For Current Students

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- Registration-related documents for current Communication majors & minors:
   Communication Department's registration procedures
   Communication courses for fall 2008
   Self-advising sheet to monitor students' progress in the program

- Handbook for Communication Majors
(Revised Spring 2008). A complete description of the program's requirements and policies for the communication major in each of its three areas of concrentration: organizational communication, media studies, and communication and the human condition.

- Academic Planning Guide
A year-by-year guide of milestones and requirements that aspiring Communication Majors should fulfill in order to ensure adequate academic progress and timely completion of their degree.

- Academic Progress Worksheet
A useful tool for Communication Majors to keep track of their advancement towards completion of academic requirements for their degree.


- Join Comm.Unity, the Communication Department's Student Club!
Run by communication majors, Comm.Unity's main objective is to network, network, network! In words of the club's president for the 07-08 academic year, Kate Dillon, "This year's club already has some exciting events lined up in the next months, including our own peer advising night, an internship panel and a new event that will feature recent grads within the major who will discuss their experiences in their first year post-graduation. In conjunction with the faculty, the club also recognizes the importance obtaining an internship. This is an exciting, albeit daunting process and Comm.Unity aims to makes this process easier and more successful by helping students network with their peers who have already completed internships, as well as with companies who have previously employed Fairfield students. Fairfield communication majors have had some exciting opportunities in the past and this semester is no different. Recent internships have included MTV, FOX News, Live with Regis and Kelly and Streetmarc Advertising & Marketing. This year's officers, with the help of club adviser Dr. David Gudelunas, are excited about the upcoming year and will work hard to ensure that the communication club will be as successful as it was last year."

The leading Comm.Unity team for the year 07-08 are:
Kate Dillon, president (08_kdillon@stagweb.fairfield.edu);
Emily Faherty, vice president (08_efaherty@stagweb.fairfield.edu);
Kristen Daly, secretary (08_kdaly@stagweb.fairfield.edu); and
Caroline Curry, treasurer (08_ccurry@stagweb.fairfield.edu).
Feel free to contact them for any additional information about the club and its next meetings. The club's advisor is Professor David Gudelunas.

The leading team of Comm.Unity for the academic year 2007-2008

Dr. James Shanahan, Chair of the Communication Department, talks with a student
during a welcome party organized by Comm.Unity in September 2007


Communication majors enjoying a party organized by Comm.Unity