Within your family or group of friends, are you the one always asking questions and keeping everyone up to date with the latest goings on? Maybe you’ve even been accused of being nosy or a chatterbox. Well, no worries, here in the College of Communication, Information, and Media, we don’t consider ourselves nosy, but inquisitive, and being chatty is just another way to say you have great interviewing skills.

Whether you are capturing a story in front of or behind a camera, giving a dynamic speech, launching an interactive Web site, or writing a breaking news story, the College of Communication, Information, and Media has the academic programs, technology and facilities, student media, clubs and organizations, and more to help you mold your inquiring and inquisitive mind into the skills and knowledge you’ll need for a fulfilling, successful career.

Comprised of the Departments of Communication Studies, Journalism, and Telecommunications, and the Center for Information and Communication Sciences, we are the seventh largest communications program in the country, which we think makes us pretty cool. We currently have 2,000 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students enrolled—but don’t let the numbers intimidate you! With hard work and determination everyone gets a chance to shine. On average, the typical class size is 20 to 25 people.

Whether you’re a techie or not, our state-of-the-art equipment will impress you. Our students, of course, get first dibs on using our high-tech equipment and labs, but all Ball State students may use them.

And our buildings aren’t too shabby either. For instance, the 2007 David Letterman Communication and Media Building, $1 million production complex, features cutting-edge equipment, which includes two recording studios, two control rooms, two isolation rooms, and five editing suites. The same equipment may be found in most of the top production houses and film studios in Hollywood, New York, and London, providing you with the latest production and postproduction technology at your fingertips.