College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

137 D EPARTMENT OF W RITING AND C OMMUNICATION The Department of Writing and Communication prepares students to become innovative thinkers capable of understanding complex communication situations and knowledgeable practitioners capable of working within diverse communities and media industries. Through instruction in creative and critical approaches to media arts and scholarship, undergraduate and graduate students learn to express ideas in verbal and visual forms while preparing for careers in areas such as new media, radio and television broadcasting, video production, film, journalism, public relations, education, professional writing, and more. The department also works with almost every undergraduate through Composition courses and the Writing Fellows program. The following programs are offered by the Department of Writing and Communication:  Master of Arts in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media  Bachelor of Arts in Communication  Undergraduate Minors: Communication Digital Media Production Journalism Strategic Communication Writing Note: For information on all undergraduate programs, please see the Undergraduate Student Catalog: http://www.nova.edu/undergraduatestudies/forms/2016-17_undergraduate_catalog.pdf