In Organizational Communication students study the ways people interact within large organizations, such as business, government, educational and non-profit groups. Public Relations is concerned with the management of communication between an organization and its internal and external publics with the goal of mutual understanding and influence. Public Communication is concerned with the presentation and management of messages in public contexts. The School of Speech Communication also offers minors in Conflict Resolution in Business, Conflict and Mediation, Health Communication and Political Communication. Keep in mind, however, that some fields will require graduate study or further schooling of some kind.
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The internet is a fantastic source of information. Within a liberal arts framework, students in Speech Communication study the ways people influence and relate to one another in speech, writing, and visual symbols. The study of communication includes the social scientific study of human communication behavior in diverse contexts and the qualitative study of rhetoric. The primary concerns within the school include human communicative interactions within interpersonal settings such as dyads and small groups, public speaking, communication within organizations, between organizations and the public, as well as campaign communication processes. Within these contexts students study conflict resolution, communication in health settings and political settings, the interaction of culture and communication, language, nonverbal communication, written and oral communication skills and social influence among human beings in a variety of settings.