Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
COMS 4020 - Communication Career Readiness
Students explore career opportunities and investigate how communication skills and knowledge learned throughout their major contribute to professional preparation and future career performance. Students engage in professional networking to research career pathways. In addition, students employ research, analysis, and mapping activities to draw linkages between their Communication Studies major and their professional aspirations.
Requisites: 24 hours in COMS major and Senior and COMS 1020 and COMS 4800 or concurrent
Credit Hours: 2
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Thematic Arches:
- Society & Justice
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to create a personalized career path.
- Students will be able to conduct research on the career path to map theory to practice.
- Students will be able to apply specific content from their communication studies courses to their preferred career path.
- Students will be able to practice professional networking skills utilizing core communication skills.
- Students will be able to explain the value of their communication studies degree and how it prepares them for their chosen career path.
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