Dear Prospective Student:

It is no longer controversial to state that our future depends upon the nature of our communication with one another. Both individually and socially, communication shapes who we are. Realizing this (as well as the many careers and paths of study that are open to students of Communication) an increasing number of students are choosing their college based upon its Communication program.

However, prospective students often find this difficult—because there are no good guides to the “top” programs in Communication, and programs differ so much from one another. Hopefully this letter will give you a little more insight into what our specific program offers, and why we have been recognized by the National Communication Association as one of the country’s top undergraduate programs in Communication. I invite you also to spend some time on our website, looking at what we have to offer—and, after that, contact us to get more information, to make an appointment to meet with me, or get to know any of our top-notch faculty.

First, you should know that the Communication Department at Villanova University is located within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This means that we believe that the study of Communication builds upon the strong intellectual foundation of our liberal arts core curriculum. This also means that our mission is to give you more than a set of technical skills. As you can see from our mission statement, we ground our students in the basic conceptual and research tools necessary to success in any of our 8 specializations. Villanova COM students, then, aren’t just technicians…they’re people who have the ability to critically analyze, strategically plan, and speak and write well. In other words, they leave our program educated in Communication, and not simply trained.

This comprehensive vision for Communication education is why we’re one of the largest majors at Villanova (and the largest in the College of Arts & Sciences)—but there are also many other unique features of our program, so check those out, too!

But I’ve said enough already. Why don’t you take a look around the site, see more about who we are, what we have to offer, and what our students are doing. Afterwards, if you have any questions or would like to sit in on a class please call us at (610-519-4750).

Make Communication @ Villanova your academic destination!

Sincerely,
Bryan Crable, Ph.D.
Chair, Communication Department