This sequence allows students to choose career-related areas of application for their communication skills. During the senior year, students complete a capstone project, either a senior project or externship, in which they apply and integrate the skills gained in their courses. Students in the major develop creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving skills, as well as expand their abilities to integrate knowledge, ethics, and tools for purposeful work in oral, written, and visual forms of communication. The goals of the program include personal growth and fulfillment, ethical citizenship, and employment in a culturally diverse, global environment. The growing complexity of organizations assures a broad diversity and numerous career opportunities for students with strong professional communication skills.
Technical communicators are writers, editors, artists, webpage designers, managers, and educators.
They might work for industry, computer software developers, medical institutions, banks, science research laboratories, or many other kinds of companies and institutions. Organizational Communication Organizational communication specialists serve in a wide variety of occupations. They work in project management, sales, consulting, management, mediation, human resources, and training. Virtually every modern organization has multiple needs for organizational communication specialists, in fields as diverse as high technology, medicine, advertising, and education.