芝加哥洛约拉大学

The communication studies major proudly places itself at the intersection of theory and practice. Its students are led to understand and to use, to critique and to appreciate, to embrace communication as it is presently practiced in society and to hone it for more effective service to the human community. Our communication studies majors benefit from our unparalleled location within the scholarly Loyola community and in the midst of the Chicago media hub.

Communication studies courses help students understand how communication can persuade, comfort, alienate, or bring the world together.

Program Benefits

• Study communications in Chicago, one of the nation’s largest media markets, home to major agencies, brands and public figures, and the media outlets they communicate with and through
• Learn communication theory and practice through communications professionals
• Gain access to the latest media technology, equipment, and software through Loyola’s Digital Media Lab, School of Communication's Owl Lab, Convergence Studio, and on-site radio station

Outcomes

Students who complete an undergraduate program in Communication Studies will be able to:

1. Identify some of the fundamental communication issues that our contemporary world face, and the ways in which the communication field approaches and interprets them.
2. Remember the situated, contextual and historical nature of communication processes and practices.
3. Identify the relationship between communication processes and practices and the construction and transformation of human identities, communities, and cultures.
4. Assess, interpret and use communication research to apply and generate communication knowledge.
5. Use communication skills and knowledge to produce messages, texts, campaigns, and projects.
6. Formulate creative, culturally literate, and convincing oral, written, and multimodal arguments which are responsive to context and situation.
7. See the crucial role that communication holds in advancing or deterring social justice.
8. Apply communication knowledge and perform communication skills within different social contexts, such as interpersonal communication, group communication, intercultural communication, gender and communication, and traditional and new media platforms.

COMM 237: Small Group Communication

COMM 381: Communication Practicum

COMM 320: Public Service Communication

COMM 339: Video Documentary

COMM 393: Communication Internship

Electives (12 credit hours)

Electives can be selected from any of the above courses, not taken to fulfill a requirement or any COMM courses offered.