Communication Studies

Formerly known as Strategic, Legal and Management Communication (SLMC), our Department's award-winning programs prepare students for careers in strategic, legal and management communication. 

Strategic Communication (Advertising and Public Relations)
Do you want to be social media guru, event planner or activation rockstar, crisis manager (Olivia Pope-style), public relations influencer or advertising architect for some of the top global brands? Do you want to gain real-world experience on a student-run strategic communications firm?

• Learn more about majors in strategic communication: public relations and advertising. 

Legal Communication
Are you the next luminescent legal mind, a dynamo in the courtroom? A key changemaker on social policies or contributor to issues surfacing in the public sphere?

• Learn more about majoring in legal communication.

Management Communication
Do you want to become an expert on improving organizational culture? A leader in the management of a diverse and ever-changing workforce? 

• Learn more about majors in management and organizational communication.

Grow Your Communication Skills
COMM houses the Graduate and Teaching Associates Development Program, under the direction of Dr. Tia Tyree. Instructors within this program teach the foundational Principles of Speech course, a general education requirement for all Howard University students that works to build their communications skills.