Major in Communication
Access to Southern California's media universe means jobs for CLU communication graduates - with the L.A. Clippers, L.A. Kings, Access Hollywood, Buena Vista Television (Disney), Paramount Pictures, and in human resources, market research, and publishing. They've also headed to graduate school and into teaching.
What can you do with a communication degree? Job applicants today must have the tools to frame effective messages in a wide variety of media and platforms. To that end, not only does the Communication Department at Cal Lutheran offer a broad array of mass communication courses but requires that its graduates demonstrate proficiencies in writing, speaking and media production, requires at least one internship, and lays out a unique core curriculum that equips graduates with a background in mass media history, media writing and communication theory. The department boasts an award-winning student newspaper, The Echo, and a campus wide cable radio station and student news program.
A degree in communication with a concentration in advertising and public relations, film and television production or journalism specified on the diploma is the choice of students who wish to specialize in a field. The general communication major, on the other hand, permits students to individualize their degrees, either in order to explore subjects of personal interest or to prepare for a career objective other than the concentration areas.
In addition to regular course work, at least one cooperative education experience or senior project is required of each communication graduate. Many students choose to add a variety of media projects, internships, part-time employment, or field experience to their résumés.
Students who desire to work as marketing communication department managers, marketing representatives, and trade negotiators for both private corporations and government agencies are directed to the marketing communication degree which appears later in this catalog. CLU marketing communication graduates have gained the ability to research, plan, organize and direct internationally focused marketing campaigns and have acquired the interpersonal skills needed to move into upper management.
Concentrations:
- Advertising/Public Relations
- Journalism
- Film and Television Production
Program Requirements
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Faculty
Sharon D. Docter, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Monica Gracyalny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
David Grannis, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Beverly Merrill Kelley, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Ryan Medders, M.S.
Instructor of Communication
Dru Pagliassotti, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Jean Kelso Sandlin, EdD
Assistant Professor of Communication
Russell L. Stockard Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Peter Wechsberg
American Sign Language Teacher
Contact the Department
Communication
California Lutheran University
60 W. Olsen Rd. #3600
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Department Chair:
Sharon D. Docter
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