English & Communication Studies - Greensboro College

English & Communication Studies from Greensboro College is a Campus Bachelor Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. We humans are textual animals. We are born into linguistic and cultural patterns that to a large extent script our lives - But that can to some extent be rewritten by us. English and Communication Studies equip students to understand, exploit, and, yes, to enjoy their textual condition. Our department is special because? Literary study is a way to understand not just literature but life and culture. To that end majors in English and Communication Studies follow a course of study that allows them to explore a variety of written and visual forms and to study major texts in depth. They learn to read with an awareness of cultural context, to think clearly and accurately about texts, and to carry this precision into their own writing and speaking. This is all pretty grand, of course. More down to earth, the ability to read critically and the ability to think and write and speak clearly are of immense practical value. According to a 2004 study by the National Commission on Writing, one third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies write poorly and businesses are spending over three billion dollars annually on remedial training. And in periodic skills gap reports by the National Association of Manufacturers, writing deficiencies in the workplace always come near the top in employers' list of workplace problems. In such a climate, the training one receives in English and Communication Studies well equips one for productive employment in a wide range of professions. View more details on Greensboro College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.