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With SDSU’s Bachelor’s in Communication degree completion program, you’ll learn how to develop integrated, interactive, and intercultural communication strategies designed for the twenty-first century.
About the program
The SDSU Global Campus Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences 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, 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 an Applied Arts and Sciences Degree?
Our communication program results in a B.A. in Applied Arts and Sciences undergraduate degree. This means that you’ll need to demonstrate competency in mathematics by completing three semesters of college mathematics or a statistical sequence in order to graduate.
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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 sectors, 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.
Upon graduation, you’ll receive the same valuable degree as SDSU’s on-campus students — a B.A. in Applied Arts and Sciences in Communication from San Diego State University.
Amazon employees are eligible to take this program. More details here!
What Can I Learn?
Earning your bachelor’s 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.
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
Bachelor’s 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 bachelor’s in communication.
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 communication degree 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.
Accessibility
SDSU’s online degree completion programs are designed to give you access to SDSU's online programming no matter where you’re located. 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.
Want to Learn More?
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