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Employers agree: communication skills are one of the most important qualifications their workers can have. Communication is a thoroughly interdisciplinary field of study, combining insights from the creative and liberal arts, business, humanities, and social sciences. At Lakeland, students majoring in Communication may choose one of two emphases for their studies: Rhetoric and Public Communication or Professional Communication. In addition to these emphases, Lakeland’s unique curriculum accentuates the growing role of new media in communication. This makes it one of the only Communication programs in the region to specifically prepare students for the realities of the cultural and professional landscape created by new media, in concert with more traditional communication forums.

Programs

• Communication, B.A.

• Communication Minor

Courses

• COM 100 - Introduction to Mass Media
• COM 111 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking
• COM 211 - Interpersonal Communication
• COM 212 - Team-Based and Group Communication
• COM 220 - Persuasion & Advocacy
• COM 225 - Political Communication & Activism
• COM 240 - American Oratory
• COM 280 - Special Topics in Communication
• COM 325 - New Media and Digital Communication
• COM 340 - Communication Theory
• COM 350 - Rhetorical Criticism (WI)
• COM 360 - Media Literacy and Effects
• COM 370 - Communication and Social Media
• COM 425 - Critical Communication Approaches to New Media
• COM 480 - Special Topics in Communication

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