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CommunicationDepartment Chair: Joan SteckFaculty: Terence Check, Jeanmarie Cook, Karyl Daughters, Richard Ice, Katherine Johnson, Kelly Berg Nellis, Joan Steck, Erin Szabo, Donald Turk The field of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media. The discipline explores the human condition by studying how we communicate and how that communication constructs social reality, shapes human communities, influences relationships, and defines our physical environment. The field of communication promotes the effective and ethical practice of communication. Understanding communication entails understanding writing, speaking, and listening; as well as understanding the influence of medium, form, audience, culture, and source on the message. Courses in the department reflect the classical and the modern strands of the discipline by offering courses in three areas: Rhetoric and Public Address, Communication Theory, and Media Studies. Communication courses are designed to provide students with the communication theory and skills that are necessary for college work and for personal and professional development after graduation. These courses are especially recommended for students considering careers in teaching, management, government, health care, law, public relations, newspaper and magazine writing, broadcasting, and business; but a communication major can be an excellent foundation for any career. |
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