Welcome to the Department of Rhetoric, Communication and
Theatre. The Department offers communication courses that
feature both performance activities and emphasize the theory,
history, and criticism of rhetorical communication.
The Department is the home of the St. John’s University
Debate Society providing students opportunities to compete in
British Parliamentary debate tournaments throughout the United
States and abroad.
Our experienced
faculty pursues a teaching philosophy that helps students
achieve personal fulfillment, civic engagement and career
success. In addition to providing public speaking classes for
hundreds of students every semester, the Department also offers a
major in Public Address, minors in public address and several
communication specialties, and a minor in Theatre.