Overview

The Communication Studies program offered by University of San Francisco helps students develop the cultural awareness and critical thinking skills needed to analyze, critique, and produce a wide range of discourse.

Key Facts

We strongly recommend students participate in our highly successful internship program, which provides valuable career experience and networking opportunities. Our internship course has helped students take advantage of the wide range of internships the Bay Area has to offer in the field of communication, including at public relations firms, television studios, radio stations, magazines, research hospitals, and elsewhere.

Graduates with B.A. in Communication Studies from University of San Francisco will be able to:

demonstrate an understanding of how communication shapes patterns of social interaction, the expression of cultural values and norms, political practices and relations of power, and our positions as local and global citizens.

be able to use a variety of methodological tools to analyze interpersonal, intercultural, and rhetorical discourse that structures everyday interactions in both our public and private lives.

develop and hone the skills of speaking, writing, and critical thinking, and will be able to use these skills in their personal, professional and public lives.

demonstrate an understanding of the possibilities, problems, and history of discourse and deliberation in democracy and will be prepared to use their knowledge to work for a just and more humane world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Relational Communication

Dark Side IP/Family Comm

Family Communication

Intercultural Communication

Asian American Culture & Comm

PR Law & Ethics

Public Relations Writing

Rhetoric of Social Movements

Rhetoric of Law

Nonverbal Communication

Health Communication

Organizational Comm.

Persuasion & Social Influence

Social Interaction

Comm for Justice & Soc Change

Geographies of Communication

Ethnography of Communication

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

San Francisco, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

High School Transcript: Showing grades from 9th through 11th grade.

School Report

Academic Recommendation: One recommendation from your school counselor or a teacher in a core academic subject.

Short Answer Question: In the USF supplement to the Common App, there is a short answer question about our Jesuit mission.

English Proficiency

(Optional) SAT or ACT scores

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

61870 USD / year

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Out-of-State

61870 USD / year

≈ 61870 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

61870 USD / year

≈ 61870 USD / year

Living costs

San Francisco

United States

2206 - 4119 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Key Facts

Graduates with B.A. in Communication Studies from University of San Francisco will be able to:

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

San Francisco

Funding

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