Overview

Course Details

This Communication BA from American Public University (APU) helps you prepare to communicate in a sound, professional, and responsible fashion. The program’s coursework explores public speaking; small group, interpersonal, and mass communication; theory and research; communication ethics; and social media.

APU’s online classroom will be an engaging laboratory for collaboration as you learn industry best practices from expert faculty, some of whom bring real-world media experience to your learning.

Students must choose a concentration for this degree program:

1. Digital Communication and Media Design

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

Develop, design, implement, and use, digital communication and media technologies.
Critically evaluate the communication needs of a target audience using communication analytics.
Understand and use all available web, mobile, and social media platforms to best communicate with an intended audience.

Gain tools and insights into the complex and ever changing digital communication landscape for long-term career success.

2. Strategic Communication

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

Develop, design and implement communication strategies.
Critically evaluate the communication needs of a target audience using communication analytics.
Use persuasive, informative, and inclusive language to reach the widest possible audience.
Gain tools and insights into the complex and ever changing communication landscape for long-term strategic communication career success.

Key Facts

Use communication concepts and create messages appropriate to audience, purpose, and context
Critically analyze messages
Show how ethical communication principles and practices are applied
Use communication to embrace difference and influence public discussion
Show your ability to accomplish communication-related goals

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public Speaking
Social Media and Society
Intercultural Communication
Mass Communication
Ethics in Communication
Communication Research Skills

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Course Starts Monthly

Language

English

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Charles Town, United States

Disciplines

Communication Studies View 203 other Bachelors in Communication Studies in United States

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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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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

All APU undergraduate programs require a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent (i.e., GED).
Please read all undergraduate admission requirements before applying to this program and be prepared to submit the required documentation.
There is no fee to complete the APU admission application.

TOEFL iBT minimum scores required: 21 in Reading, 23 in Writing

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

10500 USD / year

≈ 10500 USD / year
Out-of-State

10500 USD / year

≈ 10500 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

10500 USD / year

≈ 10500 USD / year

Additional Details

$250 with Preferred Military Rate
$315 with Veteran Grant

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