Bachelor of Science in Communication

Our Unique Program Prepares You For a Wide Variety of Communication Posts

Embry-Riddle’s Career Services department works with our faculty to help students find internships vital to bolstering employment credentials and networking within the communication field. Our recent students have interned with aviation publications, NASCAR, Homeland Security agencies, museums, the Daytona Beach News-Journal and more.

Our Graduates will:

Represent companies as public relations, media relations and internal relations associates, using digital and print media and public speaking skills to advance company goals.
Work in traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, television and radio. These industries have a specific need for skilled communicators with specialty knowledge, such as aviation, aerospace, technology and science.
Gain employment in new and/or converged media, generating blogs, real-time news, audio and video reports for company-run Web sites, multi-purpose online outlets such as Yahoo, Google or AOL, or sites affiliated with traditional media.
Pursue any number of careers enhanced by communication skills, including fields that modern communication technology is making possible for the first time.

Some of the program’s graduates work without traditional office spaces. Working from their homes, one produces a magazine from her home and another produces Internet newsletters. Some of the program’s graduates work with Boeing, the U.S. Department of Transportation, NASA, and Homeland Security.

Three sets of skills

Our Communication students are expected to acquire three sets of skills:
Skills for traditional print media such as newspapers, newsletters. magazines and journals.
Skills for electronic media including Web site design and creation, networked weblogs, visual design, and digital information gathering and delivery systems
Skills in teamwork, public speaking and organizational communication.

This web of interrelated skills combines strengths in science communication and media technology with skills in writing, teamwork, public speaking and critical thinking.

The Communication program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers students what they need to seize opportunities to thrive in the new media frontier. You will join the next generation of communication specialists, positioning yourself to enter various career paths, including:
Communicating science information to specific and general audiences through a variety of mass media
Representing companies and organizations through media relations, using written,oral, and visual media
Communicating news to general audiences through print and electronic media

You'll also enter the work force with a communication internship at the top of your resume. As you earn your degree you'll build an impressive portfolio, developed from real-world assignments to illustrate the breadth and depth of your experience and talents. You will also have earned a technical minor/ specialization that enhances your knowledge and increases your job prospects.

All the resources of Embry-Riddle's Career Services office are available to you as a student and graduate. The Career Services Office employs a staff of program managers to provide one-on-one career advisement, mock interviews, and resume critique services. The Career Services Office encourages students to make contact early in their Embry-Riddle educations to explore career options and develop a successful job search strategy.