Communication Division

The knowledge and skills involving communication are among the most important and useful in today’s world.  At the heart of communication is the examination of social symbolic activity.  It is the use of symbols that makes humans unique.

The Communication Division examines the use of symbols in a variety of contexts.  These contexts include mass mediated forms and social scientific notions of communication, as well as the more traditional speech/rhetoric area of communication.  The mass mediated forms include: journalism, graphic arts, and photographic communications.  Social scientific approaches encompass interpersonal, small group and organizational communication.  The more traditional speech areas concentrate on public speaking and persuasion.  The division sponsors an intercollegiate forensics team.

The Communication Division helps students acquire the skills necessary to be effective communicators and to be critical consumers of communication.  This is done regardless of whether the student desires immediate employment or transfer to a four-year institution for a baccalaureate degree.
 
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