The School of Communication and Information (SC&I) is a dynamic center of learning at the heart of the Rutgers University-New Brunswick College Avenue campus. Founded in 1982 with the merger of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, the School of Communication Studies, and the Department of Urban Journalism, SC&I research and teaching focuses on organizational communication, social and new media, library and information science, journalism and media studies, and information technology.  The school's competitive and renowned programs prepare students for top careers in today's digital environment.

The school leads the university in the study of communication, information, and media processes, organizations, and technologies as they shape and define individuals, societies, and the relationships among them. Rapidly expanding communication and information technologies are drawing these distinct but allied fields closer together while, at the same time, extending beyond them and exerting a major influence on our society and its economic and cultural endeavors. As a community of scholars and teachers SC&I is committed to educating individuals who will make lasting contributions to the interdisciplinary study and professional practice of communication, journalism and media, library and information science, and to society at large.

Fast Facts

• Over 65 full-time faculty members in three departments: Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, Library and Information Science
• Close to 1,900 undergraduate students pursuing one of three undergraduate majors:  communication, information technology and informatics, journalism and media studies
• About 350 students in two undergraduate minors: digital communication, information, and media, and gender and media
• Over 400 students--both on campus and online--in two master's programs:  communication and media, and information
• Over 90 doctoral students
• On-site and online continuing education classes available
• About 150 part-time faculty members, most of whom are highly accomplished communication, information, and media professionals working in the metropolitan area
• Over 23,000 alumni
• Faculty and students win national awards every year from scholarly and professional associations

The most up-to-date information about the School of Communication and Information may be found on the school's website at http://comminfo.rutgers.edu.

Undergraduate Studies

The school offers undergraduate courses open to students across the university in all majors that are of general interest and may fulfill requirements of the Core Curriculum, such as public speaking, communication in relationships, social media and participatory culture, and gender and technology.

The school offers the following majors and minors that may be taken as part of a bachelor's program for students in any of the Rutgers-New Brunswick undergraduate schools:

• Communication major
• Information technology and informatics major
• Journalism and media studies major
• Digital communication, information, and media minor
• Gender and media minor