Communications

As a Communications major, you will develop a broad range of skills that can lead to careers in public relations, broadcasting, journalism, editing and publication, or with additional graduate study, the law or other professions. People who communicate effectively and have a broad liberal arts background are also increasingly in demand in business and technical fields.

Your study in communications at Alderson-Broaddus will include courses in writing, speaking, communications theory, broadcasting, mass media, journalism, studio art and ethics, with a number of choices available so that you can focus on the area of communications which interests you the most.  You may also choose courses in creative writing, business and sociology, all designed to give you a broad background in a variety of skills and fields of knowledge. The College liberal studies program will complete your education, providing opportunities for study in religion, philosophy, science, math, history, political science and literature.

The proscenium stage in Funkhouser Auditorium, several smaller auditoriums, a closed-circuit television studio, an FM radio station, a student newspaper, and a top-rated forensics team will provide you with ample opportunities to develop and practice your communications skills. For all of your co-curricular activities as well as in all of your classes, you will work closely with fully qualified, full-time faculty members, all of whom have extensive practical experience in communications as well as a broad base of theoretical knowledge.

For more information about the Communications major, contact Professor Barbara Sims, Associate Professor of Speech Communications/Director of Forensics, Ph. 304.457.6222.