Communication Degrees Online

The communication curriculum focuses on developing well-rounded communication professionals capable of interpreting and meeting the challenges of an exciting and dynamic industry. Communication professionals need a strong liberal arts background, education in media-related issues and “hands-on” skills to use with existing and evolving technologies.

Curriculum changes in recent years have increased the emphasis of providing students with instruction in areas such as media diversity, media technologies, media literacy (awareness), and statistical analysis techniques (survey research) that have become areas of high demand within media industries (such as the print and broadcast journalism, two of the three program sequences the department offers) and other professional fields (such as public relations, the third sequence the department offers) that communication majors commonly become a part of upon graduation. The below listings reflect requirements taken from the JSU Catalog 2007-2009, that new/incoming students must complete to earn a degree.

The B.A. in Mass Communications at Emory & Henry is unique from those at other colleges in that students do not choose specialty tracks or sequences in a particular media field. Instead, the broad-based curriculum will prepare you for a wide variety of career opportunities and will still allow you to develop expertise in an area of interest.

Our graduates thrive in their careers because:
1. They are grounded in the liberal arts.
Both the College and the Mass Communications department at Emory & Henry operate in the finest of liberal arts traditions. You will gain strong writing and critical thinking skills plus an understanding of modern media issues. With a well-rounded academic background, combined with strong media skills, you will be ready to grow and succeed in the professional world.

2. They are prepared for a converged media industry.
In today’s media world, reporters often must cover events for both print and electronic media. Meanwhile, public relations specialists must know how to write, design, persuade, utilize video, and build web sites. And most media specialists move around during the course of their career. Our alumni continually praise our program for the diverse skills and knowledge that they acquired which prepared them for their challenging and successful careers.