As communication majors, I, and many others often get the questions, "What are you going to do with that? Do you really need to study communication? Haven't you been communicating for years?" Time and time again, we have to give the same explanation as to why we decided to spend four years and a ton of money majoring in this field. So before you go asking a communication major why they chose it, here are five things that will provide a little insight into why we chose our major.

A field that is at the core of our daily lives.

Communication is significant on so many levels; it is important to study it so that we better understand its internal workings to give us a wider understanding of the world around us, and how we can influence it.

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An exciting, dynamic, and fast evolving area of study and work.

Communication allows us to learn about other cultures, improve social ties, and build business and personal relationships. The world is constantly changing, in turn, the field of communication is constantly changing.

A degree that provides valuable, employment enhancing skills:

Teamwork, critical thinking, analysis and problem solving skills, and strong writing and speaking skills that can be translated into the professional world. Doesn't that sound terrible?

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It is at the center of every successful business.

Effective communication is an important driving force in innovation and progress. Great ideas come from communication, but if you can't effectively communicate, how are those ideas going to happen

A degree that gives a wide range of employment options.

A degree in communication gives a variety of employment options, not only in the type of work you start, but also in the industry areas in which you can be employed.

This is just a snippet on why communication majors chose their field of study. But who would want any of that stuff, anyways?