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The Department of Communication seeks to enrich understanding of the roles of communication in everyday life, organizational settings, and public affairs. While the roots of the discipline trace back to the ancient arts of philosophy, rhetoric, and aesthetics, its contemporary practices speak to the opportunities and dilemmas of participating in a globalized, mediated, and multicultural society.
The Department’s classes are organized in nine pathways, including community service and public affairs, health communication, mass media, legal communication, human resources and organizational communication, mediation and conflict resolution, political communication and government, technical communication, and public relations and advertising.
Across these pathways, students are encouraged to merge historical and theoretical studies with practical applications as offered in service learning courses, travel study, internships, social justice projects, and other experiential modes of learning. The Department of Communication therefore provides students the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to use communication to help create a more humane and civil world.