1998-1999 Academic Catalog

School of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Bible 73 Group interaction and discussion o rs the student an important opportunity to enhance communication skills. Programs of Study The Department of Communication Arts offers the following programs of study: Majors: Broadcasting with specializations in: Management/sales Production Video media production Communication arts with specializations in: General communications Organizational communications Theatre arts Multimedia technologies: media production Minors: Broadcasting Communication arts Organizational communications Theatre arts Career Opportunities Graduate and professional schools welcome Cedarville College graduates. Careers graduates may pursue include: actor arts management attorney broadcast programmer college professor investment consultant journalist manager minister multimedia technologist personnel manager politician producer public relations specialist salesperson station manager teacher Co~Curricular Opportunities Forensics is intercollegiate speech competition. Areas of competition include public speaking, oral interpretation, limited preparation events, and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Please refer to the honors speech course description, COM-112. Cedarville competes regularly with The Ohio State University, Miami University, Ball State University, and other nationally ranked institutions. For the past 15 years, Cedarville has been the top– ranked college in Ohio in the State Forensics Championship. Qualified students from all majors may contact Dr. David Robey, Director of Forensics, for audition information. Limited scholarships are available. The Cedarville College Debate Team successfully competes with colleges and universities in the eastern United States. Cedarville's debaters are competitively ranked within the National Debate Association debate league. Students with the competitive edge who plan to pursue leadership careers such as ministry, law, education, business, or politics are encour– aged to contact the debate coach, Deborah Haffey. Communication arts majors interested in organizational communication and human resources are encouraged to join the Cedarville College Chapter of the Society for Human ResourceManagement (SHRM). SHRMmembers investigate the field of human resources by developing their own human resource management programming and activities and by attending other professional human resource meetings and conferences. Activities include, but are not limited to, dinner meetings, plant tours, shadow days, and professional seminars and conferences.