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Skills Developed by Communication Majors

Communication majors graduate with a wide variety of skills that are highly sought after by potential employers. Your course work in the Department of Communication will provide the opportunity to sharpen your talents and demonstrate them to potential employers or graduate schools. Major skills that you may obtain as a communication major are as follows:

Pay attention to details
Write clearly
Evaluate information and sources
Demonstrate creativity and artistic expression
Set and meet deadlines
Identify and manage different needs of groups
Nogotiate and mediate conflicts
Lead and manage others
Complete independent projects
Work in teams
Present specifi viewpoints
Identify and manage different needs of groups
Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
Synthesize information
Critically evaluate a text
Communicate effectively
Understand communication processes
Speak with confidence
Design effective Power Point presentations
Think through and analyze arguments
Organize arguments and overcome objections
Set criteria, set a plan of action, implement a solution
Compare and contrast evidence
Create hypothesis and evaluate research
Utilize strong interpersonal skills
Work within deadlines
Evaluate corporate communication and make recommendations for improvement
Understand health communication principles
Research a problem, apply research to a situation
Write effective reports, critical essays, and research papers
Explain processes, plans, and concepts
Practice leadership principles
Understand and apply theory
Read studies and apply the information
Gather and synthesize data
Report information in a clear manner
Edit text
Write press releases and promotional materials
Critically analyze information
Create entertaining and persuasive messages
Understand institutional and cultural values
Measure media effects
Demonstrate creativity and artistic expression
Develop market research