A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- BS
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 RIT Undergraduate Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- RIT’s BS in communication helps you develop the critical skills necessary to become a successful communication professional. Developing productive relationships, managing teams, analyzing audiences, creating effective messages, and understanding media are key competencies required for a successful career in the communication field. With courses in communication theory, visual communication, public speaking, mass communication, communication law and ethics, technology-mediated communication, and research methods, this degree prepares you with the theory, research, and practical application needed to develop these skills. A strong focus on undergraduate research will enhance your career readiness or set you up for graduate work in communication and related academic disciplines. By completing one semester of cooperative education, you will deepen your knowledge of the communication profession while gaining hands-on work experience that prepares you for a full-time position after graduation. This degree also offers you an opportunity to further develop your skills in newswriting and reporting with an option in journalism. You will learn to collect, critically assess, and merge both verbal and visual data to effectively communicate news stories across diverse media channels.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 195003
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_195003_acb285f7
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Journalism Option courses
9 items
- COMM 223Digital Design in CommunicationNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 240Media, Creativity and InnovationNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 263Data JournalismNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 280Community JournalismNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 291Communication for Social ChangeNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 356Critical Practice in Social MediaNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 370Ethnic Press in the United StatesNot resolved to a course3
- COMM 374Opinion MediaNot resolved to a course3
- COMM/VISL-390Visual ActivismNot resolved to a course3
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