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Communication Major

                 An Essential Discipline

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The Communication major equips students with a solid understanding and an essential competency in innovative, precise and ethical communication. In the information age, men and women with this kind of formal schooling will have a distinct advantage in sharing ideas, molding opinions, and shaping the future.  If messages are to be heard above the din, they will need to be clear, creative, and distinct.

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Diverse and Global,

Experienced and Committed

Concordia's Communication faculty represents a diversity of experiences--locally as well as globally. They are graduates of schools highly regarded in the communication field.  While they are still connected with their respective disciplines in the field, they are committed foremost to teaching students.

D Stands for Digital

Building D houses the new Digital Media Lab where Media Production students come to collaborate on video projects using the latest Apple® computers configured as professional media production workstations.  Students have access to film-style grip equipment and portable high-definition cameras, which enable them to get out where events happen and stories are made.  Building B contains the expansive Black Box Theater where students can produce studio-style talk shows or dramas.

Real-World Experience

The Communication internship program is one of the most rigorous in Austin. Internships permit upper-level communication students to gain experience while working at communication firms in Austin and throughout the United States for academic credit.  As a member of the Concordia University System, students have the opportunity to study at other Concordia campuses while serving interning in New York City, Chicago, or Los Angeles. In recent years, Concordia Austin has placed a student intern at CBS in New York.  Austin internships are available in broadcasting, advertising, public relations, and publishing.

Film-Style Production

Possibilities? Unlimited!

Communication graduates are suited for careers in broadcasting, journalism, advertising, public relations and film production.  Concordia graduates have a distinct advantage; they bring a tested ethical framework to a discipline in need of practitioners with a moral grounding.

A Packed Portfolio

Communication majors operate the Communication Club.  This organization brings students together to collaborate on extra-curricular projects and experiences.  Primarily, the club operates The Tornado Radio Channel under the guidance of our faculty.  Here students get real-world broadcast experiences that can build an impressive portfolio.  Tune in and see what's happening now.

 

New Communication Major, Minor and Certificates

 

 

 

COMMUNICATION MAJOR

43 semester hours

 

Lower-level requirements: (12 hours)

COM 2301 Human Communication Theory

COM 2303 Mass Media History & Theory

COM 2308 Writing for Mass Media

COM 2314 Communication Technology

 

Upper-level requirements (7 hours)

COM 3304 Group Dynamics  

COM 4301 Communication Internship

COM 4101Communication Capstone

 

Concentrations and Electives

Students will select a concentration and add courses from the entire list of concentrations and electives below to complete 24 hours. Prerequisites may limit choice for some courses.  Note that dual concentrations are possible. Choose at least one concentration:

 

Production Concentration: (15 hours plus 9 hours from other concentrations and electives)

COM 3307 Media Analysis and Criticism

COM 3317 Media Production I

COM 3318 Media Production II

COM 3320 Media Law and Ethics

COM 4320 Media Production III

 

Public Relations Concentration: (15 hours plus 9 hours from other concentrations and electives)

COM 3301 Diffusion of Innovation

COM 3308 Persuasive Communication

COM 3331 Organizational Communication 

COM 3310 Public Relations  

BADM 3352 Integrated Marketing Communication)

 

Communication Studies Concentration (15 hours plus 9 hours from other concentrations and electives)

COM 3301 Diffusion of Innovation  

COM 3302 Nonverbal Communication 

COM 3308 Persuasive Communication

COM 3331 Organizational Communication 

COM 3307 Media Analysis and Criticism

 

Other Communication Electives:

 

COM 3303 Communication in the Church

COM 4398 National/International Travel: Field Studies in Communication

(Other courses as added)

 

**Non-Communication electives: 38-40 semester hours in classes to meet your interests and needs. NOTE: 39 hours of upper-division courses (including both major and electives) are required to graduate.

 

 

 

 


COMMUNICATION MINORS

Non-Communication majors can minor in Communication. **Reminder: a minimum of 9 upper-division hours is required for a minor**

 

Communication for Business Minor—21 academic hours:

 

3 required courses:

COM 2301 Human Communication Theory

COM 2303 Mass Media History and Theory

COM 3331 Organizational Communication

 

Plus any 4 courses from the following:

COM 2308 Writing for Mass Media

COM 2314 Communication Technology

COM 3301 Diffusion of Innovation

COM 3302 Nonverbal Communication

COM 3304 Group Dynamics

COM 3310 Public Relations

COM 3305 Persuasive Communication

COM 3320 Media Law and Ethics 

 

Media Production Minor—21 academic hours:

 

4 required courses:

COM 2308 Writing for Mass Media

COM 3317 Media Production I

COM 3318 Media Production II

COM 3307 Media Analysis and Criticism

 

Plus any 3 courses from the following:

COM 2301 Human Communication Theory

COM 2303 Mass Media History and Theory

COM 3304 Group Dynamics

COM 4320 Production III

 

Communication in the Church Minor—21 academic hours:

 

3 required courses:

COM 2301 Human Communication Theory

COM 3303 Communication in the Church

COM 3304 Group Dynamics

 

Plus any 4 courses from the following:

COM 2308 Writing for Mass Media

COM 3301 Diffusion of Innovation

COM 3302 Nonverbal Communication

COM 3308 Persuasive Communication

COM 3310 Public Relations

COM 3317 Media Production I

COM 3331 Organizational Communication

 

 

 


COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATES

Certificates are designed to help a non-Communication major develop knowledge and expertise in this discipline in order to better prepare themselves for the job market. The student can use these certificates as a feature in their portfolio.

 

 

Communication for Business Certificate—12 academic hours:

 

3 required courses:

COM 2301 Human Communication Theory

COM 2303 Mass Media History and Theory

COM 3331 Organizational Communication

 

Plus any 1 course from the following:

COM 3301 Diffusion of Innovation

COM 3308 Persuasive Communication

COM 3310 Public Relations

COM 3320 Media Law and Ethics 

 

Media Production Certificate —12 academic hours:

 

4 required courses:

COM 2308 Writing for Mass Media

COM 3317 Media Production I

COM 3318 Media Production II

COM 3307 Media Analysis and Criticism

 

Communication in the Church Certificate —12 academic hours:

 

3 required courses:

COM 2301 Human Communication Theory

COM 3303 Communication in the Church

COM 3304 Group Dynamics

 

Plus any 1 course from the following:

COM 3301 Diffusion of Innovation

COM 3308 Persuasive Communication

COM 3302 Nonverbal Communication

COM 3331 Organizational Communication

 

 



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