Northern Illinois University
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Check the NIU catalog for any other requirements for your bachelor’s degree or for your major/minor/certificate.

Majors

Communication Studies

Emphasis in:

• Advocacy and Public Communication (fall 2020 catalog)
• Advocacy and Public Communication (fall 2019 catalog and prior)
• Media Studies (fall 2020 catalog)
• Media Studies (fall 2019 catalog and prior)
• Organizational/Corporate Communication (fall 2021 catalog)
• Organizational/Corporate Communication (fall 2019 catalog and prior)

Journalism

• Journalism (fall 2020 catalog)
• Journalism (fall 2019 catalog and prior)

Minors

• Journalism
• Communication Studies
• Professional Communication

Certificates

Contact certificate coordinator Professor Randy Caspersen for information on these certificate programs.

• Digital Media Production
• Film and Television Studies