, succeeding in one's career and in the business enterprise" (Morreale, S.P., Osborn, M.M., & Pearson, J.C. Why communication is important: A rationale for the centrality of the study of communication. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 29, 1-25).