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Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Bachelor's Degree
New students may begin January 2010
- 125 Credits
- 4+ Years to Complete
- Online
- Live Web Classes Held Evenings/Weekends
- Optional Face-to-Face Classes in Bismarck and Grand Forks, ND
- In-State Tuition Regardless of Residency
You may craft your own degree from the UND Communication Program by focusing on many areas of interest within the communication field, such as:
- interpersonal communication
- organizational communication
- public relations
- advertising
- print journalism
- media studies
Through online courses and optional face-to-face courses in Bismarck or Grand Forks, North Dakota, you will:
- experience a comprehensive, integrated curriculum that focuses on how information processes and communication technologies affect and can benefit diverse local and global communities.
- acquire a broad liberal arts education.
In general, the online Communication degree will help you to understand:
- how language and communication processes create diverse communities.
- the role of community in how individuals see the world and how others see them.
- the interactions of individuals, organizations, groups, social movements and public officials.
- how to ethically analyze and address communication problems and opportunities for individuals and groups.
- the ways humans acquire, produce and share knowledge about the world.
- the role of interpretation in how humans respond to messages.
- how to create and edit socially responsible oral, written and visual communication.
- how to use communication technologies ethically in conventional, as well as imaginative, ways.
Refer to the UND Communication Program’s 12 Goals for Student Learning for specific goals.
