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Prepare for Careers of Great Meaning in a Variety of High-impact Professions

As a student in Dominican University’s communication major, you’ll gain strong oral, written, and visual communication skills that will prepare you to enter the job market in many roles, industries, and work settings. 

Here, you’ll learn how to be both critical consumers and strategic producers of media, while improving your interpersonal skills in a variety of real-life contexts, from engaging interculturally to expressing your personal stance on global issues.

Communication students depart Dominican with a well-rounded education that combines theory and practice, the face-to-face and the mediated, the quantitative and the qualitative to provide the understanding, knowledge, training, and expertise on specific and multiple aspects of modern communication theory and practice.

Get Ready to Succeed in Fast-moving Fields

A survey of U.S. employers by Hart Research Associates found that 93% of managers say that “a job candidate’s demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly and solve complex problems” is the most important factor in hiring decisions. 

Those abilities are the essential skill set of our communication graduates. Our curriculum is designed to prepare you for lifelong intellectual and professional competence and fluency.

More Ways to Learn, On Campus and Beyond

Practical, hands-on experience is built into our communication curriculum. Our internships draw on Chicago’s great media, communications and corporate resources. You’ll test-drive your dream job and gain invaluable real-world experience. Through our Community-based Learning Program, you’ll combine academic study with compassionate service to people in need, in the Chicago area and beyond. 

What’s more, you won’t have to wait until graduate school to work side-by-side with a talented scholar. Student-faculty research is a department trademark; the topics range from interpersonal communication to mass media in the digital age. To add a global perspective to your learning experience, we recommend that you take courses in international studies or a modern language. Finally, consider a semester of study abroad.