Roy Alden Atwood, Anna Banks, Stephen P. Banks, Don H. Coombs, Martha J. Einerson, Sandra Haarsager, Patricia Hart, Tom E. Jenness, Alan Lifton, Michael Nitz, Mark Secrist, William P. Woolston. Communication can be seen as the discipline that links other disciplines, a discipline that is vital if people, organizations, and governments are to cope with today's complex world.
Students also pursue advanced degrees in communication.
The School of Communication provides theoretical and professional preparation in communication fields and also functions as an academic unit of the College of Letters and Science to provide communication courses to students in other fields of study and university general education core courses. The school offers B.A. and B.S. degree programs in journalism, public communication, and visual communication. All three programs of study provide preparation for those who wish to seek advanced degrees in communication. Students seeking the B.A. degree are required to have a demonstrable proficiency in a foreign language and those seeking the B.S. degree must complete an 18-credit minor or area of emphasis in a subject area outside those taught by the School of Communication. Required courses in a student's major cannot be used to satisfy the distributional requirements for the College of Letters and Science.