digital cinema workshop july eighth to july twentyeigth 2012Welcome to the
Department of Communication Studies

Our department offers five undergraduate concentrations and two graduate tracks. The undergraduate concentrations are: Human Communication Intercultural Communication, Media Studies, Public Relations, and Rhetoric. The graduate tracks are: Communication Studies and Integrated Marketing Communication.

Students explore problems in diverse media (platform conference, print, radio, television, film, and computer-mediated communication), settings (family, industrial, professional, and governmental) and contexts (intercultural and international). Our graduates enter careers in business and industry, government and social services, education, media production, broadcasting, public relations, sales, marketing, writing, personnel, advertising, and training, to name a few.

Our program encourages students to:

  • learn to apply theoretical/critical communication perspectives in everyday life
  • demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship between communication and culture
  • set and evaluate ethical standards for communicative behavior

Contact
Department of Communication Studies
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397
Phone: (909) 537-5815
Fax: (909) 537-7585
Email: lsand@csusb.edu

--News: Comm Studies to collaborate with renowned film director Randal Kleiser ("Grease") on International Digital Cinema Workshop in July (info here)...Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb has been awarded a $4,000 Teaching Resource Center Course Development Grant for summer 2012... Dr. Mihaela Popescu has been awarded a $4,000 CSUSB research mini-grant for 2012-2013... Graduate student Kudra Dhaliwal wins LAGRANT Foundation scholarship for the second consecutive year... Dr. Astrid Sheil wins Plank Center Educator Fellowship... undergraduate Natalie Bedney wins fellowship to work at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum this summer... Graduate student Elena Martinez wins Top Student Paper award in her division at the International Communication Association conference... Panel organized by Dr. Mihaela Popescu and graduate student Kudra Dhaliwal is awarded top panel in their division at the International Communication Association conference... Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb appointed to CSUSB Teaching Resource Center High Impact Practices Think Tank on Service Learning...Graduate student Mike Arteaga presents research at Harvard University Graduate School of Education conference... More news...