Bachelor of Communication and Digital Journalism

Program Overview

This Bachelor of Communication and Digital Journalism program prepares you for careers in public relations, media studies, and digital journalism. You'll study public and strategic communication, media relations, digital journalism, multimedia storytelling, and digital design. The program is offered in Kamloops and is open to international applicants.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Embrace studies in public and strategic communication, media relations, media and technology, multimedia storytelling, digital journalism, visual communication, and digital design. With this degree, you will be ready to navigate flexible opportunities as a digital journalist, a public relations specialist, a media analyst or a content producer.

Careers:

• Public relations: Private and public sector organizations hire people to plan and carry out communication and public relations activities.
• Media studies careers: Digital and media literacy are in demand across a broad range of public and private sectors, as organizations looks for people able to manage these competencies in the current media landscape.
You will find opportunities in further study, within the media industry, as well as other sectors negotiating the relationships of media, technology, and communication.
• Digital journalism careers: The field of journalism is changing but the need for engaging and ethical storytelling in the public interest is not going away.
You will find opportunities across both traditional and non-traditional, public and private, areas of journalistic storytelling.

Other:

• Majors: Public relations, media studies, digital journalism
• Minors: Campus: public relations, international professional communication, digital media studies.
Open Learning: public relations, professional communication.
• Credential: Bachelor of Communication and Digital Journalism
• Delivery: Kamloops
• Length: Four years
• Intake dates: September, January, May
• Applications: Now accepting applications
• International: Open to international applicants

| Tuition | Fees | Books and supplies | Total (CDN) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | $1,867.08 | $496.26 | $600.00 | $2,963.34 |