PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology



Psychology

The 21st century brought innovations in the way our entire life is organized. The average citizen nowadays has access to various media. We don't even notice anymore how this affects our lives, how it builds our opinions, beliefs, tastes, needs and goals. If one looks close into this issue, they will realize how important communication is, beginning with everyday communication and all the way through international and political communication. One will also become aware of how influential media can be in leading to or resolving conflicts.

As I have always been interested in this area I believe that the choice of this major was expected and rational. The courses that this program offers are interesting and correspond to my ideas and beliefs of what would be the best way to earn a degree in Communication studies. Additionally, I think that they are designed in a way that leaves a lot of space for creativity and expression of the student's own interests through the different projects and case studies that have to be done. That would be very helpful when we, the students, enter the actual work market and are assigned our first work tasks.

For every person working in the very competitive field of communication, whether as a journalist, a PR agent or a researcher is extremely important to posess general knowledge. Therefore, I think that the courses in general learning have helped me in achieving this goal. What is more important many of them have provided me with knowledge in areas that I am very keen on, like for example the English language (Composition courses), Art history, Psychology (General and Social psychology) and Philosophy. I have also taken elective courses mostly in the economy field, like management, marketing, the economics of the EU and social and economic development. Since I would like to direct my career to the field of print journalism I expect that all of these courses will help me in future. What I also found interesting in the beginning of my studies was the course in public relations. I haven't come across to this concept too often previously and it was a new field for me. After taking this course I realized that this is also an interesting subfield of communication studies and taking an insight of it in my advanced courses can be a real motivation.

The courses offered by Empire State College are a great challenge for ...