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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Communications is more vocational. 
Communication, without the S, is a liberal arts major and many tend to go and get masters and PhDs.
The s is very important and there's a distinction there. [/quote]

100% bona fide grade-A bull manure.

https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/undergraduate-programs/communication-major
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I have no idea if this is true at the undergraduate major level, but it is true in the professional world. I do strategic communication for a living, which is different from communications, which is primarily PR and marketing. Certainly related, and there is probably some snobbery in there about the distinction in the name of the field, but what I do is the kind of public health interventions that change health metrics like HIV incidence. Generally public sector rather than private, and doesn’t aim to sell a thing (or market a person) as its goal.[/quote]

I have 2 degrees in diff types of comms, 20+ years of professional experience, and have never heard this before.

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Time to get some continuing education[/quote]

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