Nicholson School of Communication

Director: TBA; COM 238; 407 823 2681;
E-mail: communication@ucf.edu
http://communication.cos.ucf.edu/

Faculty: Akita, Bagley, Barfield, Bledsoe, Brown, Brunson, J. Butler, Collins, DeLorme, Hall, Hanlon, Hastings, Hodgson, Ihde, Katt, Kenney, Major, Malala, McCain, Neel, Pryor, Rice, Santana, Smith, Sublette, Thompson, Voss, Weger, M Wagner, Workman

Faculty Emeriti: Meeske, O’Keefe, Taylor, Wycoff

The Nicholson School of Communication provides students with a balance of practical skills and philosophical aspects of communication. The programs prepare students to understand mass media as social institutions and train them for professional careers. The School is composed of four Areas each of which offer a Bachelor of Arts degrees. The degrees are:

  1. Advertising/Public Relations. Provides theory and practice in both advertising and public relations.
  2. Interpersonal & Organizational Communication. Provides knowledge, theory, and skills needed to understand and predict human communicative behavior, necessary for employment in business, sales, and NPOs, or as background for advanced study in graduate school.
  3. Journalism. Provides theory and skills needed to gain employment in newspapers, magazines, and similar forms of mass communication.
  4. Radio-Television. Provides theory and skills needed for careers in radio, television, and related forms of electronic communication.
Facilities

The Radio-Television Area has fully-equipped audio and video production facilities, a complete multicamera television studio, an online radio station, and laboratories for interactive multimedia. The Journalism Area has computer labs and a digital darkroom. The Advertising/Public Relations Area has a computer writing lab. The Interpersonal/Organizational Communication Area has a presentational speaking classroom equipped for audio/video record/playback and computerized visual presentation. The Area also has a small group laboratory equipped with audio/video record/playback.

Degrees:Advertising/Public Relations (BA), Communication (MA), Interpersonal & Organizational Communication (BA), Journalism (BA), Radio Television (BA)
Specializations:Broadcast Journalism, Production, Broadcast Generalist, News Writing, Visual Communications, Editing
Minors:Interpersonal/Organizational Communication, Magazine Journalism, Mass Communication

Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs in the College of Sciences are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/alc_students_cosci.htm