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Strategic Communication
With a strategic communication degree from Calvin, you’ll graduate ready for the real world. From public relations to business to law, our faculty will help guide you to the right career for you.
Organizational Communication
Deepen your understanding of how communication works in organizational contexts.
Health Communication
Study the crossroads of two worlds. Prepare for a career in healthcare while gaining the skills you need to work in administration.
Film and Media
Learn how to tell visual stories that make an impact. Cutting-edge facilities and experienced faculty will help you build the skills you need for your dream job.
Digital Communication
The digital landscape is constantly evolving. Gain the skills you need to change with it, to communicate across platforms, and to speak to audiences of all kinds.
Theatre
Study the productions of plays and other dramatic works in class, backstage, and on stage. Your theatre minor will enrich any major, no matter your starting talent.
Communication Minor
Through a communication minor, you'll expand your employability and gain a better understanding of your major. Develop your ability to make an argument and express a narrative in a way that puts your audience in motion.
Language Arts Elementary Education Group Major
Combine your skills in communication arts with your ability to teach in the classroom. Expand your understanding of the relationship between literature and human action, and learn how to apply rhetorical strategies and communication in school settings.
Fine Arts Elementary Education Group Minor
Add a fine arts minor to your elementary education program to learn about teaching music, art, or dance.
Language Arts Elementary Education Group Minor
Add a language arts minor to your elementary education program to learn about teaching literature, grammar, or reading.

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