Communication studies

===In the United States===
Undergraduate curricula aim to prepare students to interrogate the nature of communication in society, and the development of communication as a specific field.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morreale |first1=Sherwyn |last2=Osborn |first2=Michael |last3=Pearson |first3=Judy |date=2000 |title=Why Communication is Important: A Rationale for the Centrality of the Study of Communication |url=https://www.natcom.org/uploadedFiles/More_Scholarly_Resources/Chairs_Corner/Making_the_Case_for_and_Advancing_the_Discipline/PDF-ATD-JACA-Why_Communication_is_Important_%20Rationale_for_Centrality_of_the_Study_of_Communication.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Journal of the Association for Communication Administration |publisher=National Communication Association |volume=29 |pages=1–25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105235213/https://www.natcom.org/uploadedFiles/More_Scholarly_Resources/Chairs_Corner/Making_the_Case_for_and_Advancing_the_Discipline/PDF-ATD-JACA-Why_Communication_is_Important_%20Rationale_for_Centrality_of_the_Study_of_Communication.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-05 |access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref>

The [[National Communication Association]] (NCA) recognizes several distinct but often overlapping specializations within the broader communication discipline including:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-26 |title=What is Communication? |url=https://www.natcom.org/about-nca/what-communication |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=National Communication Association |language=en}}</ref> [[technical communication|technology]], critical-cultural, [[health communication|health]], [[intercultural communication|intercultural]], [[interpersonal communication|interpersonal]]-small group, mass communication, [[organizational communication|organizational]], [[political communication|political]], rhetorical, and [[environmental communication]]. Students take courses in these subject areas. Other programs and courses often integrated in communication programs include{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} [[journalism]], [[rhetoric]], [[film criticism]], [[theatre]], [[public relations]], [[political science]] (e.g., political campaign strategies, public speaking, effects of media on elections), as well as [[radio]], [[television]], [[computer-mediated communication]], [[film production]], and [[new media]].

Many colleges in the United States offer a variety of different majors within the realm of communication studies, consisting of programs of study in the areas mentioned above. Communication studies is often perceived by many in society as being primarily centered around the media arts, however, those that become communication studies graduates could move on to have careers in areas ranging from media arts to public advocacy to marketing to non-profit organizations and even more.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BA in Communication Studies |url=https://cla.umn.edu/comm-studies/undergraduate/majors-minors/ba-communication-studies |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=College of Liberal Arts |language=en}}</ref>
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