The Communication Studies major prepares students to create, analyze, and express messages across personal, professional, and public contexts. With a diverse curriculum, students gain marketable skills in areas like interpersonal and organizational communication, rhetoric, persuasion, and communication technology.
BS in Applied Communication
Our B.S. in Applied Communication provides students with the opportunity to learn the value of and practice transformative, collaborative, and ethical communication in interpersonal, organizational, health, analytical, and public contexts. The program equips students with practical knowledge and applied communication skills to succeed in a wide range of growing professions.
Why Choose Communication Studies
A Communication Studies degree equips you with versatile, in-demand skills for success in any field. Our graduates excel as leaders, collaborators, researchers, writers, trainers, and speakers. Guided by nationally recognized faculty, students gain hands-on experience and mentorship that connect classroom learning to real-world impact. In addition to a strong foundation, students can tailor their studies by specializing in areas that match their personal and professional goals.
Specialized Minors in Communication Studies
In addition to the minor in Communication Studies, the Department is also the home for four interdisciplinary minors: Leadership Studies, Political Communication, Health Communication, and Science Communication.
Using a unique blend of theory, research, and application, the minor in Health Communication provides students the essential skills to enhance communication among physicians, nurses, health specialists, health technicians, and patients.
The minor in Political Communication is ideal for those who are interested in the fundamental relationship between messages and political change and prepares students for careers or advanced degrees in fields such as law, politics, issue advocacy, public administration, and public policy.
Second Teaching Field in Speech (Grades Seven through Twelve). For students who are seeking a teacher certification within their major and would like a second teaching field in Speech
Effective leaders do more than manage what is, they provide a vision of what could be. The minor in Leadership Studies at Texas State helps prepare citizens to be ethical leaders that will have a positive influence on individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and society.
The Science Communication minor integrates theory, research, and practice. Interdisciplinary courses prepare you to bridge science and society.
Participate in Enriching Co-Curricular and Extracurricular Activities
Department Internships
Students who seek on-the-job experience in a communication-related organization may be interested in applying for an internship and enrolling in COMM 4390. Requirements for the course may be found in the Courses sections of the catolog.
Career Readiness
The Communication Studies Career Readiness (CSCR) program is an innovative experience for select students to discover opportunities in the communication field by building a personalized career pathway.
Student Organizations
The department proudly sponsors the Delta Beta Chapter of the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, the Communication Guild for all majors and minors, the Elton Abernathy Forensics Society, and the LBJ Debate Society.
For more information, contact:
DR. ELIZABETH K. EGER, PhD.
REGENTS' TEACHER, Associate Professor, & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Office Location: Centennial Hall 329
Phone: 512-245-7823
Email: eger@txstate.edu