Overview Professional communication has traditionally been taught within the broad context of business communication. However, there has been a growing awareness of the need to develop strong professional communication skills within health, community and social service providers. These fields need to finely tune strategies for communicating not only within the workplace but also with an increasingly diverse range of multicultural and multilingual clients. This major will provide you with a working knowledge of various social, cultural and practical aspects of language use for developing and maintaining communication strategies in a variety of professional situations. This major can also be combined with other majors and would be particularly relevant as a second major alongside Community Services or Public Health: Policy and Promotion. You can study this as a qualifying major in the Bachelor of Human Sciences. KEY FEATURES You will learn about a broad range of communication channels including written, spoken and web-based modes. You will explore a variety of professional communication contexts including health, community and social services. You have the option to tailor unit selection to career and personal interests including interdisciplinary units from education and sociology. Teaching is underpinned and informed by strong research in this field. Career Opportunities A Macquarie course can set your dream career in motion. PROFESSIONS community and social services consultant health services manager language and communication researcher media and public relations specialist government policy developer workplace trainer