Overview

The Communication Studies program of Northwestern University offers a flexible, challenging, and cutting-edge academic environment. Courses in Communication Studies will challenge your mind, broaden your views, and develop in you an increased awareness of and skill in communication practices.  Our goal is to prepare students to take their place as responsible leaders, engaged citizens, and pioneering problem-solvers in their communities and chosen fields of work.  To serve this goal, our scholarship and teaching are multidisciplinary, practical and innovative.

Our world-class faculty members teach courses and undertake research projects which blend theory with practice for productive, engaged criticism.  Students in Communication Studies learn to evaluate and produce communicative texts that adapt to changing situations and audiences.  As a result, the undergraduate curriculum in this major rigorously prepares students for future work and study in any number of diverse fields, such as law, political organizing and public affairs, marketing, advertising, public relations, consulting and many others. You'll find that professional opportunities abound and include a wide range of career choices.

Career paths

Communication Studies is a discipline that prepares students for a wide variety of opportunities post-graduation. Recent graduates have often gone into fields such as marketing, advertising, public relations, and corporate communications. They have also used the skills they developed at Northwestern to work in the public interest, either through roles in government or non-profit organizations.