In partnership with 26 other campus departments, we offer a truly interdisciplinary major tailored to meet a wide variety of career and graduate school interests.

You will have many opportunities to become involved in the department through student organizations and special study and research with the faculty. Our forensics team, journalists, public relations specialists, radio station and television news teams have been nationally recognized, and our students do challenging work for many organizations through internships.

These experiences provide you with opportunities to apply the theory and skills gained through course work and give you an advantage on future jobs and graduate programs.

We also offer:

• Internship opportunities (many paid) with local employers or organizations.
• KWCR FM 88.1, a long-running, completely student-operated radio station.
• Participation in WSU's nationally ranked intercollegiate forensics program.
• "The Signpost," WSU's award-winning, tri-weekly newspaper, funded, written and published by students.
• Networking and learning activities in student chapters of the Public Relations Student Society of America, Society of Professional Journalists, National Broadcasting Society, Delta Sigma Rho Tau Kappa Alpha, and the International Radio and Television Organization.
• Department tuition aid scholarships and monetary awards in collaboration with the Weber State University Associated Students and private donors.
• Hands-on experience with "Weber State News," a cable television newscast broadcast from a new, professional, on-campus television studio.

What will I learn in the program?

A degree in communication helps build skills in writing, listening, speaking and critical thinking.

Communication is a dynamic process that plays a complex and profound role in shaping both individuals and society. You will gain an understanding of this process and focus on how people create and use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels and media, including those delivered through technology.

Curricula and programs are grounded within a liberal arts tradition and designed to help you live a vital and successful life in an ever-changing global environment.

What are the employment opportunities?

An information and technology explosion in our society has fueled the need for communication-related employment in the last three decades and the need is growing stronger. Communication skills are on the top of the list of qualities and abilities for hiring and retaining personnel.

Our students are prepared with the tools for exciting careers in a wide range of areas, including broadcast and print journalism, radio programming, public relations, corporate communication, law, public administration, advertising, teaching and research.

What degrees/certificates are available?

• Bachelor of Arts or Science (BA or BS) Communication
• Bachelor of Arts or Science (BA or BS) Communication Teaching Major
• Departmental Honors: Communication

Concentrations

• Civic Advocacy
• Electronic Media
• Interpersonal & Family Communication
• Journalism
• Organizational Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising

Department Minors

• Communication
• Communication Teaching

Other Concentrations

• Bachelor of Integrated Studies (BIS) Concentration