Prospective Students

The Communication Program at UHCL

Treats students as individuals

We don’t mold students into what we think they should be. We help students become what they want to be. With class sizes that average 20 students, professors get to know their students’ different backgrounds, skills and goals, and work with them individually to maximize their personal and professional potential.  

Prepares students for today’s job market

We believe that in an era of integrated media, communication programs should be integrated as well. That is why we don’t track our students into one area of specialization that may limit them later in their careers. Instead we expose them to a broad range of communication skills. Our curriculum includes classes in integrated marketing communication, media writing, public relations and advertising, as well as graphic and Web design. In the current job market, new graduates are expected to have more than one skill or knowledge area. Our  graduates meet that expectation. 

Provides students with professional portfolios

We believe students learn more by doing. So we offer them opportunities to develop professional quality work for their portfolios.  And then we teach them how to put those portfolios together for maximum impact.

In our writing classes, students work on nationally-recognized publications. Bayousphere, our literary art magazine, and The Signal, our campus newspaper, have received multiple national awards from the Columbia Scholarship Press Association and state awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association. 

In our advertising and public relations classes, students prepare complete campaigns. In fact, local companies that have partnered with our classes have used student work to market their products.

In our graphics classes, student projects include newsletters, advertisements, package designs, videos and Web sites, produced with the latest software programs in state-of-the-art computer labs. 

Gives students real-world experience in the field

Our students gain professional experience through semester-long internships at such organizations as NASA Johnston Space Center, Boeing, Six Flags, the Houston Chronicle, Southwest Airlines, and the United Way, just to name a few.  They find this experience to be one of the most beneficial of their college careers.

Furnishes opportunities for networking

Students in the Communication Program have the opportunity to network with communication professionals outside of their classes when they join the Communication Association.  This student-run organization brings guest speakers to campus and organizes communication site visits in the Houston-Galveston area. For more information about the Communication Association, contact its faculty adviser Taleen Washington at (281) 283-2572 or washington@cl.uh.edu.

Offers maximum flexibility in scheduling

We realize our students who work and have family responsibilities operate on tight schedules. So we try to make our classes flexible. Most are offered once a week and at different times on alternate semesters to accommodate students who want to be on campus during the day or evening. Some classes are also offered online.