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The Department of Communication and Theater Arts (CATA) offers a major that focuses on human communication in a wide variety of settings, face to face or through mediated, for functional or artistic purposes. For all students, the major stresses both general knowledge of the process of communication and skillful development and presentation of messages.  Within the major students will select one of two areas of concentration: Communication and Media or Theatre.

In addition to coursework, internships and practical experience in a concentration, a CATA student will learn the interrelationship of elements involved in all successful communication exchanges--e.g., audience analysis, message content, delivery options and context.

CATA majors may work in business and organizational leadership, public relations, in journalism or radio and television, in corporate training, in education, or in live theatre (to name only a few career opportunities); all of these involve the need to understand and develop useful communication strategies. 

The Communication and Theatre Arts Department Learning Outcome Statement describes the knowledge and skills students majoring in Communication and Theatre Arts develop by the time they complete our program.

Degree Requirements for CATA Majors and Minors