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Department
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Communication
University of Louisville
What is
Communication?
The field of communication
focuses on how people use
messages to generate meanings
within and across various
contexts, cultures, channels, and
media. The field promotes the
effective and ethical practice of
human communication.
Fast Facts
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Began at U of L 1984-85
500+ majors
120 African-American Majors
150 Graduates a Year
18 Full-Time Faculty
Curriculum
Academic
Programs
• Undergraduate
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Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Online B.A. and B.S.
Minor in Communication
• Graduate
• Master of Arts
Elective
Sequences
• Strategic Communication
• News Reporting
• Computer Mediated
Communication
• Social Activism
• Media Studies
• Interpersonal Studies
Strategic
Communication
• Advertising
• Public Relations
• Courses
• PR Writing
• Copywriting
• Desktop
Publishing
• Web
Development
News Reporting
• Print and
Broadcast
Reporting
• Writing Skills
• Critical Analysis
of the Media
• Courses
• Newswriting
• Magazine and
Feature Writing
• Television News
• Ethical Problems
of
Communication
Computer Mediated
Communication
• Web Site
Development
• Organizational
Use of
Computers
• Social Role of
Computers
• Courses
• Computer
Communication
• Computer
Mediated
Communication
• Computer
Mediated
Communication
in Organizations
Media Studies
• Methods of
Studying the
Media
• Media Literacy
• Courses
• Effects of Mass
Media
• Children and
Television
• Mass Media Law
• African
Americans in the
Media
Interpersonal
Studies
• Human Relationships in
Context
• Family Communication
• Group Communication
• Organization Communication
• Health Communication
• Intercultural Communication
Department
Honors
• Well-prepared Students
• Senior Honors Project
Internship
Opportunities
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Television and Radio Stations
Newspapers and Magazines
Advertising and Public Relations
Sports Marketing
Internet
Human Resource Management
Events Planning
University Departments and
Programs
• Many more….
Student
Organizations
• I-COMM
• Lambda Pi Eta
Career Paths
ADVERTISING
• advertising or
marketing
specialist
• copy writer
• account
executive
• sales manager
• media planner
• media sales
representative
• public opinion
researcher
• media buyer
• creative director
COMMUNICATION
EDUCATION
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language arts coordinator
high school speech teacher
forensics/debate coach
college or university professor
speech communication
department chairperson
ELECTRONIC
MEDIA
• broadcasting station
manager
• director of broadcasting
• film/tape librarian
• community relations
director
• unit manager
• film editor
• news director
• news writer
• transmitter engineer
• technical director
• advertising sales
coordinator
• traffic/ continuity
specialist
• media buyer
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market researcher
actor
announcer
disc jockey
news anchor
public relations manager
comedy writer
casting director
producer
business manager
researcher
account executive
floor manager
talk show host
JOURNALISM
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reporter
editor
newscaster
author
copy writer
script writer
publisher
• news service
researcher
• technical writer
• acquisitions
editor
• media
interviewer
• talk show host
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
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publicity manager
advertising manager
marketing specialist
press agent
lobbyist
corporate public affairs
specialist
• account executive
• development officer
• fund raiser
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sales manager
media analyst
media planner
creative director
audience analyst
news writer
public opinion
researcher
• membership recruiter
HEALTH
CAREERS
• health educator
• school health care
administrator
• medical grants writer
• hospital director of
communication
• clinic public relations
director
• health communication
analyst
• research analyst
• medical training
supervisor
• communications manager
for federal health
agencies
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health personnel
educator
• medical center
publications editor
• hospice manager
• drug rehabilitationist
• health care counselor
• activities director
• marketing director
• health facility fund raiser
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS AND
NEGOTIATIONS
• on-air international broadcasting
talent
• corporate representative
• translator
• student tour coordinator
• diplomat
• foreign relations officer
• host/hostess for foreign dignitaries
• foreign correspondent
Law
• public defender
• corporate
lawyer
• district attorney
• public interest
lawyer
• private practice
lawyer
• legal researcher
• mediation and
negotiation
specialist
• paralegal
researcher
• legal secretary
• legal reporter
• legal educator
SOCIAL AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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public administrator
social worker
recreational supervisor
human rights officer
community affairs liaison
park service public relations specialist
philanthropic representative
religious leader
mental counselor
HIGH
TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRIES
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trainer for communication technologies
closed circuit television producer/director
systems analyst
technical copywriter
language specialist
speech synthesizer
cognition researcher
audio and visual computer display
specialist
• performance assessor
GOVERNMENT
AND POLITICS
• public information
officer
• speech writer
• legislative
assistant
• campaign director
• research specialist
• program
coordinator
• negotiator
• lobbyist
• press secretary
• elected official
EDUCATION
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teacher
school counselor
educational researcher
audiovisual specialist
educational
administrator
• school/university
information specialist
• director of college
news
• director of a collegiate
information center
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educational tester
development officer
educational fund-raiser
alumni officer
college placement
officer
• college admissions
director
• college recruiter
BUSINESS
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sales representative
executive manager
personnel manager
public information
officer
• industrial and labor
relations
representative
• negotiator
• director of corporate
communication
• customer service
representative
• newsletter editor
• communication trainer
• human resources
manager
• mediator
• buyer
Faculty
Activities
• Edit academic journals
• Host national and international
conferences
• Serve on editorial boards of national
journals
• Publish articles and books
• Community boards and committees
• Public service and policy campaigns
Teaching Awards
• Red Apple Award
• American Communication
Association Theodore Clevenger
Award
• President’s Award for
Outstanding Teaching
• Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Education
Award
Contact
• 502-852-6976
• Call Keneka Cheatham
• http://comm.louisville.edu