Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's in Communication
Degree Requirements
- Students admitted to this dual degree program must meet all the requirements of an undergraduate major offered by the department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Social Media or the department of Communication, Journalism, & Media.
- Students must also meet all requirements for the Master’s degree in Communication.
- Students will take two Communication graduate courses during their senior year; one during the fall semester and one during the spring semester. The two graduate courses taken during the senior year will count toward BOTH the undergraduate and graduate degree requirements. Credit hours will be awarded based on the graduate course description.
- The graduate courses taken during the senior year will be determined by the Communication graduate program director.
- Students are subject to the usual standards for academic standing, i.e., undergraduate standards for undergraduate courses and graduate standards for graduate courses.
Upon successful completion of all of the degree requirements, a student will receive a dual Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. The exact degree will be awarded based on the specific undergraduate program the student completes. A student may permanently exit the dual degree program and opt to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree if all the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree have been met. In this case, the graduate courses taken in the senior year will be counted as 4-credit courses applied toward the undergraduate degree requirements.
Honors
To complete requirements for honors in the major, a candidate must:
- Have a major GPA of 3.4 or higher
- Have an overall GPA of a 3.0 or higher
- Complete CJN-H506 or CJN-H555 with a grade of B+ or higher
- Publicly present their work in front of CJN faculty and students during finals week
- CAS Honors Program students only: Also present work from the senior honors experience at the Honors Symposium or Pecha Kucha event
To become a candidate for honors in the major, a student must:
- Have a major GPA of 3.4
- Have an overall GPA of 3.0
- Have completed a minimum of 20 credits of CJN coursework
CAS Honors Program students only: CAS Honors Program students who fulfill the GPA requirement and minimum credits of CJN coursework are assumed to be candidates for departmental honors and should consult with a major advisor(s) during junior year about registering for major honors requirements as described above
All other students: Declare intent to an advisor at an advising appointment
Residency Requirement Policy
In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course (8 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course (16 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.
Learning Goals and Objectives
Learning goals and objectives reflect the educational outcomes achieved by students through the completion of this program. These transferable skills prepare Suffolk students for success in the workplace, in graduate school, and in their local and global communities.
| Learning Goals |
Learning Objectives |
| Students will... |
Students will be able to... |
| Understand the role of communication in a culture and across various cultures |
- Discuss the role of communication in constructing the nature of interpersonal and organizational relationships
- Articulate the role that personal identity has on the creation of cultural identity |
| Understand how the symbolic production of meaning shapes our world as well as the world of others (and that what we perceive as the same world, can be very different) |
- Examine language as the primary human symbolic system
- Examine images and other forms of representation
- Produce an artifact by using one or a combination of methods |
| Understand the role of culture in different forms of communication |
- Explain how forms of communication change from one culture to another
- Communicate with awareness of cultural differences in order to become an informed citizen of the global community |