The Department of Communication offers a major in communication that examines the communication process, emphasizing its role in human affairs in three core areas: social interaction, organizational communication, and mediated communication. Health communication and leadership are two additional foci that cut across all three areas. Courses in communication cover both ideas and applications in preparation for communication careers in business, education, or government, or for the pursuit of graduate degrees in communication and other social science fields. Communication majors learn to read and think critically and to reason, write, speak, and listen analytically.