My name is Caleb and I am in my 2nd year here at San Jose State. Last semester I finally declared my major, which is Communication Studies. Initially I was confused on which major to choose because I did not know exactly which path in life I wanted to follow. All I knew was that I wanted to keep my options open in regards to finding a job after college; and from what I heard, I can leave those options open with a Communications degree.
Although I still have much to learn about the Communications field, I do already know a few things going in to this class. I know that with a Comm degree, I can pretty much go into any job field that I desire. I feel that Comm can teach a person very crucial "people" skills that will enable to succeed in any situation I am thrown in. What I mean by that is, Communication Studies covers a vast amount of material that can be applied pretty much anywhere in life. For example, in certain Comm classes you can learn anything from 'Business and Professional speaking' to 'marketing' and other public relations..
If I were to describe communication studies as a field, I would call it the field of opportunity. Because with a lot of the other majors offered, you are limited to certain jobs you can get in to. However, I feel with a communication's degree, I can get in to a vast number of jobs and have the opportunity to get almost any job I want.
When thinking about what counts as communication studies and what does not, nothing big rally jumps out in my mind. However, if you want to do something specific such as computer engineering or possibly accounting, then you would have to get that specific degree. But when you consider a more broad range of studying, such as learning about people or even particular facts about the world, then I believe you can consider it to be communication studies.
What I hope to do with my Communications degree is keep my options open in life. Since I do not know exactly what I want to do when I get older, I hope to keep as many options open as I can. Furthermore, I hope with the classes I take I can come to learn, or decide, which job I will pursue after college.
