The Communication Studies Department at Indiana University South Bend is a community of teacher scholars dedicated to providing frameworks for personal and professional achievement. Communication Studies deals with all aspects of human communication, from how we process and receive messages one-on-one, all the way up to broadcasting to millions. Students also leave the major prepared for graduate
school in Communication and related areas of study. The study of communication arts provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of the principles of effective, constructive, and productive communication in many different contexts. Students of Communication Studies at IU South Bend can customize their experience to suit their taste and career goals. We have concentrations in Interpersonal, Organizational, Public Relations, Mass Media areas of study, to name a few. At IU South Bend, you can earn a Bachelor of Arts in either Mass Communication or Speech Communication. Our program emphasizes how communication behavior, from critical and social scientific perspectives, contributes to personal, professional, and political dimensions of contemporary life.
