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Today's global workplace requires effective communication skills. Combining theory with sophisticated, practical application, you'll possess critical knowledge and skills needed to advance rapidly in any organization.
Objectives
The student who graduates with a major in communication studies will be able to:
- Apply communication theories-including both speech communication and mass communication theories-to various situations and contexts.
- Identify and apply effective strategies for creating, editing, and presenting effective written messages to different audiences and within different contexts.
- Explain the role media and mass communication play in society.
- Describe and use effective interaction styles in communication with others across a variety of contexts.
- Analyze any communication situation and be able to apply appropriate oral and/or written communication skills as needed.
- Use tools and technology to gather information, as well as to develop and deliver messages.
- Critically analyze information for creating effective oral or written messages and for evaluating messages.
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