Career Category: Marketing & Public Relations

At Trinity, you can choose to minor in digital design. Studies in digital design combine art, art history, computer science, communication arts and business courses.

Your degree in digital design can lead to jobs in start-ups as well as national firms. Or you may decide to pursue work at an ad agency or design firm.

Trinity’s beautiful Palos Heights, Ill., campus is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. That means that the Windy City’s internationally recognized art and design scenes are an extension of our classrooms. Explore Chicago’s exciting galleries, museums, and studios under the guidance of professors whose work is in those galleries and collections. First-hand encounters with artists and designers in Chicago will prepare you for your role as an artist, designer, or art educator in the always evolving contemporary art world.

As an art student at Trinity, internships provide practical preparation for your career. Specializations in the fine arts will help you focus on your talents. Built on the creative and intellectual foundation of the fine arts, the art department also offers concentrations in courses that can lead to graduate school in fine art or careers in the graphic arts. The program culminates with an internship and an exhibition in the College’s Seerveld Gallery.

Trinity’s beautiful campus is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. That means that the Windy City’s internationally recognized art and design scenes are an extension of our classrooms. Explore Chicago’s exciting galleries, museums, and studios under the guidance of professors whose work is in those galleries and collections. First-hand encounters with artists and designers in Chicago will prepare you for your role as an artist, designer, or art educator in the always evolving contemporary art world.

As an art student at Trinity, you will gain hands-world experience through internships that provide practical preparation for your career. Specializations in the fine arts will help you focus on your talents. Built on the creative and intellectual foundation of the fine arts, the art department also offers concentrations in courses that can lead to graduate school in fine art or careers in the graphic arts. The program culminates with an internship and an exhibition in the College’s Seerveld Gallery.

Be a communicator who is a Christian and engages culture critically with a Kingdom vision. That is the mission of the communication arts program minor offering.

Students are supported in their diverse interests and career goals through the multiple options to explore contexts, theories, and applications, as well as develop skills in speaking and writing.

At Trinity, we see language as a God-given gift to humankind. The English program prepares you to be critical readers and careful writers who respond to the culture around you. The unique education and employment opportunities of nearby Chicago create a distinct advantage for Trinity Christian College English majors.

With Trinity’s 11-to-1 student to faculty ratio, you will work closely with professors and fellow students on your journey. In your junior and senior years, you will take part in small-group tutorials, conduct collaborative research with faculty, present your work to audiences outside the Trinity community, and participate in local internships.

A minor in English can prepare you for an exciting future. You will learn to think clearly, analyse carefully, organize material, and present results in clear and precise language. This discipline prepares you both for meaningful work and for effective citizenship as an agent of change.

And the skills you learn with your English degree from Trinity are in high demand. Our graduates go on to work in publishing, communications, and other fields, as well as continuing their studies in graduate and law school.

At Trinity, we see language as a God-given gift to humankind. The English program prepares you to be critical readers and careful writers who respond to the culture around you. The unique education and employment opportunities of nearby Chicago create a distinct advantage for Trinity Christian College English majors.

With Trinity’s 11-to-1 student to faculty ratio, you will work closely with professors and fellow students on your journey. In your junior and senior years, you will take part in small-group tutorials, conduct collaborative research with faculty, present your work to audiences outside the Trinity community, and participate in local internships.

A degree in English can prepare you for an exciting future. You will learn to think clearly, analyze carefully, organize material, and present results in clear and precise language. This discipline prepares you both for meaningful work and for effective citizenship as an agent of change.

And the skills you learn with your English degree from Trinity are in high demand. Our graduates go on to work in publishing, communications, and other fields, as well as continuing their studies in graduate and law school.

Through a degree in communication arts, you will study the foundations of human communication, mass media and society, and the basics of journalism. You will learn communication theory, ethics, and criticism. And you’ll explore persuasive and public speaking.

You’ll do this by studying with passionate, Christian professors, with the entire city of Chicago in your backyard.

When you major in communication arts, you will choose a concentration in:
• Communication studies; or
• Theatre

Our program seeks to integrate the concerns of engaged citizenship and biblical faithfulness. We strive to navigate the biblical tension of being in but not of the world. Conversations in and out of class emphasize ways to be both critical and contributive in public life, in the marketplace, and in the worshipping life of various faith communities. Communication students from our program are thoughtful contributors to society and engaged practitioners for the Kingdom of God.

A B.A. in business from Trinity allows you to explore your multiple talents and passions. As you major in business, you also pursue a minor in another discipline, such as art (including graphic design or digital design) computer science, English, mathematics, psychology, or Spanish. Your minor can come from any academic program that Trinity offers.

The business core courses will provide you with an introduction to accounting, economics, finance, global business, information technology, management, marketing, and strategic management.

Trinity’s business degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), the quality standard for business education.

If you would like to focus on one particular area of business, please see our Bachelor of Science Degrees in Accountancy, Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, Human Resource Management, and Marketing.

When you earn a B.S. in marketing from Trinity, you will be prepared to practice creativity in business and strategic decision-making in product and services marketing. Your coursework will encompass marketing management, product management, services marketing, and on-line marketing/social media.

To help discern their gifts and calling in the marketplace, many of our students enhance their project-based coursework with internships in downtown Chicago, including through our Chicago Semester.

After the experiences gained through Chicago Semester, students are even more equipped to lead integrated personal, professional, and public lives. Our Marketing B.S. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

With a minor in Black Studies, you will explore the global experience of people of African descent through history, literature, music, politics, psychology, and sociology. A black studies minor will increase your knowledge of black culture and help you better understand the world.

The interdisciplinary nature of the minor will also help you develop the ability to consider the world from multiple perspectives, enhancing your understanding of your major field and better preparing you for a career or graduate studies.

The Black Studies minor is an important part of Trinity’s mission. By increasing your overall knowledge about the diverse peoples of God’s kingdom and their legacy, you will better understand both the brokenness of the world and the possibilities for redemption. Black Studies minor is beneficial to students of any race, ethnicity, or major and may be of particular interest for those considering programs in history, English, social work, or education.

Your love of words and web design can set you on the path to your career. Expert writing, combined with design skills and technological know-how about the web, will open many opportunities: in professional careers, business, non-profit organizations, civic life, and more. The writing and web design B.A. can even be paired with a second major to strengthen your graduating profile.

Trinity’s writing and web design B.A. draws on courses in visual design from the art department, in web technologies from the computer science department, and on writing from the English and communication arts departments. The writing courses focus on professional writing, media writing, journalism, and writing on social issues, as well as poetry and fiction writing.