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This one-year master’s degree in Media Studies cultivates critically engaged scholarship at the intersection of media, information, technology, and culture.

Broadcasters are known for their strong communication abilities and digital storytelling expertise for television, radio, social media and online.

A degree in Communication and Media Studies (COMS) will provide the foundation you need to take on contemporary society's challenges. You will learn how to evaluate, manage and influence a constant flow of messages.

Social communication explores how information is perceived, transmitted, and understood. It also looks at the impact on society of various means of communication. Social communication includes the cultural, political, and sociological aspects of communication.

We live in a media society, but what exactly does this mean? How does a world, saturated by media images, technologies, and texts, influence how we live and work? How is the ever-changing mediascape affecting our understanding of society and our ability to shape its future? These are some of the fundamental questions that a degree in Communication and Media Studies (BCoMS) will help you to answer.

How can humans use symbols, images, and sounds to create meaning that can be shared between groups and individuals? At what point do persuasive publications become propaganda? How are new social media impacting family dynamics in North America? Why will people share their private lives with strangers, on the condition that the stranger holds a microphone? In Communications and Media studies, students will be given a background in communications theory, as well as the practical skills they need to be effective in the workplace. Throughout this process, students will be encouraged to confront the field's big questions about meaning, spreading information and ideas, the power of voice, and interactions between faith and professional practice.

The Professional Writing – Communications program will prepare you to work as a versatile communications professional. This graduate certificate program will combine assessing audience needs and delivering thoughtful and relevant content with effective project management techniques as you develop the skills to write and produce copy for a variety of professional settings and styles.