Professional Communications

School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Robert S. Wood Hall
740-245-7182 office; 740-245-7432 fax

Mission Statement

The Professional Communications Program is dedicated to teaching relevant and marketable 21st century communication skills. In this interdisciplinary major, faculty advisors from the Communication, Art, and English programs work closely with students as they build valuable skills in creative, social, workplace, and global communications; collaborate successfully in design teams; and create communication plans in partnership with local businesses and agencies. At graduation with either a 2 or 4-year degree, Professional Communications majors will have professional communications portfolios including:

website content writing and site design;
social media content creation;
print and electronic publication;
document design and production;
business and technical writing;
visual rhetoric and multimedia composition;
digital photography;
group, organizational, and strategic communication; and,
other written, oral, visual, and 21st-century digital communication skills within a workplace context.

Facilities

Robert S. Wood Hall opened in September, 1989 and contains an auditorium, several general classrooms, seminar rooms, two smart classrooms and the Instructional Design and Media Center, which assists faculty with online learning and additional technology. The offices of senior and parttime faculty are on the second floor.

The Rio Grande John W. Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center opened in 1981. A signature glass atrium introduces visitors to the Center and serves as an entry to the 500-seat state-of-the-art Alphus R. Christensen Theatre. The theatre hosts numerous university and community productions and serves as a cultural hub to residents in a five-county area of Southern Ohio and West Virginia. Within the Center, the Art Department houses a Mac computer lab with Adobe software for web and print production, a large-scale color printer, a fully equipped darkroom and multi- purpose classrooms.

The Esther Allen Greer Museum houses a 3,000 square foot exhibition space, museum prep room for framing and preparing artwork for display, multi-purpose classrooms and the University Archives. Among the museum’s holdings are numerous prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture comprising the Brooks Jones Endowment Collection.

The Art Annex was constructed in 1997. This 10,000 square foot building houses equipment and dedicated space for woodworking, metalworking, stone carving, printmaking, drawing, painting, hand building and wheel throwing ceramics, as well as a number of kilns and a foundry.

Programs

Associate of Arts

Professional Communications, A.A.

Bachelor of Science

Professional Communications, B.S.

Minor

Professional Communications Minor

Courses

Communication

Journalism