{What Can I Do With An Interest In: Communication or English}

Possible Personal Characteristics: Strong verbal and written communication skills, critical thinking, creative thinking, team player and cooperative

Majors

• Communication: Students study how we use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels and media, and how to promote effective ethical practice of human communication
• TESOL: Students will learn the techniques, theory, and practice of helping non-native English speakers improve their English abilities.
• Electronic Media: Students will study how to use electronically mediated communication and the implications of doing so. It is a broad-based program that provides students with a strong foundation in media production and management, and an understanding of the uses, processes, and effects of mediated co
  
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• Public Relations: Students will combine a convincing argument with an appropriate medium to effectively deliver their message. Students interested in public relations will study the management of communication between an organization and its public.
• Theatre: Whether they are on-stage or backstage, students will learn the fundamentals of acting, stagecraft, and production. Students also receive hands on training developing and implementing productions each semester
• English: Students will study the English language, including written and spoken. This includes history, theory, and application.
• Marketing: Students will develop tools needed to create an environment where the ultimate delivery goals are supported through research, design and maintenance in every aspect of the organization to satisfy a target audience’s needs.

Minors: Public Relations, Business Communication, Journalism, English, Professional Writing, Creative Writing, Communication Studies

Certificates: Post-Colonial and Multicultural Lit Studies, Conflict Resolution

Career Possibilities: Public Relations Specialist, Novelist, English Teacher, Editor, Advertising, Technical Writer, Acting, Corporate Training, Publicist