Extended Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - Communication

Program Description

Extended Accelerator Program (EAP) combines language, culture and academics to give students a deep understanding of life in and out of the American classroom and includes personalized English-language instruction and tutoring.

As a student in the Extended Accelerator, you’ll get:

• A contextual curriculum that mixes language, culture and academics
• Exclusive access to a course focusing on life in the U.S. and in the local community
• A full year’s worth of college credits
• Extensive English-language tutoring, academic advising and student support
• Personalized English-language support specific to the classes you take

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