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Communication
Major/Minor
Equipped for Your Calling and Career
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. The Communication degree program provides students with valuable experience to take into internships, interviews, and dream jobs. You’ll 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.
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. Elective communication courses are chosen from a variety of courses from across the department. 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.
Get on track for these careers
- Public Relations Specialist
- Meeting/Event Planner
- College Alumni and Development Officer
- Media Planner
- Social Media Manager
- Human Resources Specialist
- Business Reporter
- Health Educator
- Marketing Coordinator
- Journalist
Concentration in Organizational Communication
This concentration adds course work that offers real-world, practical experience in organizational contexts. These classes have been intentionally curated to give students the chance to explore the nuances of nonprofit organizational communication, conflict resolution, leadership communication, and more. Students will also have the opportunity to do a communications audit, where they will create a strategic plan and offer communications solutions for a local nonprofit organization.
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 a lot about how to write succinctly and clearly, and also how to build an argument, which is super important—if you’re going to be a writer of any kind, you need to be able to articulate what you’re trying to say. My editing skills also improved, because we spent so much time reviewing each other’s papers and were asked to think critically about writing. I appreciate those foundational skills I got at Taylor."
Communication Curriculum & Degree Options
Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.
Liberal Arts Foundational Core
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.
Pair Communication for a Double Major
Make the most of your time to grow into your own unique calling and identity during your time at Taylor University. Communication offers a streamlined course load at just 44 hours, so for students interested in earning a double major, Communication can be paired with majors such as Biblical Literature, History, Sociology, Psychology, Spanish, and others.
Each Communication student caps off his or her 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. Our majors move into the workplace equipped for team-building, public relations, and problem-solving, becoming leaders of non-profit organizations, elite public speakers, interpersonal and team-based communicators, and researchers.
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