As a Communication Studies major at UIU, you will have the opportunity to learn about the central role communication has in our lives. You will learn to identify, analyze, and evaluate various communication goals and successfully adapt messages to the demands of complex situations. As a global citizen, you will learn to understand, value, and manage diverse communication behaviors associated with people from other groups, organizations, and cultures. As a communication professional, you gain competence in the theoretical and ethical foundations that inform research, organizational, and professional practices.

With the need in society for employees who can read, write, compute, communicate, and think critically, a major in Communication Studies will get you noticed by employers. This major prepares you to enter a career immediately after graduation or for continued graduate studies. Popular career choices include: federal government positions, public affairs, corporate communication, customer services, training and development, human resources administrator, public information officer, public relations, community action director, and high school or college teacher.