A minor program is also offered in each area. With the general study of speech communication, the student examines all aspects of the discipline in a variety of contexts. An organizational communication emphasis focuses more closely on the context of formal organizations. Interns have been placed with the Forest Service, the ISU Alumni Association, the ISU Public Relations Office, the LDS employment office and others. After Graduation More and more employers are beginning to realize how crucial it is to hire employees with liberal arts backgrounds who have good communication skills.
Speech communication is one of the most flexible liberal arts degrees a student can earn.
Study of this discipline allows students to develop their critical thinking skills and to adapt their abilities to a wide variety of employment opportunities. Speech communication majors and minors are employed in such diverse areas as hotel management, personnel training, advertising, technical communication, insurance adjusting, teaching, politics, higher education administration, paid speech-writing, political consulting, radio and television broadcasting, the ministry, public relations, business, and a host of others. The American Bar Association highly recommends speech courses for a pre-law program and many former ISU students are practicing law.