Communication Studies

Address: 102 Ferguson Building
Phone: 336.334.5297
Web site: www.uncg.edu/cst

Majors & Concentrations

• Communication Studies (BA) U137

What's unique about Communication Studies at UNCG?

The mission-based curriculum of the undergraduate program is designed to serve as a solid foundation for a variety of professional and entrepreneurial careers. The program also provides preparatory work for graduate study in a variety of related fields such as communication, law, business, media studies, and the ministry.

Faculty and students are actively involved in research and consulting activities for community, state, regional, national, and international organizations and agencies. Faculty and students are also involved in service learning throughout the community as a core value and practice of the department.

Communication Studies majors with a 3.0 GPA may go abroad the spring semester of their junior year to participate in the Intercultural Studies Program. Other study abroad opportunities are also available.

The faculty strongly believes in the interdisciplinary nature of communication, and this curriculum encourages elective hours to be taken in allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Media Studies, Theatre, Business, English, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, and Women's & Gender Studies.

Careers

Graduates are employed throughout the U.S. in corporate communication, human resources, public relations and marketing, sales, promotions, special events planning, management, training and development, and the ministry. Examples include the following:

• Attorney, Office of the Public Defender, Raleigh, NC
• Director of Marketing, The Lost Colony, Kitty Hawk, NC
• Vice President, Public Affairs and Media Relations, Phone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., Chatham, NJ
• Vice President of Development, Holy Cross Hospital, Coral Springs, FL
• Sports Information, University of Tennessee
• Managing Director, Blowing Rock Stage Company, Blowing Rock, NC
• Captain and Pilot of a 747, major airline, Charlotte, NC
• Executive Vice President, Golin Harris Communications, Evanston, IL
• Career Services Coordinator, National Center for Paralegal Training, Atlanta, GA
• Sales Administrator, O'Henry Hotel, Greensboro, NC

Career experience through internships and service learning

Internships and service learning opportunities typically involve (but are not limited to) work in the following contexts:

• Public Relations/Marketing Organizations
• Political Campaigns and Interest Group Activities
• Relational and Family Communication Processes
• Non-profit Organizations
• Community Centers
• Government
• Television, radio and print news offices

Up-to-date classes through faculty research

Some examples include:

• Conflict Dialogue, Dr. Peter Kellett
• Women's Public Speaking, Dr. Elizabeth Natalle
• Moral Engagement in Public Life, Dr. Sharon Bracci
• Critical Inquiry in Service Learning, Dr. Spoma Jovanovic
• Family stories in times of grief, Dr. Chris Poulos

Academic Clubs, Organizations, and Activities

• Lambda Pi Eta, the official Undergraduate Communication Honor Society of the National Communication Association
• The Communication Club: Promotes networking, student connectedness, professional development and service to the community—including an adopt-a-street program

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