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09COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Instructional programs that focus on how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures, and that prepare individuals to apply communication knowledge and skills professionally.

Definition: U.S. Department of Education, CIP 2020.

Career paths in this area

Lawyer SOC 23-1011
Lawyers advise and represent clients in courts, before agencies and in private dealings — researching the law, drafting documents, negotiating, and arguing cases. In Florida the route runs through a Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school, the Florida Bar Examination and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination. ⚠ There is no required or preferred undergraduate major: law-school applicants arrive from every field listed below.
Communications — 1,930 applicants, 2.6% (LSAC, 2018–19).

Fields of study

09.01Communication and Media Studies 1 path
09.04Journalism
09.07Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
09.09Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication