B.A. in Communication Studies
Big things are coming to the Department of Communication Studies! The Communication Studies Department is pleased to announce upcoming changes to our undergraduate curriculum. Beginning in 2013, students majoring in Communication Studies will have the option to choose to study interpersonal, health, social media and communication technology, or strategic and organizational communication. An Integrated Communication Studies track, designed to expose students to a more general communication education, will also be available.
Students will work closely with their major advisors to choose the track that is appealing to them and matches their future career goals. A degree in Communication Studies opens doors to allow students to be successful in just about any career- from healthcare to human resources, from sales to social media, from image management to promotions. The new curriculum will make students with a B.A. in Communication Studies even more attractive to potential employers or graduate programs. Big things can happen with a Communication Studies degree!
Undergraduate Major Spotlight:
Tayla Harris
Hometown: Cortlandt Manor, New York
Major/Minor: Communication Studies major with Leadership Studies minor
Favorite Class: Advanced Interpersonal Communication and Gender & Communication (Comm 212)
Plans after Graduation: I want to work at a hotel as wedding planner!
"I have always loved being a Comm major! All of the professors are amazing! I always find myself so intrigued in what I am learning in class because it is so relatable to day-to-day life which is what I find to be the most interesting topics to learn about in school."
Communication is a liberal studies degree. It includes a variety of types of knowledge and ways of thinking. Students of communication are interested in all aspects of human communication. While human communication is unique and varied, there is also much about it that is routine and predictable.
Communication scholars seek to discover the mechanisms and rules that govern the wide range of communication activities using a battery of social scientific techniques. We try to develop theories that will account for why we act the way we do. As an academic discipline, Communication Studies is both young and old. If we consider our rhetorical past, we’re as old as any. If we consider that we’ve only been studying communication in a theoretical sense, for less than 50 years, then we’re very young. As an undergraduate in Communication Studies, we’ll try to teach you what we’ve learned over the last fifty years. As a result, you can expect a great range of topics. However, if your interests lay in a particular direction, our program should allow you to specialize as well.
If you’re here because you think Communication Studies classes are easy and you think this is an easy degree, guess again. Over half of students identifying as Pre-Communication Studies are not accepted into the B.A. program. You’ll also find that while our service courses are designed for the general student population, upper division coursework involves a considerable amount of writing, reading, and forethought. Our graduates are successful as academics and professionals, and many will tell you that our program was much tougher than they had initially thought.
Important Links
- Admission into the B.A. in Communication Studies degree
- Minoring in Communication Studies
- 2013-2014 Department Honors Scholarship
- Scholarships for Communication Studies students
Academic Advising
The Department of Communication Studies has three undergraduate faculty advisors:
The advisors are here to counsel and advise you on the rules, regulations, and courses that are necessary for the completion of the Communication Studies degree program.
Learn more about AdvisingFrom Day One to a Degree in Communication Studies
Use the navigation window below to follow the path from freshman orientation to graduation and beyond. This presentation is also on display in the Communication Studies main office.
