• The Communication Studies Department views communicative behavior as central to human activity: to individual development, to interpersonal relationships, and to the functioning of political, economic, cultural, and social institutions.
  • The Communication Studies Major requires completion of 44 units of course work subdivided into two areas: Foundations (12 units); Methods (8 units); and Advanced Area Studies (24 units).
  • Students will:
    • articulate and define major theories and concepts used in the study of communication
    • design a research project that engages scholarly literature to address significant and appropriate questions/issues
    • demonstrate the ability to select and analyze text(s), collect and analyze data, and answer research questions and/or test hypotheses
    • craft effective messages by identifying and addressing social context(s)/specific audiences
    • be able to identify how communication produces, reinforces, and critiques social inequalities and power relations