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Communication
as a field of study, as a profession, and as a central
component of our everyday lives has grown dramatically
in importance through the twentieth century and into
the twenty-first. Communication plays an important role
in personal relationships, social activities, politics,
medicine, business, education, the law, and creative
expression, and new communication technologies have
given rise to a host of communication-based industries.
Graduates of communication departments go into a variety
of professions, including the media, law, marketing,
sales, corporate communications, counseling, public
relations, advertising, and education. The study of
communication enriches students' lives as well as providing
attractive career paths.
The University of
Wisconsin-Madison was one of the first universities
to establish a program in communication, and its Communication
Arts Department has taken a leading role in the development
of the discipline throughout its history. The department
offers a variety of courses focusing on the principal
media and modes of human communication. Our goal is
to help students deepen their appreciation of the communication
process and increase their communication skills. Whether
a course deals with film, electronic media, rhetoric,
or interpersonal communication, it is designed to encourage
students to enhance and develop their own capacities
for critical appraisal, reflection, and expression,
and to expand their capacities for participation in
the communication-driven social and civic life of the
twenty-first century.
Students
majoring in communication arts may complete the following:
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