Communication Major Program

Mission

The Communication Department at Regis College empowers women and men to challenge themselves academically, to serve and lead. 

Goals

• Help students develop the ability to inquire, analyze and to think critically about the various facets of the communication discipline
• Provide students with the relevant skills and techniques for effective oral, mediated, visual and written communication
• Provide experiential learning through structured internships, service-learning and other projects in order to prepare them for careers and/or graduate education that are hallmark of the Communication program

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

• Demonstrate ability to analyze and apply the major theories within the discipline.
• Prepare and present effective oral, written and visual messages.
• Demonstrate the ability to synthesize existing research on a communication or communication-related topic.
• Demonstrate the ability to synthesize existing research on a communication or communication-related topic (see above) and then to design and conduct original research on that topic.
• Gain experience in a communication or communication-related professional environment through a supervised internship experience
   

Students can select either a standard major in Communication or else choose a concentration that focuses the major. All majors will take a set of core major courses.

These will include

• CO 203 Introduction to Communication
• CO 204 Public Speaking
• CO 212 Writing for the Communication Professional
• CO 221 Visual Communication
• CO 301 Junior Seminar
• CO 402 Senior Seminar
• CO 404 An internship that is concentration-specific
  (i.e., Film concentration would have an internship in Film)

Thus, all students within the major will have a common core of 7 courses that will provide them with a broad overview of the discipline; help them communicate effectively orally, visually and in writing; and will help prepare them for successful entry into the working world.

There are five concentrations within the Department: Public Relations; Cinema Studies; Journalism and Media Studies; Organizational and Interpersonal Communication and Graphic Design. In each concentration, students would take 5 courses and would have an elective to make up the 13 required courses.

Students can choose the standard major and follow those requirements (i.e., CO 203 Introduction to Communication; two additional communication theory courses; two writing courses selected from CO212, CO 219, CO 220 or EN 223; one visual communication course from CO 215 or CO 221; one public speaking course; junior seminar; senior seminar; an internship and three communication/theatre/dance electives. For more information, contact Dr. Sara Weintraub, (781) 768-7453.

Sample Curriculum

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Fourth Year