I'm Sean. I'm studying for a bachelor's degree in Environmental and Conservation Sciences, with a major in land reclamation and a major in wildlife and rangeland management. According ot my transcripts, I'm in my third year, although this is only my second year at U of A (I gained transfer credit from Lethbridge College).
Within my field of study, communication has a huge role, as ideas must be shared between people to achieve reclamation objectives or coordinate activities in a research study; whether that be between clients and consultants, or between consultants and subcontractors, or between professionals and the general public.
Communication plays a larger role in human interaction than raw knowledge, as it is what people see first. Ideas only spread or take hold when someone is willing to listen, and how one communicates an idea is what makes or breaks its success or failure as far as the involvement of others is concerned.
Within the scientific community, communication takes on a similar role, but can be even more relevant, as ideas must be exchanged for the community to function as an effective tool in the discovery and distribution of new knowledge.
In short, unless one is isolated from the rest of the world, communication is everything for getting by when faced with human interaction.
