Education & Social Sciences

Communication Studies

MU students enrolled in Communications Programs work together with a camera.

Becoming a Communication Professional


Communication studies focuses on how people use messages to generate meaning. From digital media, such as video, to small group communications topics like leadership, communication spans all contexts.

People in the professional world agree that there has never been a more exciting time to study communication or to become a communication professional. New communication technologies are connecting people around the world, and a need exists for college graduates who can effectively communicate and navigate that world. Today’s need for competent communicators and ethical leaders in business and in society tells us that a communication degree is a “must have!”

Program Goals

  • Students will demonstrate effective and appropriate communication as message producers, message critics, and public speakers.
  • Students will demonstrate communication competence by creating messages tailored to the needs and expectations of a specific audience across a variety of contexts.
  • Students will analyze media messages and provide insightful critiques that demonstrate an understanding of underlying assumptions, biases, and potential influence on various audiences.
  • Students will demonstrate professional speaking skills through oral presentations.
  • Students will utilize communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts
  • Students will engage in communication inquiry by utilizing research to analyze and interpret communication principles and concepts.
  • Students will apply communication theories and perspectives to analyze various communication across contexts.

     

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