Choosing Communication
Orientation Hub for the Department of Communication (COMM)
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Communication Major Interns at Mercedes-Benz
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Why Study Communication? 
Communication, at its core, is the study of messages and meanings – to put the vast discipline simply. You’ll learn to understand different types of target audiences and to design effective messages for reaching those audiences.
College graduates with Communication degrees have the skills and knowledge that employers are looking for in a ffuture employee: effective verbal communication, eloquent writing, organizational communication, understanding of nonverbal communication, etc. As we live in an age where digital media continues to evolve, the communication basics lie at the foundation of understandding trends and making effective, efficient, and ethical changes moving forward.
COMM at the College of Charleston
Once a communication major or minor is declared, each student is paired with an academic advisor in the Department of Communication to help navigate your path to graduation and provide career guidance. In the master’s program, the same goes! Master’s degree candidates have their first semester to select their advisor from the COMM graduate faculty.
Twice a year, the department’s Communication National Advisory Council visits campus to hold their bi-annual meetings and to mingle and advise our students. The Advisory Council is made up of 50+ members, who are all communication executives from major organizations, companies, and corporations across the nation.
Meet your Department of Communication Faculty and Staff.
What You Gain with a Major, Minor, or Master's in Communication
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Potential Career Fields
A communication major, minor, or master's offers learned skills that are needed in almost every job field imaginable! Our alumni have gone on to have jobs in journalism, social media, public relations, strategic communication, news media, television production, emerging media, public health, politics, marketing, sales, advertising, management, information technology, and MORE! Many of our current students will also choose to pair their COMM major or minor with another discipline on campus. Students from our communication undergraduate programs, and others across campus, have also chosen to get their master's in communication through our program to cap off their academic career and make themselves that much more marketable in their job search. With a degree in communication, your options are endless! Our department will be there every step of the way during your communication studies, guiding you through your academic career and preparing your post-college plans.