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B.A. in Communication Arts


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Craft your story, shape culture. 

Grove City College offers a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts with exceptional outcomes all across the field. In our four-year program you’ll learn how to harness the power of story, and you’ll gain a well-rounded yet specialized skillset, diverse professional development opportunities on and off campus, and deep-rooted vision to compel diverse audiences and positively shape culture.

Program Highlights
  • Personal access to diversely accomplished faculty who serve as guides and mentors.
  • Minors available in Creative Writing, Design, Studio Art, International Studies, Theatre, Marketing, Legal Studies (Pre-Law), and more.
  • Internship opportunities in a wide range of professional environments.
  • Research opportunities alongside experienced, published faculty in areas including journalism, public relations, art, rhetoric, and performance, as well as applied research opportunities with companies such as IBM, Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundations, among others.
  • Diverse classroom, studio, and gallery spaces conducive to collaborative and independent work, including:
    • Fully equipped art studio with easels, potter’s wheels, kilns, and hand-building equipment and tools.
    • Apple© media lab and spacious drafting tables for graphic design.
    • Additional media lab for film production courses.
  • Vocation-enriching humanities core classes woven into your academic schedule that will strengthen your critical thinking skills and cultivate empathy and a big-picture approach to your discipline.
  • Active on-campus groups including WSAJ-FM Radio, Communications Association, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Stonebridge Concerts, Debate Team, Lambda Pi Eta honorary, and more.
  • Student publications including The Collegian (newspaper), The Quad (literary magazine), The Echo (creative magazine), The Bridge (yearbook), Journal of Law & Public Policy, and Grove City Insider Blog.
  • 36 major credit hours of rigorous undergraduate coursework balancing breadth and depth to give you a solid foundation in communication arts with freedom to hone your biggest passions in and beyond the department. For detailed course descriptions, view the College Catalog.
    • Opportunities to specialize in film, journalism, public relations, strategic communication, content management, visual communications, broadcast media, digital media, and other niche areas.
    • Major core requirements in public speaking, principles of media, writing for the media, theories of communication, research methods, intercultural communication, persuasion theory, and rhetorical criticism.
    • Electives in courses related to message production, media and culture, and social networks.
    • Regular assignments and projects built to strengthen your teamwork and presentation skills. 
Career Outcomes
  • Like 95% of our graduates within six months of graduation, land a highly competitive full-time position or entry into prestigious graduate or professional programs at institutions such as Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Case Western, and more.
  • Build your career with big names like National Geographic, Compassion International, Chick-fil-A, Focus on the Family, UPMC, and others.
  • Stand out in your field as a multi-faceted communicator with the hard and soft skills, niche expertise, strong work ethic, and truth-committed character to make a positive impact in the ever-changing landscape of media and culture.