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Contact UsCommunication students at Mississippi College work to become effective communicators with their words, skills, and lives. Students dive deep into the foundations of communication theory and develop practical skills through extensive application. Communication graduates leave Mississippi College prepared to compete for jobs in expanding career environments and placement in graduate school.
All Communication majors take a foundational selection of courses in public speaking, communication law and research, public relations, mass media, graphic design, and journalism. All majors also choose a concentration that allows them to focus on a specific area of communication that matches their career interests. Every student develops valuable skills in writing, speaking, and media production rooted in communication theory.
Choose Your Focus
Communication majors choose one of the following concentrations:
Interpersonal & Public Communication
In this concentration, students develop verbal communication skills in an environment that gives equal attention to theory and practice. This concentration prepares students for careers in public relations, political campaigns, work in ministry and other non-profit organizations, and more.
Journalism
Journalism students learn about reporting through digital, print, and broadcast media. This concentration prepares students for a wide range of careers such as reporter, writer, editor, producer, on-air personality, and more.
Mass Media
This concentration focuses on digital and broadcast media production. Students choosing this concentration are prepared for on-air and production work in television, radio, and a variety of other mass media contexts.
Political Communication
Students in this concentration learn about the rhetoric that drives effective political communication and the intersection and practice of media and politics. Graduates are equipped to pursue a variety of careers in politics, government, and issue advocacy.
Public Relations
Public relations students build skills in relationship building, marketing, and corporate and issue advocacy. Potential careers include consultant, marketing manager, advertising professional, company spokesperson, and more.
Sports Media
This concentration focuses on the broadcast, journalistic and public relations aspects of professional and collegiate sports. Graduates are prepared for careers in broadcasting, reporting, and media relations.
Theater (Minor)
A theater minor allows any Mississippi College students to dive into a rich and rewarding world with training in technical, vocal, and nonverbal aspects of theatrical presentation. Students can take part in a variety classic and modern productions each year.
How You’ll Learn
Communication students learn inside and outside the classroom.
Experienced professors dedicated to student learning and well-being guide students through their college education and provide helpful personal contacts for internships and other hands-on opportunities, on and off campus.
Internships provide Communication majors with valuable work-environment experience in media companies, government and non-profit agencies, public relations firms, and journalistic organizations.
The communication Lab offers the students the chance to work on classroom projects and create media using the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications—including Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, and more—on up-to-date Apple computers.
Studio facilities provide students with the opportunity to produce media using industry-standard video recording and editing equipment while serving the campus by producing programs and reports that inform and entertain.
Theater students rehearse and perform in the intimacy of Aven Little Theater, a 100-seat black box space; Swor Auditorium, MC’s central venue for more extensive theatrical projects; and Jennings Courtyard, location of the annual Shakespeare Festival.
What You’ll Do
Co-curricular activities open to all Communication students include:
- participation in Mississippi College Speech and Debate
- producing MCTV, the weekly campus news program
- membership in the MC chapter of the Public Relations Association of Mississippi
- reporting for MC’s campus newspaper, The Collegian
- producing MC Choctaws broadcasts and events with the Sports Media Team
- being on stage or behind the scenes for Aven Little Theater productions
All Communication students gain hands-on experience and build their resumes by completing an internship and senior portfolio.
Students with outstanding academic records at Mississippi College are invited to join Lambda Pi Eta, the Communication honor society.
Where You’ll Go
A Mississippi College Communication degree prepares students for a wide variety of jobs. Here’s how some of our recent graduates are using their education in the workplace:
- Laura Leigh Bingham Adams (’10), Theater teacher, Kosciusko High School, Kosciusko, Miss.
- Victor Barnette (’14), Production Director, New South Radio, Jackson, Miss.
- Will Caves (’10), Communication & Public Relations Manager, Mississippi Economic Council, Jackson, Miss.
- Chelsea Corona (’13), Producer, WAPT-TV, Jackson, Miss.
- Megan Kaye Donohoe (’13), Marketing Director, Common Desk, Dallas, Tex.
- Josh Gray (’11), Minister to Youth, First United Methodist Church, Clinton, Miss.
- Katelyn Williams Hambick (’14), Founder, Katelyn Williams Photography, Jackson, Miss.
- Kelsey Kitch (’13), Digital Media Coordinator, Mississippi Development Authority, Jackson, Miss.
- China Lee (’14), Associate Producer, WLBT-TV, Jackson, Miss.
- Holly Mallalieu Magers (’12), Program Coordinator, The Carlson Group, Chicago, Ill.
- LaTrisha Matthews (’10), Mission Specialist, U.S. Air Force, Warner Robins, Ga.
- Gwen Matuszewski (’14), Student Navigator, Jones County Junior College, Ellisville, Miss.
- Jodi Maughon (’11), Executive Director, Madison County Chamber of Commerce, Madison, Miss.
- Emily Alexander Moore (’12), Founder, Moore Media Group, Madison, Miss.
- Richard Morris (’15), Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C.
- Kaley Winstead Olsen (’13), Creative Project Manager, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Charlotte, N.C.
- Courtney Parella (’13), Communications and Outreach, U.S. House of Representatives House Administration Committee, Washington, D.C.
- Ashley Rea (’12), Communications Director, Sanderson Farms, Hattiesburg, Miss.
- Jennifer Hooks Siao (’10), Content Specialist, LifeWay Christian Resources, Nashville, Tenn.
- Karleigh Maze Wagner (’15), Communication Specialist, Sunnybrook Children’s Home, Ridgeland, Miss.
