Interim Director's Welcome
About Academics Director's Welcome Majors Graduate School Minors Student Advising Lab Hours About People Faculty & Staff About Careers Faculty Openings @ UA About Alumni Let Us Know What You're Doing About Experience Internships ZTV WZIP-FM 88.1 The Buchtelite Online Association for Women in Communications	Welcome to the School of Communication web site. The School of Communication Carolyn M. Anderson, Interim Director Kolbe Hall 108 The University of Akron Akron, Ohio 44325-1003 The School of Communication is in the recently renovated Kolbe Hall in the heart of The University of Akron campus. Our office is in room 108. We would be glad to show you around and talk with you about the opportunities available to you as a communication major. Areas of Study We have undergraduate majors in: Business and Organizational Communication -- Organizational Communication and Public Relations Mass Media-- Media Production, News, Radio & TV Interpersonal and Public Communication We also offer a Masters program and minor degree opportunities in a wide verity of areas. Coursework and Technology We are developing our curriculum to integrate the new technologies available to us so we can better prepare our graduates for their careers. Many instructors incorporate the World Wide Web and the Internet into their courses in a variety of ways -- posting their syllabus, making lectures and presentations available, linking relevant sites to course readings and assignments and using the web in research. Instructors also use presentation software and multimedia in their instruction. As well as using the technology, we are teaching the technology. Our students have the opportunity to learn desktop publishing and electronic media production. We have both PC and Macintosh computer labs for communication majors, and audio and video production suites, AVID digital video editors, and a TV teaching studio. However, new technologies do not overshadow traditional communication studies. Students have the opportunity to study interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, nonverbal communication, rhetorical theory and public speaking. Periodically, special topics courses are offered such as leadership, political communication, communication and personality, and sports and entertainment public relations.  Outside the Classroom Over one hundred students each year are involved in WZIP-FM 88.1, our student-operated radio station that is one of the top rated student operated radio stations in the United States. There are co-curricular activities for students to further learn and apply their skills. These include PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America), The Association of Women in Communication, the Buchtelite student newspaper, and Forensics -- the speech and debate team.  Need More Information? If you would like to learn more about the School of Communication, our faculty or our programs, please continue to browse our web site, contact me or any of our faculty (by e-mail, phone or traditional mail).  Carolyn M. Anderson, Interim Director, School of Communication canders@uakron.edu School of Communication Kolbe Hall 108 The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1003 330-972-7600 330-972-8045 FAX

Wednesday, July 26, 2006