CMAT project

1. What Can I Do with a Degree
In Communications?
CMAT 101
Anthony Gunn
Cameron Egerton
James Zester
Juma Richards
Lauren Atteck

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Possible Fields of Employment
Include:
• Advertising
• Audiovisual and
Multimedia
• Business/Industry
• Film
• Newspaper
• Photography
• Government
• …and several more
MORE

6. Typical Places of Employment
Consist of:
• Colleges/Universities
• Retail Stores
• Publishing Companies
• State/Regional
Networks
• Public Relations Firms
• Human Resources
• Government Agencies
• Etc.

7. Typical Work Activities
• Editing
• Designing
• Explaining
• Researching
• Managing
• Organizing
• Illustrating
• Scheduling

8. 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

9. Common Misconceptions
• No one hires communication majors
• Easy major with no real work
• Going to college to learn how to talk

10. 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

11. Celebrities involved in CMAT
• John Quincy
Adams
• Donovan McNabb
• Howard Stern