Communication Studies - Lock Haven University

Communication Studies from Lock Haven University is a Campus Bachelor Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. The Communication Studies Program is designed to help you develop skills and qualities highly sought by employers. These include writing, listening, conflict management, and oral communication. Because the program prepares you for a multitude of careers, it is excellent if you don't want to limit your job options after graduation. The flexibility of the degree will allow you to compete successfully in an everchanging marketplace, By tailoring the major to your interests, you can also pursue a diverse number of graduate programs. Our faculty's overall goal is to prepare you to communicate competently and professionally. The Program Communication Studies will teach you to become a more confident and effective oral communicator by learning message formation and analysis, critical thinking, and control over your verbal and nonverbal communication . The major is designed to give you flexibility in focusing on areas of the program that will prepare you for your desired career or graduate degree. You will gain experience in performing for audiences for a variety of oral communication purposes: to inform, to persuade, to entertain, and to debate. Classes such as Argumentation and Debate, Persuasion and Oral Interpretation develop these skills. Courses and experiences outside the classroom provide you with the skills necessary to enter a career as a communication professional and to succeed and grow in it. Classes in Business Communication, Public Relations, Listening and Conflict, and Organizational Communication teach you to observe, analyze, and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of communication across different environments. Career options include human resources, management, sales, public relations, motivational speaking, training, consulting, mediation specialist, ministry, and higher education administration. Graduate school options include business administration, law, human resources, public relations and communication management and others. Career Opportunities Recent graduates are employed at Centre Daily Times, Millbrook Playhouse, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. and Blue Cross of Northeast Pa., to name a few. Our alumni are also working in higher education administration, corporate training, and the ministry. Others have pursued graduate degrees in human resources, theology, counseling, and communication studies at schools like Drexel, Kent State, and the Princeton Theological Seminary. View more details on Lock Haven University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.