At Taylor, the Communication major breaks the mold.
With small class sizes, discussion-based courses, and service-learning projects, you’ll have the framework to succeed in any career. Sharpen your critical thinking and spoken, written, and nonverbal communication skills, equipping yourself as a leader and team player for a broad range of careers. You’ll carry valuable experiences into internships, interviews, and dream jobs.
This streamlined field of study provides a strong foundation in communicating oral, mediated, interpersonal, and public messages. You’ll gain an understanding of how the various mediums and aesthetics impact message interpretation. You can also opt to add an organizational communication concentration that will prepare you to lead in both corporate and nonprofit settings with practical skills in training, leadership, and consulting.
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Get real-world, practical experience in organizational contexts. You’ll have the chance to explore the nuances of nonprofit organizational communication, conflict resolution, leadership communication, and more. Students will conduct a communications audit, where they will create a strategic plan and offer communications solutions for a local nonprofit organization.
A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.
The Finishing Touch
You'll cap your studies with an independent research project, an in-field practicum, and the development of a professional communication portfolio used for applying to graduate schools or jobs.
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Graduates move into the workplace equipped for team building, public relations, and problem-solving. They become leaders of non-profit organizations, elite public speakers, interpersonal and team-based communicators, and researchers.
Pair Communication for a Double Major
Communication offers a streamlined course load at just 44 hours. For students interested in earning a double major, Communication can be paired with Biblical Literature, History, Sociology, Psychology, Spanish, and others.
Minor in Communication
Pair a Communication minor with any major to strengthen your writing, speaking, and relational skills that will help you excel in your career or graduate study work.
Mylie Brennan
Class of 2016
My writing skills improved so much at Taylor. I learned how to write succinctly and clearly, how to build an argument, and how to edit and think critically about writing.
Sam Arnett
Class of 2019
I still regularly speak with some of my professors. Taylor is such a unique place where the professors speak to their students as an equal without compromising authority in the classroom.
Audrey (Halcomb) Lassman
Class of 2016
My major gave me confidence that I could communicate effectively in my roles as an EPCOT cast member at Disney, a brand service analyst for one of the largest hotel chains in the world, an event coordinator, and more.
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Jeff Groeling
Department Chair and Professor of Communication
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Tammy Armstrong
Communication Department Program Assistant