• The Communication program facilitates learning about human relations. how to achieve cooperation and manage conflict. The Communication curriculum includes courses that offer instruction in the production and delivery of effective messages, as well as audience analysis and how to reach them. Understanding and practicing effective communication enhances students' self-awareness, improves students' relationships and health, and empowers students to become active citizens of the world.  Students develop conceptual and research competence and applied skills in the areas of interpersonal communication, mass media, and rhetoric and public affairs.