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Communication Program Information |
•What
is it?: Communication involves many obvious professional images,
but also quite a number of important learning opportunities. For
some it may mean involvement with mass media, for others it might
mean either public speaking skills, or interpersonal effectiveness,
or some combination of professional persuasion ranging from sales
to public spokesperson for government or business. But even more,
the major in communication combines its obvious professional images
with three other important perspectives:
Performance
– that all communication is enacted and is inescapably a performing
art at some level, no matter its context or its technological sophistication;
Social
Science – that understanding effective
communication requires understanding research about human behavior
in its social and psychological contexts;
Liberal
Arts – that both through long historical tradition and
by functional necessity, communication practices are the shaping
foundation of participative civic institutions in law, politics,
education and religion.
•Approach:
The broad-based major in communication consists of 36 semester credit
hours – approximately 12 classes – and includes courses
in theatre, performance studies, mass media, public speaking, argumentation,
interpersonal communication and communication inquiry; with additional
course options in cross-cultural communication, organizational communication,
communication and civilization, political communication, legal communication
and persuasion. Electives available include radio-television-film,
public relations and theatre.
•Pre-Professional
Curriculum: The communication major requires students to become
involved in at least two different pre-professional areas within
the Department of Communication. Students may earn credit in intercollegiate
debate, speech team, Reach Out and Read, or in the pre-professional
areas offered within the programs in radio-television-film, theatre,
organizational communication and public relations.
•Educational
Licensure in Integrated Language Arts: The communication major,
when taken in combination with courses in English and education,
is designed to meet licensure requirements for teaching in the state
of Ohio. The total program requires several hours beyond the normal
number required for graduation, but can be completed in four years
without incurring extra fees. More information is available through
Capital’s education department.
•Careers:
In addition to the more obvious professional connections involving
public relations, broadcasting and teaching licensure, excellent
communication skills are valued components in leadership positions
in business and professional areas. They also serve as an excellent
preparatory base for post-graduate education. Many communication
majors also complete majors in political science, psychology, business
and foreign languages in order to create a personalized profile
of skills and knowledge for versatile use in a variety of fields.
Recent graduates have been accepted to law schools, MBA programs,
professional schools and graduate schools in a variety of social
science and humanities disciplines.
What
are they doing now?
(Partial Listing)
Positions:
•Vice president, marketing
•Director, information technology
•Senior marketing underwriter
•Editor
•Attorney
•Production coordinator
•TV news anchor
•University professor
Companies:
•Eastman Kodak
•The Kroger Co.
•Nationwide
•CBS Television Network
•Walt Disney
•Cronewett Associates, Public Relations
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Department of Communication
Capital University
1 College and Main Street
Columbus, Ohio 43209 |
Local:
1-614-236-6201 |
| Fax:
1-614-236-6169 |
| E-mail:
dguild@capital.edu |
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