1. So Your Child Is A
Communications Major?
Bryan Adelman
Justin Brown
Rebecca Hasse
Jamyla Williams

2. Parents wonder what jobs a student
can get with a communications
major?

3. There are hundreds of different jobs
that one can have, ranging in many
different areas.

4. Possible jobs in advertising:
Traffic Manager: $39,482-$59,767
Account Manager: $34,983-$53,622
Art Director: $46,724-$70,180

5. Jobs in Business:
Publicist: $28,344-40,538
Human Resource Manger: $48,103-
73,922

6. Jobs in Film:
Agent: $34,978-$59,563
Producer: $38,157-$71,651
Editor: 36,113-52,186

7. Job in Public Relations:
Speech Writer: $49,487-$87,290
Promotion Manager: 39,070-
65,449

8. What is Communication Studies?
•Communication is the bases of theories that
analyze how people listen, talk, understand
and think. Also focusing on the nonverbal
aspects of communication and group
dynamics.
•Communication studies teaches students like
“I” skills that subsidize to a personal,
professional and political aspects of present-
day life.

9. History
• Communication studies grew from Speech
and Theatre departments which was
developed by Social Sciences such as
Psychology, Political Science and Sociology.
• Communication Studies made it self accessible
to students on U.S campuses in the 1970’s and
1980’s by impact of critical theory,
structuralism and semiotics.

10. Why Communication is Important
• Utilized in most high-paying professions
• Good Communication = A valuable asset
– Interviews
– Getting along with coworkers
– Decision making
– Meeting specific needs
– Integrating into society

11. Why Communication is Important
• Is a part of everyday life
– Texting
– Email
– Phone
– Video
• Cannot be avoided