The Department emphasizes two areas of study, Interpersonal Communication and Public Communication. The program promotes the growth of and knowledge about communication and its uses to achieve individual, group, and societal goals. Students explore the functions, processes, channels, and influences of communication. They work to acquire proficiency in critical analysis, social scientific and humanistic research methods, argumentation, and oral written presentation.
Bachelor of Communication Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bachelor of Communication Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Study Communication Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Bachelor degree offered at its main campus in Paradise , United States of America. This Full Time program is delivered on campus in English and takes approximately 4 years to complete. Students benefit from a structured learning experience designed to build both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. The next intake is scheduled for August 28, 2027.
About Bachelor of Communication Studies
All courses offered in the Department will focus on helping students attain the following learning outcomes, knowledge, skills and competencies. After attaining a B.A. in Communication Studies at UNLV, students will be able to:
- Describe the Communication discipline and its central questions.
- Engage in Communication inquiry, research, analysis, and evaluation.
- Utilize ethical Communication skills and principles to define, evaluate, and influence public discourse and real-world problems.
- Apply research-based arguments and advocacy skills to influence public discourse.
- Prepare and deliver messages that are appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context, in order to accomplish communicative goals such as sharing information, completing tasks, and solving problems.
- Use communication to embrace difference and diversity and to function effectively in diverse groups.
Disciplines
Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
Requirements and Admission Criteria for Bachelor of Communication Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Entry Requirements
First-Year
3.0 cumulative GPA OR 1120* SAT (evidenced-based reading & writing and math) OR 22 ACT (composite score). *1040 for exams taken prior to March 2016.
Transfer
2.5 GPA in 24 or more transferable college-level credits. Transfer students with fewer than 24 transferable college-level credits must meet the first-year student admission requirements.
English Requirements
- PTEMin 44
- IELTSMin 6
- TOEFLMin 61
Career Opportunities after Completing Bachelor of Communication Studies
Communication Studies originated with the study of rhetoric in classical education. Based on a traditional liberal arts approach to preparing future citizens and leaders, the educational emphasis is not pre-professional. Instead, students are prepared to follow a wide range of career paths. Careers include, but are not limited to:
Advertising
Positions include advertising or marketing specialist, copy writer, account executive, sales manager, media planner, media buyer, creative director, media sales representative, and public opinion researcher.
Communication Education
Specific employment opportunities include language arts coordinator, forensic/debate coach, high school speech teacher, college or university instructor.
Health Communication
Undergraduate degree recipients nationally are employed as health educators, school health care administrators, medical grants writers, hospital directors of communication, clinic public relations directors, health communication and research analysts, communication managers for federal health care agencies, health personnel educators, medical center publications editors, hospice managers, health care counselors, marketing directors, and health facilities fundraisers.
Marketing
Positions include business and marketing specialist, public relations and advertising manager, sales and marketing manager, media manager, and public opinion researcher.
Organizational Communication
Graduates may work in human resources, training and development, internal communication, meeting management, organizational development, corporate consulting, labor-management negotiation, technical writing, community affairs, or government and public affairs.
Political Communication
Positions include press secretary, speech writer, campaign, consultant, elected official, political reporter, diplomat, lobbyist, lawyer, legislative assistant, or communication director.
Public Relations
Graduates have worked in public relations offices of nonprofit organizations, corporations and businesses, and communication agencies. They have served in media planning and analysis, corporate communication, publicity offices, marketing departments, fundraising, membership departments, sales, community relations, internal communication, and public opinion research.
Risk and Crisis Communication
Positions include corporate trainer, corporate spokesperson, public relations officer, communication consultant, or spokesperson for federal government agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or Food and Drug Administration.
*The careers identified here derive from the experience of the department's graduates and from the national publication, "Pathways to Communication Careers in the Twenty-First Century," Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2011.
Tuition and Fee Information for Bachelor of Communication Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Application Fee 95
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Bachelor of Communication Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
United States of America, Paradise