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Honours Bachelor of Arts in Social Communication
Download the program description (PDF)Foundational Courses (12 credits)
Compulsory Courses: 12 credits
- HTP1102 Approaches in the Humanities: Interpreting the Human Experience
- HTP1103 People, Social Justice and Ecology
- HTP1105 Critical Analysis, Reading and Writing Academic Works
- HTP1106 The First Peoples of Canada
Discipline Specific Courses (60 credits)
Compulsory Course: 36 credits
- ISC1308 Introduction to New Media
- ISC1310 Communication Research and Methodology
- ISC2301 Communication and Organizations
- ISC2306 Media and Ethics
- ISC2307 Introduction to Communication
- ISC2328 Communication Plan
- ISC3300 Theories of Mediated Communication
- ISC3305 Psycho Sociology of Mass Communications
- ISC3327 Theories of Social Communication
- ISC3339 Introduction to Public Relations
- ISC4300 Argumentation and Persuasive Communication
- ISC4306 Stakes Analysis
Optional Courses: 24 credits
Nine credits from (2000 level):
- ISC2313 Electronic Journalism
- ISC2326 Print Media 1: Writing Principles
- ISC2329 Interpersonal Communication
- ISC2331 Conceptions of Society
- ISC2337 Special Topics in Social Communication 1
- ISC2342 Strategic Communication Tools
Nine credits from (3000 level):
- ISC3301 Social Marketing
- ISC3302 Media and Great Social Debates
- ISC3303 Professional Ethics in Communication
- ISC3309 Creating Media Programming
- ISC3312 Photography: Semiology of Image
- ISC3318 Content Analysis
- ISC3319 Special Topics in Social Communications 2
- ISC3320 Internship 1
- ISC3331 Knowing the Media
- ISC3350 Contemporary Journalism Practices
Six credits from (4000 level)
- ISC4302 Social Communications and Social Media
- ISC4304 Media and Religious Traditions
- ISC4305 Communications for Sustainable Development
- ISC4314 Communication and Anthropology
- ISC4320 Internship 2
- ISC4330 Research or Directed Study
Elective Courses (48 credits)
Students choose 48 credits or complete a minor (30 credits) and 18 credits.
6 credits must be of 3000 or 4000 level.