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Communication Arts: Park University

The Communication Arts Department at Park University combines theoretical learning, skills mastery and practical experience for students who want to excel in five areas of human communication – journalism, photojournalism, broadcasting, public relations and communication theory and human relations.

You will be guided in your studies by faculty members who share this philosophy and have built expertise in the same manner, by combining professional experience with theoretical learning. This combination is critical for success in the many arts of communication. In other words, you will learn from journalists, photographers, broadcasters and scholars.

The faculty includes an award-winning practicing journalist, a two-time Fulbright Fellowship winner, and an impressively collected photographer who complement serious communication scholars who double as community activists.

The program places real emphasis on student involvement in publications, radio and television broadcasting, public relations and team-building leadership activities. We want you to see these activities as opportunities for self-expression. Equally important, we strongly encourage you to find the niche for your career as you try out the possibilities. You will develop your academic career by working on the award-winning student newspaper, the annual magazine, KGSP radio and The Northland News, and serving the community or planning for public relations contests as a member of the Communication Connection.

The lines have blurred in the field of professional communications in recent years. Reporters for print also make video. Broadcasters write news stories for Web pages. Public relations specialists do everything. This trend is often called convergence, but Park University was ahead of the curve on convergence long before the term was coined. Our experienced faculty knew two decades ago communicators needed as many skills as possible to succeed and they designed the curriculum to fit that belief. We think of our department as a community of scholars and learners working together to improve our professions.

We are also committed, as professionals and scholars, to the importance of a liberal arts education for communicators. We have seen this value in practice and we know it makes an important difference in the profession. Whether you are interested in writing for newspapers, photographing magazine covers, covering assignments for television or radio stations, or becoming a leader or building teamwork in organizations, we believe the liberal arts – the study of writing, art, philosophy, history, science and ethics – are the place to get started.

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