Communication | Major
Trinity's Department of Communication curriculum focuses on the fundamental theories and skills that prepare students for careers in media writing and production as well as advertising and public relations. Communication courses focus on everything that comprises the mediated world: from magazines to video games, from film to social media, from transmedia storytelling to broadcast journalism. Students have great flexibility to adapt their studies to reflect the rapid changes that are creating new career patterns and opportunities in the field. Many of our graduates go on to work for media companies, while others pursue post-baccalaureate studies in communication, business, or law.
The communication curriculum is divided into three interrelated areas, all of which drive a better understanding and a greater curiosity about how the media works:
• Media Studies includes history and theories of social and mass communication; communication-related public policy; structure, organization, technology, ethics, criticism, and social and aesthetic functions of communication institutions and their messages.
• Media Messages focuses on writing and production skills and theory related to the creation of audio, print, video, and interactive media messages.
• Media Management is about planning, research, management, and legal regulation in contemporary communication media and media-related organizations.
In addition to coursework, our students have extensive opportunities for hands-on media experience on campus - even during their first semester - through TigerTV, the student-run television station, KRTU, the campus radio station, and the Trinitonian, the student-run newspaper.
Students also have several opportunities to get a real-world look into the career they wish to pursue. These opportunities include broadcasting internships at local television stations, public relations internships with local professional sports teams, and opportunities with print and radio media outlets.
