School of Design Business Communication

watch it Here Find out more about the business communication major at bit.ly/1HXsW0M. Internships Senior business communication majors are required to participate in an internship experience, and many students also choose to intern as juniors. Students spend at least 120 hours during a semester working at the site. Stevenson University School of Design Business COMMUNICATION Stevenson’s business communication program addresses the need for clear, persuasive communication. In this major, students acquire a variety of skills and knowledge from courses in professional writing and journalism, design and publication, management and marketing, information technology, and new media. Graduates typically work in the areas of public relations, event planning, advertising, writing, editing, design, sales, Web, and marketing, among many others. They are employed in both the public and private sectors and often pursue graduate degrees at prestigious universities. BizComm students (as we like to call them) gain a crucial knowledge of the business environment through courses in advertising, events management, marketing, and public relations. They emerge from the program as confident, wellspoken leaders who understand how to reach an audience, engage others in teamwork, and apply their technological abilities toward marketplace demands. Students in business communication also learn ethical approaches to communication, including the power of persuasion. BizComm’s event planning class invited students and faculty to their Powder to the People Color Run event.