Communication and Journalism Department

Dr. Todd Rendleman Teaching a Class

Are you drawn to excellence in communication? Are you interested in cultivating your written and verbal communication skills? Would you like to increase your understanding and implementation of effective communication? By offering you training, experience, and inspiration in the art of communicating well, the Communication and Journalism Department prepares you for just about any career — from ministry to law, from media operations to news reporting.

Curriculum

In courses offered in the Communication and Journalism Department, you will investigate communication as a social and intellectual process. You will view communication as a shaper of history, examine speech as an art form and a tool, and study journalism as a responsible human behavior. 

Through your courses you will gain understanding, ethical frameworks, and skills to manage your conduct as a compelling communicator in both mediated and unmediated forms — whether you are majoring in Communication or in any other field of study offered at Seattle Pacific.  

 

As a Communication Studies (BA) major, you study communication as a shaper of history and examine speech as a tool and art form and creative and responsible human behavior.

We offer two minors: The Communication minor and Journalism minor — either of which is a good addition to any major of study. 


 

Our urban location connects you with internships in businesses, media outlets, and more. You can also work on The Falcon, SPU’s award-winning student newspaper.

Marston Hall

What can you do with a communication degree?

Our thousands of Communication alumni have gone on to careers in just about every profession, including:

  • Media operations officer
  • Nonprofit attorney
  • Singer, model, actress
  • Pro basketball player
  • Communication professor

SPU Student Newspaper The Falcon

The Falcon: SPU’s independent student newspaper

The Falcon is a student-run newspaper providing relevant news and commentary for SPU’s students, faculty, and staff. We are committed to truthful and accurate reporting by honest and ethical means.