Minor in Communication

 

Communication is all about delivering messages to people who need to know your information. At UVI we recognize that there are many fields of study and we offer full bachelor’s degrees in these fields. We also want you to know how to tell others what you learn – whatever your field of study. 

The University offers you the opportunity to study Communication as a Minor.  Regardless of your specialization, the person who can deliver what they know rises to the top of leadership.  As you plan your degree program, consider if you want to be a leader in your field or just a practitioner.  Leaders need to communicate.

Like the Major in communication, students can focus on specific specializations in the minor.  Theater, Voice, Computer Communication, and Broadcasting are all available.  The career options & pathways open to Minors in communication depend on the major – people who specialize in good communication are often in high demand.  A person who is an expert, but lacks communication skills will forever have their career limited while the clear communicator will rise to positions of leadership.

For graduation requirements, please refer to the  catalog of  matriculation.   Additionally, please seek assistance from advisor and/or department chair.

Bachelor of Arts in Communication

 

Communication is a dynamic, exciting program about messages and technologies and people. The field is home of social media, broadcasting, print media, smart phone communication, computer communication, speech, performance, public relations, new media, photojournalism, television, video, web streaming, rhetoric, desktop publishing, web publishing, digital entrepreneurship and communication with yourself. Our topics are right up-to-the-minute with new technology like Virtual Reality News, and live streaming video.

 It is all about delivering messages to people who need to know your information. The field is one of the most exciting career areas to discover. We know that communication is a critical skill for attaining leadership positions in every field. Good communication is a ticket to success in whatever you do.

Instructors of the Department of Communication, Art, Theatre and Music* work toward the achievement of the following objectives:

* provide excellent and diligent teaching related to the discipline of Communication and the Arts
* Introduce students to the language, pedagogical practices and theories in the communication discipline
* encourage the study of historical, educational and theoretical concepts and practices related to Media, Art, and Theatre
* reinforce methods of learning related to critical analysis and thought within and across various disciplines of study at the university
* instill academic values through personal and professional commitment to academic excellence at all levels of teaching and learning
* exhibit examples of values and morals that promote excellent ethical behavior among students
* provide students with an exciting atmosphere in which to learn and practice ideals related to the study of the discipline
* Provide reasonable efforts to aid students in their abilities to network and connect with others in the field of Communication and across other academic disciplines that will encourage collaborative learning and understanding
* create an atmosphere that encourages continual study, learning and growth
* nurture,, encourage and reinforce students abilities to ultimately act independently in creative, critical and interpretive ways
Student Learning Outcomes – Program
* Demonstrate intercultural sensitivity and identify their ethical responsibilities to their community, society, discipline, and profession based on various perspectives and associated standards of communication.
* Communicate appropriately and effectively within various organizational and group contexts
* Demonstrate appropriate and effective conflict management strategies,
* Demonstrate effective nonverbal and verbal communication techniques.
* Demonstrate the ability to effectively deliver formal presentations before a variety of live audiences..
* Demonstrate proficiency in the use of written English, including proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

 

Assessment:
 

In the final months of senior year, students will bring forth to a committee of communication professors demonstrable evidence of accomplishment in each of the areas identified in the objectives above.In the course of developing the senior seminar project, communication students should give evidence in their presentation of competence in at least six of the areas identified above. During Senior Seminar, communication faculty will evaluate communication students to ascertain their achievement in those areas.

The career options & pathways open communication majors span the economic horizon…

  • Want to build e-commerce businesses? We teach Digital Entrepreneurship.
  • Want to run a blog? We teach web site design.
  • Dream of being the TV News person? We have graduates doing that job.
  • Do you want to enter government as a public information officer? Our graduates do that.
  • Would you like to write for the public media, newspapers, web news, digital news, right-now media?  This is Communication now!
  • Are you interested in entering the public arena in politics or government or dissent? We teach people how to deliver their message. Eight of the last nine UVI Commencement students speakers has been a Communication Major.
  • We have our own radio station – WUVI – AM -1090. WUVI is broadcasting from both campuses – on the Internet and on AM radio 1090 AM.  Communion majors run the radio station.

People who specialize in good communication are in high demand.  A person who is an expert, but lacks communication skills will forever have their career limited.  While the person with clear communicator will rise to positions of leadership. 

 

4-Year Suggested Course Sequences: 
Bachelors Arts in Communication Paradigm
*Students should follow the curriculum within the published undergraduate catalog of their matriculation as well as seek assistance from advisor and/or department chair. 

In addition to the general education requirements (see pp. 87-88 in the UVI catalog), which include COM 119 Interpersonal Communication and COM 120 Public Speaking, the following BA in Communication paradigm  (revised in 2018) provides guidance in regards to the required courses needed to meet graduation requirements.

*Students should follow the curriculum within the published undergraduate catalog of their matriculation as well as seek assistance from advisor and/or department chair.