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Penn State offers several degrees in communications, each of which is completed at a different location.
Communications at Penn State Altoona
This program may be started at any campus and is completed at Penn State Altoona.
This major provides a general grounding in traditional media forms along with work in the area of media convergence. Students in this major produce and deliver a college news service in print, broadcasting, and a multimedia online format, while the senior seminar considers the larger, theoretical issues related to the fast-paced changes in communications today and into the future. Students are prepared to go right into industry, where they will be able to compete in a number of different job markets, or to graduate school for advanced training.
The B.A. in Communications is offered by Penn State's Altoona College.
Communications at Penn State Harrisburg
This program may be started at any campus and is completed at Penn State Harrisburg.
The Communications program helps students prepare for careers in print and broadcast journalism, public relations, advertising, video production, and telecommunications. The major combines professional skills with critical examination of the effects of media on society as well as connections between contemporary media and classical literature, drama, and art. Students take courses in varieties of media, writing, professional communications areas, and critical and cultural approaches to communications. Internships in journalism, radio, television, public relations, and other fields are available for qualified students.
The B.A. in Communications is offered by Penn State's Capital College.
Communications at Penn State University College
This program starts and is completed at Penn State Beaver, Delaware County, Greater Allegheny, or New Kensington
The communications degree program addresses strongly-articulated employer requirements for the workplace through an integrated program model. The degree provides the basic theoretical foundations of the discipline, allows for appropriate branching outside the traditional curriculum, and permits students to take appropriate courses in the disciplines of information sciences and technology, communications, arts and sciences, English, and business. The degree in communications provides a corporate communications option or a journalism option. Both options are for students who wish to develop their written and verbal skills in an effort to gain professional employment in such fields as public relations, publishing, speech writing, video and multimedia, production, and/or journalism. (Options vary by campus).
The B.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences is offered by Penn State's Commonwealth College.
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