The discipline of Communication focuses on how people use messages to generate and share meanings across various contexts, cultures, and media. With a Communication degree, students will learn to demonstrate dynamic, effective, and persuasive oral communication skills and be able to write clearly, concisely, correctly, and in an appropriate style. As an ?umbrella degree,? Communication Studies prepares students for a wide range of exciting careers in an increasingly global world, such as public relations, broadcasting, journalism, advertising, law, business, health care, graduate school and teaching.