To inquire about this program:
Adult Enrollment Center | 312-362-6338

DePaul’s Professional Communication program is an accelerated degree program for adult students who have an Associate’s degree or 66 semester hours of transferable credit and would like to pursue a career in communication. You will learn theories and techniques that will develop your speaking and writing abilities.

The Professional Communication program is a joint degree program offered by the College of Communication and the School for New Learning. 

As a Professional Communications student, you will take courses in:

  • Communication and organizational change
  • Contemporary negotiation
  • Ethics
  • Intercultural communication
  • Marketing and public relations
  • Nonverbal communication
  • Performance studies
  • Persuasion
  • Professional business writing
  • Psychology
  • Public speaking
You will attend one class per week in person as well as take courses online. 

Internship Possibilities


What can you do with this degree?

  • Advertising
  • Campaign Management
  • Human Resources
  • Marketing
  • Media Relations
  • Non-Profit Administration
  • Public Relations
  • Reporting
  • Sales
  • Writing/Editing​


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