Department of Communication

Communication is the study of human symbolic behavior. Communication courses are designed to help students learn both to communicate more effectively and to analyze human communication behavior in instructional, interpersonal, inter-cultural, group, organization, and rhetorical and public settings. Our graduates' improved ability to communicate and to critically analyze the communication of others makes them in high demand in business, government, and education.

The department's curriculum consists of courses in five broad areas:

• Organizational/Professional Communication
• Intercultural/Global Communication
• Interpersonal Communication/Conflict Management
• Rhetorical/Public Communication
• Health Communication

For more information call, write or stop by the Department office at the address below. You can also e-mail us at nbilgo@uwm.edu.