Program Overview

Communications (B.A.)

Communications is an interdisciplinary program combining practical, professional instruction with critical and cultural examinations of mass media, and features small classes, a multidisciplinary faculty with real-world professional experience, high-technology laboratories, and an excellent location for media internships.

Program Overview

Communications is an interdisciplinary program combining practical, professional instruction with critical and cultural examinations of mass media. Penn State Harrisburg’s interdisciplinary and theoretical approach is designed to enable students to understand the contextual relationships between contemporary media and ethics, history, drama, and art, as well as the mechanics of emerging information technologies. The program features small classes, a multidisciplinary faculty with real-world professional experience, high-technology laboratories, and an excellent location for media internships. This major prepares students for careers in areas such as public relations, journalism, graphic design, advertising, media production, and telecommunications. Because of the analytical approach, students may also use the major to prepare for postgraduate studies.

Program Details

• Curriculum
• Courses
• Assessment
• Internships
• Program Contacts and Faculty

Related Programs

• Communications (M.A.)
• Communications (Minor)

Institution

Penn State Harrisburg is a comprehensive college in southcentral Pennsylvania offering more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs.

Academic Offerings

• Undergraduate Degrees
• Graduate Degrees
• Academic Calendar

Research and Outreach

• Office of Research and Outreach
• Harrisburg LaunchBox

Student Life

• Office of Student Engagement
• Division of Student Affairs
• Student Initiated Fee

Location

777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA

University Information

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