The Communication Studies major is designed for students interested in the creation, expression, and analysis of messages in their personal, professional, and public lives. The department offers a variety of programs centered on a diverse curriculum teaching marketable skills in areas such as verbal and nonverbal communication, organizational and professional communication, rhetoric and criticism, argumentation and persuasion, and communication technology. Communication studies examines the creation, expression, and analysis of messages in our personal, professional, and public lives. Communication Studies majors acquire social intelligence, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, which help them to manage message processes within and among individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. Students explore verbal and nonverbal communication in relationships, organizational and corporate communication, rhetoric and criticism, argumentation and persuasion, and health communication. Alumni excel in diverse cultural, professional, social, and personal settings as influential leaders, solution-oriented collaborators, highly trained researchers, talented writers, and engaging speakers.