The Bachelor of Arts in Communication Online Degree Completion Program is a communication program designed for the twenty-first century. You'll learn how effective communication can promote civic engagement, allow for effective participation in today's global community, and enhance your individual well-being and the strength of your relationships. The program also focuses on social problems, giving you the tools you need to engage the issues facing our local and global community in a constructive manner.
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Spring 2023: June 1-Sept. 30, 2022
With SDSU’s B.A. in Communication degree completion program, you’ll learn how to develop integrated, interactive, and intercultural communication strategies designed for the twenty-first century.
This bachelor’s degree completion program is offered exclusively to current and former students from partnering local colleges. Select your college from the list below to learn more about the program offered in your area.
- San Diego City College
- San Diego Mesa College
- Southwestern College
- Cuyamaca College (Coming Soon!)
About the program
The SDSU Global Campus Bachelor of Arts in Communication Online Degree Completion Microsite Program is a communication program designed for the twenty-first century. You’ll learn how effective communication can promote civic engagement, help you effectively participate in today’s global workforce, and enhance your individual well-being and the strength of your relationships.
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Course FormatYour online courses will focus on the principles and patterns of social life through the observation, analysis, and criticism of different types of human interactions, communication behavior, mediated systems, and developments in communication technologies.
You’ll build a foundational knowledge of the theories and concepts of communication, but you’ll also learn how to apply those theories to a variety of career paths, including marketing, social work, politics, business, journalism, research, and academia.
What's a Microsite Degree Completion Program?
SDSU’s B.A. in Communication microsite degree completion program is designed to help current and former students at participating community colleges attain a valuable degree from San Diego State University without ever setting foot on an SDSU Campus.
If you've completed 60 transferable units, satisfied all CSU requirements, and have a 2.75+ GPA, you can earn a valuable degree from San Diego State University that fits your busy schedule.
Earning your degree through a microsite degree completion program means that you’ll have full access to the SDSU academic experience with online courses taught by SDSU’s tenured and tenure-track faculty. You’ll also have access to exclusive support services — including academic advising, coursework assistance, and guided group discussions — provided by SDSU and based out of your local college campus.
Through round-the-clock access to SDSU’s online courses, and with student services based out of your home campus ready to help, you’ll have access to a world-class education that will help you take your career to the next level.
Is This Program Right for Me?
Our online communication degree program can help you learn how to communicate clearly and effectively in a professional setting. Graduates have found rewarding positions in a variety of occupations throughout the public and private sector, such as sales, human resources, training, education, and consulting. Many graduates have also decided to pursue advanced academic or professional degrees in fields such as law, management, and marketing.
All coursework is delivered in an online format, which means that you can complete your assignments and study the materials on your schedule. You don’t have to take time out of your professional career to come to campus, and you don’t have to put your other commitments on hold in order to earn your degree. You’ll also have access to SDSU student support services based out of your community college campus.
Best of all, you’ll receive the same highly-valued degree as SDSU’s on-campus students: a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from San Diego State University.
What Can I Learn?
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Earning your B.A. in Communication degree online means that you’ll have gained:
- An ability to comprehend, identify, and employ skills in debate, writing, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, public presentations, teamwork and collaboration, conflict management, and professional interaction.
- A thorough comprehension of the nature, function, scope, delineations, and history of the communication discipline.
- An ability to identify, differentiate, analyze, and modify major communication theories, as well as formulate original theoretical creations.
- An ability to comprehend and differentiate major research paradigms, and the ability to propose and conduct original communication research.
- An ability to translate communication knowledge into applied contexts, policies, projects, interventions, or presentations.
- An ability to apply multiple perspectives towards self-understanding, in relation to your own and others’ (co)cultures, group affiliations, and identities.
- An ability to identify relevant evaluative criteria and apply them competently to self-reflection, ethical progress, and actual or envisioned communication situations and/or scenarios.
As a student in this online microsite program, your lessons are led by communication experts from SDSU’s School of Communication, many of whom are repeatedly recognized for their quality teaching with institutional, regional, and national teaching awards. Your instructors are also recognized for their cutting-edge research in a variety of communication-related fields, including business organizations, family structures, healthcare, urban development, and social work.
Career Outcomes
Labor Analysis
B.A. in Communication and Media Studies — Nationwide
Job Postings
Last 12 months
203,942
Projected Growth
Over 10 years
+14.38%
Salary Range
Average
$38,000-$81,000
Source: BLS & Burning Glass Technologies, 2020
With so many potential career paths, earning your undergraduate degree in communication is a smart career move. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were more than 200,000 nationwide job postings over the last year seeking individuals with a B.A. in Communication.
Job opportunities are expected to grow by nearly 15% across the country over the next decade, and jobs in California are expected to grow by nearly 20%. The average yearly salary for individuals holding a bachelor’s degree in communication is just under $58,000, compared to $40,914 for individuals holding an associate’s degree or less.
Why Should You Choose Us?
Reputation
San Diego State University has built a reputation as one of the nation’s top urban research universities. In fact, U.S. News and World Report ranks us in California’s top 20 schools for communication programs. Our faculty are recognized internationally for their research and attract research funding from internal and external agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Opportunities
You’ll be joining an academic community that produces leading research in the field of communication. As an undergraduate student in the online B.A. in Communication program, you’re able to participate in that research through SONA, an online system where researchers post studies and recruit participants from undergraduate courses in communication. Undergraduate students can be chosen to become research participants in original faculty research. Through SONA, you can become an integral part of our efforts to learn about and produce cutting-edge communication research.
Accessibility
SDSU’s online degree completion microsite program is designed to help San Diego’s local students who attend participating community colleges gain access to SDSU's online programming more easily. By accepting your existing coursework as prerequisites for the program’s upper division courses, you’ll be able to earn a valuable degree in communication in just two years of online coursework. You’ll have access to a full suite of student support services based out of your community college.