Communication
Phillip Lindsay (Comm'17)
Houston Texans (formerly Denver Broncos)
Welcome to the Department of Communication.
Explore how communication shapes everything we do in society. Learn how to analyze and influence human interaction in work, personalÌýand civic life.
In the Department of Communication, you will learn about communication practices that underlie all of our social interactions, both in face-to-face interaction and in new forums, such asÌýsocial media.
Your education will enable you to enact change in your personal life, work life and civic life.
The Department of Communication at the ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø is a vibrant community of scholars who share a commitment to excellence and innovation in communication research and teaching. The department offers programs leading to bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees with emphases in organizational communication, discourse and society, and rhetoric and culture. Graduate students may pursue research within one of these areas or craft individualized programs of study that cut across the areas and combine humanistic and social scientific methods.
Undergraduate Opportunities
Our undergraduate degree blends the best of a broad, liberal arts education with practical skills that contribute to career and life success.
You will come toÌýunderstand communication as both a way of seeing how the world works and as a set of tools for changing it.
You’ll learn how to analyze and engage effectively in a wide range of communication practices.ÌýYou will also gain valuable communication skills—speaking, listening, managing conflict, building consensus, analyzing audiences, designing messages and solving problems in a collaborative way.
You may also minor in communication.
Graduate Programs
Graduate study in the department focuses on engaged scholarship that addressesÌýcommunication-based problems arising from recent social and technological changes, especially problems associated with processes of interaction, collaboration and