Language and Communication - Georgetown University

Language and Communication from Georgetown University is a Campus Master Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Almost everything that we do in our everyday lives depends on language. We need language to make and enforce laws; obtain and distribute resources (both material and symbolic); create and maintain personal and public relationships; preserve our pasts and plan our futures. Language allows us to build reciprocity through actions such as requests and promises, to explain a problem to others (and work towards its resolution), to compete and cooperate, to appreciate our similarities and manage our differences. Linguists seek to understand how we use language to communicate in ways that interact with, and change, the external world. These processes are studied in three main subfields within Linguistics: Sociolinguistics, Discourse analysis, Pragmatics. The MLC program features an individualized curriculum that develops skills in Sociolinguistics, Discourse analysis, and Pragmatics, which can be applied in fields such as human resources, international communication , diversity training, counseling, advertising, business strategic communications, marketing, branding, usability testing, media/public opinion research. Additionally, the MA prepares students for work in the professions, including: Education: diversity in the classroom, multi-modal communication , assessment Health care: doctor/patient communication; medical, science and health writing Law: legal writing; interpretation of statutes and contracts; criminal investigations MLC students participate in professional socialization events and career education activities targeted for sociolinguists. This personalized career development is designed to enable students to articulate how their skills and training are of particular value in workplace settings, institutions, and professions which depend largely upon language to accomplish their goals. View more details on Georgetown University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.