Overview

Key facts

Students majoring in Communication Studies - Social Media track offered by Youngstown State University must successfully complete all core courses and one of the specified tracks for a total of 39 semester hours in CMST.
With the appropriate support courses and possible minor options, the social media track prepares students for communicating and marketing with social media, including effective use of interactive designs.

Students can learn to examine the social press and how to share client and personal expertise and experiences with the online world, how to use social tools for collaborative work, and how to distinguish the characteristics and methods, advantages and pitfalls, of virtual communities, social photos and videos, collective intelligence, crowd-sourcing, social production, and wiki collaboration

Programme Structure

Course include:

Social Media Literacy
Communication in Groups and Organizations
Interpersonal Communication

Designing Communication Research
Social Media Communication

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-06-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Youngstown, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 (U.S. 4.00 scale) based on your high school grades.

Proof of English Language Proficiency. Please browse English Proficiency Requirements webpage for details.

For international undergraduate admission review purposes, YSU accepts scanned copies of original credentials in PDF format (See detailed requirements for copied documents).

All documents should be submitted in the original language in which they were issued, along with certified translated copies unless the institution that issues the documents does so in English.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

11405 USD / year

≈ 11405 USD / year
Out-of-State

11405 USD / year

≈ 11405 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

11045 USD / year

≈ 11045 USD / year

Living costs

Youngstown

United States

787 - 1299 USD / month

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

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