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• I was thinking for the script part we could
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2. What Can I Do with a Degree
In Communications?
CMAT 101
Anthony Gunn
Cameron Egerton
James Zester
Juma Richards
Lauren Atteck

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

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

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