Bachelor of Communication Studies Degree at Capilano University

Students develop expertise in:

• public and media relations
• publishing and cultural criticism
• negotiation, mediation and crisis communication
• communication policy and law
• organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication
• visual communication and photojournalism.

Learn critical approaches to media, communication and culture, together with applied skills in writing, editing and public speaking.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify, evaluate and apply major theoretical traditions in communication studies.
• Assess and explain the development of communication media, practices and industries.
• Demonstrate critical media literacy as both producers and consumers of communication.
• Employ basic research methods for projects in communication and media studies.
• Analyse the perspectives from which diverse stakeholders engage in communication.
• Risk and crisis communication
• Communication and Canadian culture
• Communication law and policy
• Events planning
• Advocacy communication
• Political communication
• Social media