Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - Communication

Program Description

As a student in the Academic Accelerator, you’ll receive:

• The right amount of support for your academic and English-speaking needs
• A full year’s worth of college credits
• Access to courses exclusively for international students
• English-language help with words you need to know for your classes
• A mix of classes with international and U.S. students

The Department of Communication provides undergraduate students with a broad liberal education that covers communication from the personal through the international levels and builds responsible citizenship. Students gain depth in understanding communication processes in a diverse metropolitan setting. The Department approach is conceptual, helping students build critical thinking and research skills to face challenges from the multiple careers they will pursue.

Within the communication discipline, the Department specializes in areas where speech and media converge:

• New technology
• Intercultural diversity (including race, ethnicity, and gender/sexuality)
• Politics and rhetoric
• Cultural and visual studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Communication program has six core courses:

• An introduction to the discipline and the faculty
• A survey of human (speech) communication
• A survey of public (media) communication
• A course on technology introduces a main focus in the Department
• Two courses on communication analysis cover statistics and teach students how to write communication research