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This program is offered by the Norwich University College of Liberal Arts, writing the history of a generation.

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Communications on the Hill

THE GUIDON
Student-run campus newspaper.
PEGASUS PLAYERS
Founded in 1927, the Pegasus Players are the oldest continuously operating student group on campus. Pegasus students stage multiple performances each year ranging from classical to contemporary to musicals.
WNUB RADIO
NU’s student and community radio station, WNUB 88.3 FM Dog River Radio, has been on the air since 1967.
CHAMELEON LITERARY JOURNAL
NU’s student literary journal has shared student literary and visual arts since 1961.
CENTER FOR WRITING
The Center for Writing is a welcoming space where Norwich’s writers—students, faculty, and staff—come together to talk about writing.

Top 7%

“A First Try at ROI” At 30 and 40 years postenrollment, Norwich ranked in the top 7 percent for best net present value among the 4,529 schools ranked in Georgetown University’s “A First Try at ROI” study.
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Communications Degree

Communication is an essential skill in today’s information economy. We’ll teach you how to do it through hands-on video production and writing.

Like sports, music, or news? How about working at ESPN, MTV, Fox News, Sony Studios, or the NFL? All of these major corporations have Norwich communications grads working for them. Our network of well-placed Norwich alumni offers an outstanding foot in the door that can and does make all the difference. Our program continues its excellent record of placing majors with national networks and publications.

As a communications major, you’ll also learn about the pressing issues arising from the convergence, collaboration, and decentralization brought by the digital age. These include the rise of new multimedia platforms, collaborative social networks, and other developing media platforms. And you’ll explore and think critically about new media and digital technology issues, from security, privacy, and surveillance to creative expression, intellectual property, and beyond.

  • Program Details

    If you go the digital route, you will have experience working on many video projects, including editorial skills. If you prefer the journalism route, you not only will have published dozens of articles during your Norwich career, but as an upper-classman, you will act as a newspaper editor. The reason our alums do so well in getting that first job is because employers know that our majors have both the necessary skills and the experience when they walk in the door.

    Our American Journey, our ongoing student-produced documentary series, has won more than 100 regional and national awards since 1989, including 13 national first place awards and the College Emmy award for “Best Documentary.”

  • Minors & Concentrations

    Many students, including communications majors, pursue the digital media technology concentration, which features 10 different independent study courses that allow them to concentrate on Norwich projects. These include the annual Rook Week video, client projects, the magazine series "Vermont Sampler," which airs on local TV, and the history-based documentary series "Our American Journey." To earn a digital media technology concentration, students select six of the independent-study options.

    Students may also earn a Communication minor in conjunction with another major, which involves taking six courses that include two required classes. Three distinct programs of minor or concentration exist within the curricula in Communications:

    1. A minor in Communications, consisting of six courses completed with a grade of “C” or higher: CM 109, CM 207, and four additional courses numbered CM 208 or higher.

    2. A concentration in Digital Media Technology, including six of the following:
    CM270: Internet Communications
    CM271: Television Production
    CM391: Advanced Television Production
    CM392: Documentary Television Production
    CM393: Non-Linear Digital Television
    CM491: Media Composer Techniques
    CM492: Advanced Media Composer Techniques
    CM493: Media Composer Graphics and Effects
    CM494: Advanced Media Composer Graphics and Effects
    CM495: Systems Configuration and Media Database Management

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    To view Communications course offerings and a curriculum map for majors, minors and concentrations, see the Norwich University academic course catalog:

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    Many happy returns (on investment)

    Georgetown University study ranks Norwich’s long-term value in the top tier among nation’s colleges As they consider their futures, soon-to-be high-school graduates and their parents wrestle with a wrenching question: Will investing in college pay off? If they’re choosing Norwich University, a new Georgetown University study suggests the answer is… Read More
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    Army Sgt. 1st Class Rick Badem, chief of the Army’s Barre Recruiting Station, receives Army Commendation Medal for his work The message from James Montgomery Flagg’s famous recruiting poster is 103 years old, but still applies for young people — yes, Uncle Sam wants you for the U.S. Army. And if… Read More
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    The wheels on the vans go ’round and ’round, for internships bound

    Vermont Labor Department grant-funded Career Cab program gets student interns to job sites Thanks to a Vermont Labor Department grant and Career and Internship Center Assistant Director Jim Graves’ efforts, internship-bound students at Norwich will have a ticket to ride. Read More
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