University Of Texas At Austin College Of Communication
The College of Communication is the communication college at The University of Texas at Austin. The College was established in 1965 in an effort to consolidate the all Communication Studies under one roof including the Department of Public Speaking (1899), School of Journalism (1914), and independent department of Radio-Television-Film (1921). The College is home to one of the country's top film programs as well as a Journalism department which consistently produces the nation's number one college newspaper. The College of Communication offers Bachelor of Science degrees in several communications disciplines as well as offering a robust postgraduate curriculum. The College of Communication now finds a brand new home in the Belo Center for New Media, which opened in Fall 2012.
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