Mass Communications Studies BA

With an interdisciplinary approach to communications, the B.A. degree program draws from a number of selected humanistic and social scientific disciplines with different modes of academic inquiry to examine and critically analyze how culture, society, history, and legal/ethical issues, as well as globalization and technological advancements have and will influence and affect communications and the media landscape now and into the future.

At its core, the B.A. in Mass Communications Studies is designed for students who wish to pursue a broader and encompassing approach and receive multi-dimensional perspectives in the study of mass communications; the traditional, social and digital media; media institutions, and different communication platforms.

As a Digital Communications student at Barton College, you’ll take courses such as Video Production, Audio in Media, Digital Storytelling and Multiplatform Reporting.

Strategic Communications students will take courses in Principles of Public Relations, Public Relations Strategies and Campaigns, Public Relations Case Studies and Sports and Communications.

Upper-level courses include Law and Ethics in Mass Media and the Senior Seminar course, which requires completion of a capstone project. The Senior Seminar additionally assists you with interviewing skills and writing your résumé — just what you need if you’re preparing to enter graduate school or searching for a job.