What Can I Do with a Degree In Communications?

CMAT 101Anthony Gunn

Cameron EgertonJames Zester

Juma RichardsLauren Atteck

What is Mass Communications?

• What does a Communications major learn?– Well, the answer depends on the specific courses of study

undertaken at college.– Most Communications majors study under the discipline

commonly known as Mass Communications.

• Mass Communications entails learning all about the various aspects of communicating through mass media.

• Specializations range from print journalism to web content development and even television production. Public relations (PR) is yet another possible specialization.

Overview

• In general, Communications majors are professionals who have undergone course studies enabling them to communicate across a vast spectrum of circumstances, be it with the media, through data, and much more.

Examples

• Your neighborhood reporter is most likely a Communications major; as is the public relations director of a multi-national corporation like Red Bull.

• Even your favorite documentary film-maker, more likely than not, majored in Communications.

• A Communications major is employed in the majority of organizations, major and minor, worldwide

Possible Fields of Employment Include:

• Advertising• Audiovisual and

Multimedia• Business/Industry• Film• Newspaper• Photography• Government• …and several more MORE

Typical Places of Employment Consist of:

• Colleges/Universities

• Retail Stores

• Publishing Companies

• State/Regional Networks

• Public Relations Firms

• Human Resources

• Government Agencies

• Etc.

Typical Work Activities

• Editing• Designing• Explaining• Researching• Managing• Organizing• Illustrating• Scheduling

Typical Salary for CMAT Majors

• Starting Salary - $42,300

• Current Salary - $81,609

• Ten Year Average - $72,537• Information based on stats from

http://www.studentsreview.com/salary_by_major.php3

Common Misconceptions

• No one hires communication majors

• Easy major with no real work

• Going to college to learn how to talk

SU Alumni and Jobs in CMAT

Alumni Name Grad Date Current Job Organization

Gibson, Katie 05/2006 Enhanced Media Specialist

Discovery Communications

Wojtek, Robert 05/2006 Disaster Preparedness Coordinator

St. Joseph Medical Center

Maddox, Shea 05/2005 Asst. Manager of Operations

UNDER ARMOUR, INC.

Lam, Mark 05/2007 Sales Associate American Lawyer Media Advertising

Celebrities involved in CMAT

• John Quincy Adams

• Donovan McNabb

• Howard Stern