Welcome to the FIU Communication Arts Website

Mission

The department's instructional mission is to provide students a high quality educational experience through innovative teaching that promotes active learning; course work that addresses the needs, interests and backgrounds of our diverse student population; and extra-curricular activities that enable students to develop communication skills in applied settings.

Students enrolled in our Communication Arts courses can expect to develop skills essential for leadership, career development, interpreting intercultural events, and professional presentations. They will learn how to advocate and critically debate ideas in social and political settings, to appreciate diverse communication styles, to work productively in task oriented groups, and to engage in rewarding interpersonal relationships.

Students enrolled in our Dance Studies courses can expect to develop an appreciation of various dance forms from around the globe and throughout the United States. Additionally, they will learn techniques specific to various forms of dance from ballet to samba to modern.

Department Overview

The Communication Arts Department is a center of excellence in teaching and service. The department is comprised of communication courses and dance courses.  It currently serves over 1800 undergraduate students each semester in a variety of course offerings in the areas of public speaking, business communication, intercultural communication, voice and diction, gender communication, interpersonal communication, argumentation & debate, communication theory as well as introduction to dance, modern dance, ballet and African samba.

In addition to our diverse course offerings, the nationally recognized FIU Parliamentary Debate Team and FIU's Oral Presentation Lab are both housed within the department.