Those who study communication as an art seek to improve in themselves and in others the oral, written, and visual skills of exchanging information. As a science, communication emphasizes the objective study and investigation of this fundamental aspect of human behavior. The four departments of the College of Communication do not represent all of the academic disciplines concerned with the process of communication or the effects of communication on the individual and society. Engineering and physics shape and design the instruments by which communication is transmitted, and in the process become involved with human desires and reactions. Linguistics investigates the symbols by which human beings convey messages to each other.
All language study bears on the process of communication.
Art, drama, music, and literature are forms of communication. Psychology studies the relationship of communication to the individual, and sociology examines the impact of communication on society. Education relies heavily on effective communication. Thus the student who majors in the College of Communication should find relationships between the major and every course in the program. The major should give focus to the student's educational experience at the University.