Communication

A degree that connects you to the people, the places, the communities, and the world around you.

At UIS, Communication is embraced as the act and/or the process of communicating from the perspectives of both interpersonal and mass-mediated communication.

Your degree prepares you to interpret and execute communication in all its forms, from written to spoken to nonverbal. Students who have earned the bachelor’s in Communication at UIS have gone on to work in a number of professions involving human relations, public relations and journalism, and utilizing practical skills in digital photography, video and web production and radio. Our students are among the most marketable when they graduate. Communication, as a broadly defined field, allows students to either concentrate on a specific professional goal or to enter a wide range of professional possibilities. It is a major without limitations.

Points of Pride

The UIS Communication Department is proud of the following:

• Broad curriculum offerings in both interpersonal communication and journalism/media studies
• Faculty members with diverse backgrounds in teaching and
  professional experience
• Internship opportunities for undergraduate students in newsrooms, public relations offices, non-profit organizations, multi-media production companies and other locations throughout Central Illinois
• Close relations between the department and professional organizations such as the Illinois Broadcasters’ Association, the Association for Women in Communication and the Association for Women Journalists (Springfield Chapter)
  • Excellent multi-media resources on campus, including:
    • Fully equipped television studio
    • Photography studio
    • Campus radio station (STAR One – The Prairie Star)
    • Several multi-media labs
    • UIS Office of Electronic Media
    • The Journal student newspaper
    • UIS Theatre Minor , which provides opportunities to speak, act,
      direct and produce
    • Affiliation with Lambda Pi Eta, a communication honor society

UIS Speech and Debate Team

Why should you join the UIS Speech and Debate team?

To learn more visit the Speech and Debate Team website or contact Timothy Bill.

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