The Lindenwood College for Individualized Education communications major provides students with broad-based knowledge and pragmatic skills. Classes are taught by experienced communication professionals and include a wide range of offerings in both the corporate and mass communication fields.

LCIE students majoring in communications pursue individualized degrees, designed in consultation with a faculty advisor, a program consistent with their particular interests and needs. The major requires 45 hours in communications studies (five clusters or their equivalent), including the cluster IMC 400, 405 and 406. This cluster introduces students to the varied field of communications, exploring its historical evolution and cultural impacts and the major issues, theories, and trends that mark its development and its relationship to American and world culture. Along with this required foundations cluster, the remaining requirements consist of at least four elective clusters in the major selected from among the following groups (each grouping represents an interest or concentration area a student can use for guidelines in making selections.)

*A major takes Foundation Studies in Communications (IMC 400, 405, 406) plus four individual clusters from any of the following interest groups:

Mass Communication
Radio Studies (9)
Documentary Expression (9)
Video Production (9)
Advanced Video Production (9)
Creative Non-Fiction (9)
Advanced Creative Writing (9)
Information Technology (9)
Visual Communications (9)
Corporate Communication
Fundamentals of Organizational Communication (9)
Business Writing (9)
Public Relations in American Society (9)
The Promotional Mix (9)
Marketing Studies (9)
Human Development & Training (9)
Information Technology (9)
Group Dynamics (9)
Digital Media Management (9)

Students can declare themselves a communications major with any combination of coursework. Declaring themselves a corporate communication or mass communication major requires the majority of the coursework in the declared major be selected from the designated concentration area. Student can use up to two clusters from the information technology program and apply them as coursework in the major to either mass communications or corporation communications.