Communication Studies

Communication is your key to success. Learn how to open more doors.

As a Communication Studies major, you’ll work on your own communication skills, from crafting a persuasive piece of writing to delivering a moving speech. You’ll also learn to look at communication through a critical lens. Communication students analyze both text and subtext, separate fact from fiction, and break down the components used by other powerful communicators (both ethical and not-so-ethical, an important distinction). You’ll emerge as not only a more effective communicator, but also a better-informed consumer of media and messaging today.

The curriculum includes courses in topics such as public speaking, journalism, business communication, persuasive writing, and broadcast and electronic media. And because it’s Oglethorpe – where we love to draw innovative connections between disciplines – there is also a rotating selection of possible electives, such as:

Digital Storytelling
Introduction to Web Design
Social Media Strategy & Analytics
Intercultural Communication
Television Analysis
Race & Representation in Media
Globalization and the Media

Being a Communications major at Oglethorpe has been one of my greatest decisions! The professors are very meticulous in the learning process, and the opportunities in the area are endless.

-Oghenemaro Innocent-Otolo ’25

Unique Tracks

Oglethorpe’s Communication Studies program also allows you to get deep experience in a number of specialized professional tracks:

Media Studies
Public Relations
Rhetoric and Public Advocacy

Real-World Experience
Life After Oglethorpe
Degree Requirements & Courses

As a Communications student at Oglethorpe, you’re sure to grapple with some heady ideas in the classroom, and delve deep into some fascinating theories. But theory is just the beginning. Our emphasis on ideas + opportunities – and our prime location in Atlanta – guarantee you’ll find plenty of ways to turn theory into practice.

Metro Atlanta consistently ranks among the top ten largest media markets in the US. It’s also home to major media outlets like TBS, the Cartoon Network, CNN, and media empire Cox Enterprises. Household-name print publications include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (with a daily circulation of more than two hundred thousand) and popular indie broadsheets like Creative Loafing. There’s also a thriving ad agency presence. So when it comes to internships, or landing your first gig, you’ll have plenty of options.

Oglethorpe Communications students have interned at Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Workshop Players, CBS News, Comcast, Cumulus Radio, Farm Star Living, FOX Sports, Georgia Democrats Victory Campaign, Georgia Justice Project, Georgia Magazine, IFS Securities, IHG, Intercontinental Hotels Group (a multinational company that encompasses brands like Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Latin American Association, MailChimp, NPR, Staybridge Suites (with more than 4,600 hotels around the world), the Home Depot, Cartoon Network/Turner and local radio stations.

Here at OU, the interdisciplinary curriculum and the forge-your-own-path mindset empower students like you to develop their own independent study classes and research projects – like one recent graduate who took his interest in video games to the next level by using his communication chops to study the concept of video games and narrative flow.

Former CRS grads are now employed at organizations like ABC News, CNN, Georgia House of Representatives, NBA TV, Superior Court of Fulton County, DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, Fulton County Government, KCD Worldwide (an international marketing and PR agency), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC), Cumulus Media, IBM, Scoutmob, Turner Broadcasting, and InterContinental Hotels Group.

See degree requirements and course descriptions in the University Bulletin.