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The College of Communications provides high-quality
communications education to a large and diverse
group of students. Our theoretical and applied
programs focus on ethics, citizenship, intellectual
vigor and professional preparation.
With a strong tradition in the liberal arts
and social sciences, the academic programs of
the College share a common theoretical base
which identifies the elements of human communication
and the principles governing their use in all
communicative processes essential to contemporary
society, namely, the spoken and written word
and visual images.
Our program is one of the largest in the western
United States and one of the fourth largest
in the nation. We are near the center of one
of the biggest concentrations of mass media
in the world. Through our faculty, alumni and
extensive internship programs, we maintain contacts
with mass communications employers throughout
the region and the nation.
- Our ethnic diversity enrollment continues
to climb. For the third consecutive year, Cal
State Fullerton has moved up in the ranks of
the nation’s universities award in degrees
to ethnically diverse students, according to
a special report published this spring in Black
Issues in Higher Education.
- Student Services within the College include
outreach to potential applicants, new student
orientation, academic advisement, counseling
and referrals, and leadership development. The
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs seeks to
engage members of the University in the process
of student advocacy, community building and
collaborative learning – thus facilitating
student success.
I am only able to attend night classes
, and it was refreshing to have an overview
of everything (student newsletter) that is
happening in the College.
( Lori Toth, Graduate Student)
- Cal State Fullerton ranks 9th nationally
for awarding degrees to Hispanic students and
11th for degrees to Asian-American students;
2nd and 3rd, respectively, for awarding bachelors
degrees in Communications to Asian-Americans,
Hispanics and Native Americans; and is ranked
1st in California. Hispanic Outlook ranked department
1st in California and 3rd in the nation in degrees
awarded to Hispanics.
- The Department of Communications is accredited
by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism
and Mass Communications. The Communicative Disorders
program in the Department of Speech Communication
is accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association.
- The Department is ranked the 4th largest in
the nation, with nearly 2,300 majors.
- The College of Communications is equipped
with modern laboratory facilities including
a sophisticated speech and hearing clinic, and
voice labs; photography studio two 20-station
computerized writing laboratories; a Macintosh-based
graphics laboratory and digital imaging lab;
a television studio, control room, and video
editing bays; a film editing laboratory; and
a daily newspaper newsroom and production
- A student task force plans and implements
the annual Communications Week, which brings
well-known professionals and outstanding alumni
to campus. Students interact with the professionals
and attend lectures and workshops in order to
prepare themselves for careers in the communications
industry.
My favorite CommWeek session with
screenwriter Terri Rossio gave me the opportunity
to see how movies are made. (Matt Martinez,
Undergraduate)
I liked the opportunity to find out
about possible jobs in the comm field. (M.
Ross, Undergraduate)
Combining the Multicultural Conference
was a good idea. (Laura Welebir, Undergraduate)
- The Speech and Hearing Clinic has provided
support for members of our extended community
for 38 years.
- The Center for Children Who Stutter provides
treatment to children whose parents cannot afford
to pay for therapy. Communicative Disorders
students gain valuable experience when they
assist in this Center. Students in the College
have more than 800 internship sites to select
from for opportunities to work in real-life
situations. Taking part in one of the largest
student internship programs in the nation often
leads to a job after graduation.
Nothing prepares you for real life like
real life.
(Diann Elyse Enderby, Undergraduate)
- More than $30,000 in scholarships and awards
are presented annually to students in the Department
of Communications. Among the sponsors of scholarships
are the Advertising Club of Orange County, the
Business/Professional Advertising Association
of Orange County, the Hearst Foundation, the
Orange County chapter of the Public Relations
Society of America, and the Los Angeles Times.
- The Daily Titan, both the printed version
and on the Web, is one of the nation’s
top-rated student newspapers. The online version
was rated best in the country in 1998 by the
College Press Network.
The Online Daily Titan Interactive
received the Best of Show award beating
out such top name schools as Stanford, Penn
State and more than 100 others.
(Lori Anderson, Undergraduate)
- Directed by CSUF Forensics coaches, Dr. Jon
Bruschke and Denise Frye, the Southern California
Urban Debate League (SCUDL) provides an opportunity
for “at risk” students from underserved
high schools in the area to participate in local
and national high school debate competitions.
CSUF students provide coaching to participants.
A recent grant from the Soros Foundation will
help expand the program and train more ethnically
diverse debate participants. The CSUF team qualified
for three of four available spots for Orange
County at the state championship in 2005.
- The College of Communications website provides
up-to-date information: http://communications.fullerton.edu
- Faculty members emphasize high quality teaching
standards, as well as a commitment to the communications
profession through scholarly research, publications
and conference presentations. These faculty
are available to students for offering inspiration,
new conceptual tools, intellectual challenge,
academic and career advisement and the kind
of environment that helps them grow personally
and professionally.
- Our training programs are nationally recognized.
Accomplishments include:
- Communicative Disorders Program provides
national leadership in multicultural and
bilingual issues
- Top national and regional honors in the
American Advertising Federation Competition
- Daily Titan, the CSUF student newspaper,
is the recent winner of national honors,
including “Best University Newspaper”
- U.S. News & World Report ranked our
Public Relations graduate program 11th in
the nation
- Forensics consistently ranks as one of
the best programs in the nation
- Television-Film students regularly participate
in various film-video festivals College
has the top three intercultural communications
faculty in the nation
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