Communication Degrees Online

The Bachelor of Communication Advertising is a professional trained to develop communication strategies of institutional products and services and oversee the full implementation of its quality.

Their training allows you to:
Serve as consultant or adviser or external organizations and businesses with communications needs.

Teams in advertising agencies, media centers, creative boutiques, corporate firms, direct marketing and any other mass communication or business segment.

Developed as a specialist in communication and media management on advertisers and the media.

Title intermediate
At the end of the third year, students gain the title of interim Analyst in Communication (Advertising Guidance) that enables you to begin play in their own field work profession.

Acknowledgments
Degree in Advertising Communication is a university recognized by formal resolution of 12/09/97. As a recognized university (17/09/96), the titles of the ORT University meet international standards that allow for continuing studies at Masters and PhD worldwide.

A student may pursue the primary portion of graduate study for the M.A. in communication studies in communication theory, rhetorical studies, journalism, or media studies.

Requirements
The student must earn a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate credit and must take at least one 600- or 700-level course in three of the following four areas: journalism, communication theory, rhetorical studies, and media studies. COMS 691, Research in Communication Studies (3), is required of all students and must be taken during the first 12 semester hours of graduate work.

With the adviser’s advice and consent, the student must fulfill the requirements of either the thesis or non-thesis option.

COMS 691 – Research in Communication Studies Credits: 3

Thesis Option
A thesis must be submitted and approved. From 3 to 6 semester hours may be allotted to thesis research and writing. A maximum of 6 semester hours may be taken in a combination of COMS 697, Directed Individual Study, and COMS 699, Master’s Thesis.

During the semester in which degree requirements are completed, the student must pass a written examination and an oral examination on the thesis and course work.

COMS 697 – Directed Individual Study Credits: 1-6
COMS 699 – Master’s Thesis Credits: 1-6

Non-Thesis Option
A maximum of 3 semester hours may be earned in COMS 697, Directed Individual Study.

During the semester in which degree requirements are completed, the student must pass a written examination and an oral examination, both of which will assess knowledge and ability in the area of special interest.

The comprehensive examination includes the submission by the student, for evaluation by the committee, of an expanded scholarly paper growing out of previous course work or directed individual study.

COMS 697 – Directed Individual Study Credits: 1-6
(Only 3 semester hours may be used toward degree requirements.)

Corporate and Organizational Communication MA and Management MBA
Fairleigh Dickinson University’s corporate and organizational communication program offers professionals the opportunity to acquire skills in a variety of corporate communication applications, including applied communication, language, investor relations and audiovisual media.

The MBA has become the degree of necessity for those wishing to rise within their organizations. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s integrated MBA-MA program enhances the skills necessary to be an effective manager. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s corporate and organizational communication program offers professionals the opportunity to acquire skills in a variety of corporate communication applications, including applied communications, language, investor relations and audiovisual media. This joint degree program offers students the best of both of these offerings by combining the programs.

Students pursuing this joint degree must have an adviser from both the MA in corporate and organizational communications program and the MBA program to ensure that they meet the requirements of and take the courses that apply to both programs.

Students must meet the Admission Requirements for both the MBA and MA programs. Should a student enter the joint degree program and decide to earn only one of the degrees, all the regular requirements for that degree program must be fulfilled.

Students who wish to pursue a minor in communications may do so by completing the five required core courses in the department.
Required Courses
COMM 120 Communications Media
COMM 121 Visual Communications
COMM 122 Writing & Editing Across the Media
COMM 123 Communications Technologies
COMM 124 Media, Messages, & Society

Other course sequences for minors are available through special collaborations with other departments. A student should consult with her adviser and/or the department chair for further information on special collaborations.