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The official page of the Baylor Department of Communication! The first approach is humanistic or qualitative.
Baylor Department of Communication
Majors: Communication, Communication Specialist
Communication Major Tracks: Corporate Communication, Rhetoric & Public Discourse, Generalist, Honors
Minors: Rhetoric & Argumentation, Corporate Communication
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Bachelor's Degree:
A Bachelor of Arts degree seeks to provide students with a broad-based understanding of the processes of human communication and the importance of these communication processes in our society, while serving and encouraging those students with professional aspirations to become ethical, articulate, creative and innovative leaders in the field of communication. Students major in Communication as preparation for careers in business, law, teaching, and the ministry, among others. Communication is the only way to exercise leadership, and oral communication is our main method for communicating with one another. Thus, the communication studies major proves useful to students with a wide array of career aspirations.
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Master's Degree:
The MA degree in Communication is designed to prepare students to use relational, organizational, rhetorical, and media theory and research in order to pursue career goals including advanced work at the doctoral level, careers in academia, and careers in consulting, business, and the media industry. Graduate education in the Department of Communication socializes students into two crucial forms of knowing. This approach essentially aims to describe the characteristics of various forms of spoken messages. Rhetorical criticism and theory, analysis of argumentation, the production of film and video artifacts, film theory, and the aesthetics of film and video all fall under the rubric of the qualitative approach. The second approach of studying and researching human communication is grounded firmly in empirical methodologies involving such activities as experimental design, statistical analysis, studies of interpersonal, organizational, and small group communication, and the process and effects of mass communication. These two crucial forms of knowing will provide students with the opportunity to study several overlapping concentrations within the graduate program.
09/24/2026
Communication majors!
We are three weeks away from our Fall 2026 Majors Meeting, taking place Thursday, October 15th, from 3:45-5:00pm, in Marrs McLean 101.
During our time together, you’ll hear from key department leaders and campus partners, and we’ll provide the link to our much-anticipated Spring 2027 Permit Request Survey, which will be due Friday, October 16th, at 5:00pm CT.
If you’re new to our major, please note that filling out this survey is critical to getting into CSS courses the following semester!
If you can’t attend the meeting due to a class or work commitment, please email [email protected] with documentation of your schedule conflict, in order to be sent the survey at the time of the meeting. If you can’t make the meeting for other reasons, don’t worry — the survey will be distributed to everyone via email directly after the meeting on Thursday, October 15th.
The Spring 2027 course schedule will go live on Monday, October 5th; once that happens, you’ll want to carve out some time to look at the CSS offerings to decide which requests (and backup requests) you’re going to make once you get access to the Permit Request Survey.
We can’t wait to see you all on October 15th! 🤗
09/16/2026
Baylor Comm's inaugural "Coffee with the Chair" was a hit!💥 The next three will be taking place Friday, October 2nd; Friday, November 6th; and Friday, December 4th — 8:00-9:00am near Common Grounds in the SUB! Comm majors, we hope you'll come by so Dr. Browning can meet you and give you some free coffee. ☺️☕️
COFFEE WITH THE CHAIR! Starting this Friday, September 4th! Comm Majors, drop by the SUB Common Grounds area from 8:00-9:00am Friday to visit with our Department Chair, Dr. Blair Browning. He would love to meet or reconnect with you. Hope to see you there! 🤗☕️
09/01/2026
We are thankful to welcome a new adjunct instructor to our faculty, Professor Crosby Cobb Ramirez!
Professor Ramirez holds a B.A. in Communication from Baylor University, and an M.S. in Family Communication from Texas Christian University. Her research interests center on how families navigate matters of identity and the discussion of taboo topics.
Professor Ramirez is teaching two online sections of CSS 4313/Family Communication this Fall, and we are grateful for her expertise and support in meeting this semester’s instructional needs.
When Professor Ramirez isn’t teaching, she loves to cook and travel with her husband. She also teaches yoga classes.
We are happy to have this familiar face back in our midst, and thankful for all Professor Ramirez is bringing to our students and department this semester!
09/01/2026
A BIG welcome to Dr. Lauren Millender! 🎉🎉
Baylor Communication is proud to welcome Dr. Lauren Millender to our faculty! She holds a B.B.A. from The University of Oklahoma, M.A. degrees from The University of Oklahoma and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a Ph.D from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research is focused on three primary areas of Organizational Communication: Identification, leadership, and employee voice. Dr. Millender is teaching CSS 4318/Communication & New Technology this Fall and Spring.
Outside of Baylor, Dr. Millender enjoys getting coffee with her husband and being with her dog, Mr. Franklin! She also loves to volunteer with her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. She is excited to continue the joy and passion that the Department of Communication already has for serving others!
Baylor Comm is excited for the impact Dr. Millender will make on our majors and minors! Be sure to say hi if you see her around campus. 🤗🤗
08/26/2026
Comm majors graduating December 2027 or May 2028 who are seeking a Summer 2027 internship, we have an incredible travel opportunity for you!
Facilitated by Baylor Career Center in partnership with Walmart, this Career Trek will take you to Walmart Headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, alongside Career Center staff and Baylor Comm faculty.
Interested? Reach out to [email protected] with your resume by September 2nd!
We’re not joking — this opportunity is a special one. Don’t sleep on it! 🙌
05/15/2026
Words cannot even begin to describe how proud we are of these grads!!! Congratulations, Class of 2026!!! 🎓📚🙌
05/11/2026
Way to go, Dr. Ge**er! 🙌
Congrats to this year's Outstanding Faculty Award recipients! 👩🏫👨🏫
These 12 honorees are some of Baylor's best all-around professors -- honored for their teaching, scholarship & academic contributions: https://bit.ly/49sX34u
05/11/2026
Twelve Baylor professors have been honored with *Outstanding Faculty Awards* for their exceptional teaching, scholarship and contributions to the academic community for the 2025-2026 academic year — and one of them is our own Dr. Matt Ge**er!
This designation represents a singular honor for Baylor faculty since the recognition comes from their colleagues. Each of the honorees will receive an award of $3,750, a citation, and recognition by their departments.
Dr. Ge**er received the Tenured Teaching Award specifically. Learn more about this honor here: https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2026/baylor-university-honors-outstanding-faculty-2025-26. Congratulations, Dr. Ge**er! We are so proud! 👏
04/19/2026
We love our grad students and we were so glad to celebrate them earlier this month during Baylor’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week! Very proud of the students pictured and all the incredible young scholars in our graduate program. 👏
A special thank you to our GPD, Dr. Ashley Barrett, for her leadership and deep investment in our students! 🫶
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