OPINION

What Is A Communications Major?

Written by Chris McVetta
Published March 03, 2008
Part of The Scalawag

Attending the usual networking events while searching for a job is something I usually dread. The scene is always the same and the one question always asked of me by some "Shelley Levine in a leisure suit" is, "So, young Christopher, what did you major in while studying at that state-funded, urban concrete university of yours?"

"I was a Communications major," I always respond with a naïve twinkle in my eye.

The generic partygoer usually gasps in horror, "Well, what are you going to do with that?"

Though Communications remains a mystery to the average person, it is nothing to fear or loathe. Communications is, simply put, the art of bullshit. That's right, bullshit. Graduates in the Communications field are paid (yeah, right!) insane amounts of money to talk about, write about, and invent new ways to present bullshit.

If you are undecided on a college major, I highly recommend Communications. It's one of the few fields, other than Philosophy, in which you can actually drink your way through college and come out with a better grade point average than if you had stayed sober.

No money for beer? Sell those burdensome Communications manuals! Communications majors don't read, and those books are useless propaganda anyway. So sorry, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, and any other self-help boogeyman out there: Print is dead. Long live the age of video!

What about research and reports, you may ask? More bullshit. My thesis for my Master's degree is going to be on how Scrappy-Doo ruined Scooby-Doo's show and why Freddy, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy always wore the same damn clothes day after day, thanks (in no small part) to a "Nixon era recession." See what I mean?

Basically, the library serves no purpose for us. Oh, sure, those soundproof study cubicles were great for having sex in while at college but, other than that, Communications majors have no real purpose for that dusty old book building, do they?

It might seem Communications majors are the lowest members on the totem pole of education, but if college was the food chain equivalent of "Stratego," Communications majors would be "the eights" and Philosophy majors would be "the nines." In that light, Communications majors outrank, or could jump, Philosophy majors - but are vulnerable to just about everyone else.

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Chris McVetta is a graduate of Cleveland State University and an alumni of The Second City creative writing program. Chris has published hundreds of articles on pop culture, sports, film, TV and comedy in such venues as The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Scene, The Free Times, North Coast Voice, SportsJam! and Entertainment Weekly (while being recognized nationally by msnbc.com). Chris was a co-founding member of the sketch comedy group, The Public Squares, and is the creator of The id and I.
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What Is A Communications Major?
Published: March 03, 2008
Type: Opinion
Section: Culture
Filed Under: Culture: Society, Culture: Humor and Satire
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#1 — March 22, 2008 @ 00:44AM — Our Lady of The Worthless Miracle

May The Source be with you.

#2 — June 4, 2008 @ 15:20PM — Willy

Worst article ever, there's plenty of opportunities for communications majors

#3 — June 5, 2008 @ 23:37PM — Chris McVetta

Free Willy, I couldn't agree with you more.

#4 — September 22, 2008 @ 18:09PM — Jam

Gave me a laugh (and speaking as a freshman majoring in communication and journalism more concerned with the weekend than the week) a sense of hope.

#5 — October 8, 2008 @ 15:39PM — Chris McVetta [URL]

Thank you! I truly am the Luke Perry of journalism!

#6 — October 23, 2008 @ 14:20PM — Joy

hahah after reading this i realize communications is the only major for me

#7 — October 23, 2008 @ 22:09PM — Chris McVetta [URL]

Yes, I am truly the Indiana Jones of journalism (cough).

And, as always, I am just making it up as I go along... Where's my fedora?

Chris (closes eyelids in classroom): LUV YOU.

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