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Learn valuable communication skills


The ability to communicate well is an important asset in many career fields.

Communication Studies Major


If you’re planning to go on to graduate school or if you’re interested in politics, pre-law, speech writing, sales, media criticism and other communication careers that emphasize the personal over the technological, this major is valuable for you.

What Will I Learn?


Want a well-rounded background in communication that is applicable to a wide variety of career fields? Then this major is for you. Communication studies focuses on the three pillars of communication:

  • Rhetoric and public address
  • Human dynamics and culture
  • Media studies

If you’re planning to go on to graduate school or if you’re interested in politics, pre-law, speech writing, sales, media criticism and other communication careers that emphasize the personal over the technological, this major is valuable for you.

Students involved with communication studies often join the forensics team where they practice and compete in the art of public speaking.

What Are My Career Opportunities?


What careers could be in your future? Gradates of our program are pursuing a variety of professional careers including:

  • Attorney
  • City council representative
  • New York State trooper
  • Press secretary
  • Financial advisor
  • Human resource manager
  • Motivational speaker
  • Novelist
  • Professor
  • School counselor
  • Software development manager
  • Talent agent
  • USAF pilot
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