A completed application
Two letters of recommendation from a teacher or counselor who knows you well and can attest to your academic potential and personal characteristics.
One essay/personal statement, approximately 250-650 words in length, which will assist the Admission Committee in reviewing your application.
Official test scores and other educational materials must be sent directly from the testing authority or institution.
Official transcripts, diplomas, and leaving examination scores from secondary and post-secondary schools (in English).
A minimum TOEFL score of 80
A minimum IELTS score of 6.5
A Pearson PTE academic score of 54
Communication Studies brings together dynamic fields of public communication and mass media in the city where these elements live. By enrolling in this program, you will explore professional communications and media industries that exist at the cross section of leadership, creativity, and social change, while learning to hone advanced skillsets in self-expression. From the interpersonal to the digital, social media to public advocacy, journalism to organizational communication, the Communication Studies degree readies this next generation to be tomorrow’s changemakers.
DEVELOP CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS
Effectively analyze and produce various forms of communication and media.
Think critically about communication and media technologies in their social, cultural, and global forms in New York City’s media hub where you will find internships and hands-on learning opportunities.
Understand the contexts in which communication and media are produced, delivered, and distributed.
Prepare for the careers of tomorrow today, by learning to maximize critical and creative thinking and effective, socially responsible communication. The diversity of our curriculum allows students to explore subjects including popular culture, advertising and consumer culture, political communication, intercultural communication, and social media.
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University Core
Complete University Core Requirements
Major Core Courses
COS 111 Introduction to Communication
COS 113 Media, Culture, and Society
COS 114 Introduction to Mass Media
Major Elective Courses
Group One
Select two of the following:
COS 226 Writing for the Electronic Media
COS 228 Writing for Convergent Technologies
COS 280 Introduction to Journalism
Approved Service Learning Course is an additional AOK
Group Two
Select a minimum of 12 credits:
COS 119 Organizational Communication
COS 205 Dynamics of Small Group Communication
COS 213 Intercultural Communication
COS 214 Interpersonal Communication
COS 239 Milestones in Communication Research
Select one of the following Approved Topics courses:
MAR 201 Principles of Marketing
SPE 203 Persuasive Speaking
SPE 309 Speechwriting
Group Three
Select a minimum of 12 credits:
COS 235 Advertising and Consumer Culture
COS 242 New Communication Technologies and Moral Panic
COS 244 Digital Cultures
COS 245 Communication and Popular Culture
COS 270 Political Communication
COS 311 Ethics, Morality, and the Media
COS 312 Introduction to Cultural Studies
COS 335 Media and Gender
COS 336 Propaganda
COS 338 Media Criticism
COS 481 Language and Power
One additional Group 2 or Group 3 course (3 credits)
Open Electives
Select 31-42 credits
CHOOSE YOUR CAREER
Communication Studies majors choose careers in social media, television, music, marketing, publishing, law, politics, and public communication.
WHERE GRADUATES ARE EMPLOYED
ALS Association
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services
Cooking Channel
Daily Mail TV
Eileen Fisher, Inc.
Food Network
Glamour Magazine
Goldman Sachs
Hamilton Campaign Group
JPMorgan Chase
KBLX San Francisco
Maybelline
MEST Africa
NBCUniversal
SiriusXM Radio
Spotify
The View
Vox
Warner Music Group
Health Insurance - USD $1646 per year
