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[Music] >>JULIE BARAK: People often ask, "Why should
I get— will I get a job if I get a degree in English? Will I get a job if I have a degree
in Spanish?" My answer to that question is that a degree in the humanities is a really
useful tool because you learn how to speak, you learn how to write, you learn how to communicate,
you learn how to think systematically, you learn how to evaluate problems, you learn
how to analyze situations. These are all skills that employers are looking for across the
board. >>AMY HOLLINGSWORTH: I think that one of the
misconceptions people have about mass communication and language and literature is that it's sort
of easy and everybody communicates, so it must be something that I shouldn't have to
work too hard for, and I think that's definitely not true.
>>ISAAC MORALES: This program has definitely prepared me for a career, not just a job,
but a career after because of how much hands on learning I've done over the years. I've
interviewed actual businesses. I've sat down with marketing firms and ad agencies. I've
talked with people and actually got real life experience, not just concepts from a textbook.
>>HOLLINGSWORTH: You really get to have a one-on-one interaction with your professor.
You really get to explore your own weaknesses and strengths and kind of pursue what you
need to be pursuing. >>MORALES: You can really dig deep into each
specific concentration and really learn the craft of how to do that.
>>MARA NIELSEN: The summer after my freshman year of college I had the opportunity to go
abroad to Costa Rica and study at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica with
the Spanish program here. And that was an amazing opportunity to take classes in another
country in another language living with a host family, being totally immersed in the
Costa Rican culture. In the classroom we learned terminology that we can use within specific
fields such as social services and I've been able to tailor my program to my other passion,
which is personal finance and funding of higher education. Communication is more than about
exchanging information. It's about deepening your understanding of other people, of other
places, of ideas. So if you communicate well, you will change, and so will the people you're
communicating with.