Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Communication] From Bryant University

The department is committed to the belief that communication is essential to preserving democratic human communities. Equally important, as our personal and social realities are created, maintained, and recreated through communication, the department stresses not only competent, but also ethical, personal, and mediated communication.

Today?s technologically oriented, increasingly diverse world is driven by the exchange of information. Increasingly, people with finely-tuned communication skills are in demand to direct that information. Advanced writing and speaking skills now need to be complemented by computer literacy and an understanding of the mass media, as well as an appreciation for the complexities in human interaction. The Department recognizes, too, that there is great societal need?plus career opportunity?in applying these skills in the practice of health communication, again both media and interpersonally crafted and delivered.

Studying communication at Bryant gives students an opportunity to analyze and evaluate various forms of communication while developing their own specific communication skills. Historical, theoretical, social, and ethical functions of communication are studied within a global context.

Students in the Communication major will:

• Describe the process of interpersonal and mediated communication.

• Explain the process by which communication knowledge is generated and advanced.

• Develop, create, deliver, and assess appropriate and effective mediated messages.

• Create, deliver, and assess appropriate and effective interpersonal messages.

• Apply communication theory and research to real-world situations.