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sounds good I liked the way you explained everything.  It really motivated me to continue on with my communications major. Thanks Mon July 4, 2005, 12:17 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Techies Knock My Socks Off!  Go Communications!! It's a fantastic major! Regina Falange Wed October 12, 2005, 9:30 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Techies Knock My Socks Off!  Go Communications!! It's a fantastic major! Regina Falange Wed October 12, 2005, 9:30 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Techies Knock My Socks Off!  Go Communications!! It's a fantastic major! Regina Falange Wed October 12, 2005, 9:30 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Techies Knock My Socks Off!  Go Communications!! It's a fantastic major! Regina Falange Wed October 12, 2005, 9:30 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Techies Knock My Socks Off!  Go Communications!! It's a fantastic major! Regina Falange Wed October 12, 2005, 9:31 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Oh please with a communications major you do end up starving on the streets because all you do is talk you do not have any real skill in the office or workspace. common stop brainwashing our nice american citizen with that trash! Richard Moore Tue October 25, 2005, 4:27 pm <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Yeah, I do believe that too!  Although having good communication skills is necessary in succeeding in any job it should just be a personal enrichment type of thing than a career. Samantha Rodriguez Sat November 26, 2005, 12:37 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Are you people on crack? You have no idea what your're talking about.  Communications majors are not actually majoring in communicating. I have a great degree (B.A. in Broadcast Media) whichs falls under the cateogory of Communications. Read the first line this guy spoke- (Communications is sort of an umbrealla over a ton of smaller majors.) You people are complete idiots!!! Mario demario17 [at] hotmail [dot] com Tue December 13, 2005, 1:33 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  So can you get a pharmacist job with this major? esj_sysavath_stacy [at] yahoo [dot] com Tue January 31, 2006, 11:16 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  ^^^ Perhaps you haven't read that you can get “Almost” any job with the major. Thu February 16, 2006, 12:36 pm <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  I got talked in a business communications major by someone who was probably trying to ensure that they got some bodies enrolled in a blow-off major that was dressed-up with some business theory classes to make it look fancier, but in truth, we have no quantitative requirements such as finance or stats that a business admin.  major might be required to take. It is a bunch of people talking about talking (and a bunch of people do not even know what the hell they want to do with their degrees). I'm switching to English and applying to law school.  That way, even if you don't get in due to it being so competitive, you'll still be marketable for post-graduate study in another field if necessary. In higher ed, they truly need people who can write well, and in the workplace, they need that, too. Unless you truly want to go into a corporate teaching/training type job or into politics (where speaking skills count a lot), then it is a blow-off major in my opinion. I am in the major at a well-regarded, private liberal arts college, and I'm telling you...it is taught by adjuncts, and we sit around and talk about talking. I'm falling asleep!  Will be subbing the classes for electives and switching majors. And glad to be doing it, too! Major switching Sun February 19, 2006, 9:07 pm <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Really? I am an international student and I planned to study for a communication degree in the US.  I said “planned” because you guys kind of scared me with the terrible image~~~~~~ Anyone tell me the true story?  thx holly chen [dot] holly [at] gmail [dot] com Sun February 26, 2006, 5:29 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Remember that it also depends on what you want to do with your degree.  If you want to go into public speaking careers, then communications can be useful, but if you need post-graduate study, it might not be seen as very rigorous if applications are up and you have stiff competition, so they are really looking for rigor. I am interested in law, and since some people in my business communications class have made negative comments about lawyers, I figured that—I mean, you know—how bright can you be to trash the people who have IQ's that are well above average? If you get a bright bunch of students with public speaking/teaching ambitions, then you'll love the major, but if you're thinking about rigorous, post-graduate study, you might want to major in something that requires a lot more writing, research, and analysis. In the major that I am switching out of, we had one really really nice lady teach a course, but she never stayed on topic and totally made it ridiculously easy (you just had to show up for the most part). Think about how much money you will be borrowing/paying out of pocket and then think about whether or not you might want to do such an easy major. It depends on the cost and what you really want to do with your degree. Upon looking at salaries when the economy tanks, it looks to me like communications majors take a real nosedive as far as starting salaries. Anything below $30K to start isn't worth it in my opinion.  It depends Sat April 1, 2006, 2:52 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Besides, when I interviewed some HR managers about various majors, a couple of them said there were jokes going around the company about business communications majors being qualified for a reception job, but that “this is just someone's personal take on it.” That person was a hiring manager! More to add to last post Sat April 1, 2006, 2:54 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  “That you're going to college to learn how to talk, not true, you're really learning how to listen." Why do you need to be charged $20K+ to learn to listen??? Not a communications major Sat April 1, 2006, 3:00 am <Reply to this comment>

 

A Great Minor comm.  studies is easily the most misunderstood major. It is NOT about teaching you to talk and listen!  I repeat, IT IS NOT ABOUT LEARNING TO SPEAK OR LISTEN.  It is about studying the context of communication as a social and cultural phenomenon.  This means that it has a lot in common with the fields of Psychology and Philosophy.  There is a lot more depth to the field than many of the preceding comments give credit for.  Certain common-sensical classes like interpersonal communication and gender communication damage its academic credibility; but, others like Persuasion, visual communication, Argumentation and Debate, Communication theory, cult and obscenity law and rhetorical criticism are highly intellectual and are applicable to real life.  You just have to have a certain degree of intellect to make the connections.  The problem is that the degree is VERY broad and is only as good as the professors are.  Do not study communication unless your school has top-notch faculty. period.  There is too much room in the curriculum for bad professors to b.s.  It also attracts morbidly ignorant and yappity cheerleader types (because they love to talk) who add nothing to the field and do not understand the more intellectual concepts.  At my school, there are NO ADJUNCT PROFESSORS in the Comm Studies department, and I would not recommend going to a school that uses only adjuncts.  In closing, I feel that communication studies is a perfectly relevant and misunderstood field that is probably more applicable to the work force than history, english, philosophy, psychology, sociology or and many other LIberal arts degrees.  Also, despite common belief, comm.  majors have to do a lot of writing,researching, and analyzing. I truly believe that some of these comments come from people go to less than quality schools.  I would, however, recommend it as a minor over a major. I believe it to be a very strong minor.  As a major, you can pave a career path with internships into sales, PR, journalism, editing, tv or radio production, or anything you can do with any business major (except maybe finance). A major doesn't pigeonhole a person, a person does that to themselves.  I am graduating with a major in Communication studies very shortly and have no doubt that I will land a solid entry level career shortly thereafter. Also, just to note, many graduate programs look very kindly on Liberal arts majors when considering applications, LAW SCHOOLS AND EVEN MBA PROGRAMS (provided you have taken at least an accounting or other upper level math course).  Sorry for the cognitive dissonance is relation to this field of academics. “Human beings are symbol-using and misusing creatures, inventors of the negative, riddled with guilt, and rotten with perfection” -Kenneth Burke- Communications pioneer Wed February 21, 2007, 12:18 am <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Ah yes.  Communications. The you-are-qualified-to-be-a-receptionist major. Get into one where you take a ton of business communications classes, and voila! You're now qualified to be a receptionist in a corporate setting! Run from this major, folks.  Some of us have taken a few classes within the department, and the people were all trashing smart, high IQ people and saying that sociability matters more in business than brains. Gee, as if we don't quite have enough yippy yappy sorority twits running rampant in America's offices already, right?  Folks, if they are putting down the brains in these classes, it is a real good sign that it isn't viewed as a brainy major. Too smart for this crap Fri April 7, 2006, 10:19 pm <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Anyone ever notice that most Ivy Leagues don't offer communications, yet your community colleges do? Hmm.  That's telling you something. Sun April 23, 2006, 4:22 pm <Reply to this comment>

 

Re: Add a Comment!  Exactly! No top university even HAS a communications department (that's how little they take it as a serious major). The only exception I can think of is Northwestern, but then they have that Medill school where a lot of people study journalism. If you want to go into broadcasting, then yeah—take some communications classes—but in general, I'm not getting the sense that anyone takes it seriously. I'm very bright, and I have been totally harassed by jerks (even some teachers, not just the other students) in the business communications major I initially started in.  And to make it even more laughable, they were discussing the made-for-tv characters on The Apprentice (Trump's tv show) like it was lessons to learn from real life, or something.  I mean...hello...this is TV, folks.  It is all staged for entertainment. When your classmates are deeply analyzing The Apprentice's cliche characters who act goofy on purpose, then you know you are not in high IQ company. The English department people sound more intellectual, to be honest.  I think because the are up to their ears in books.  Read