Hanover College
Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Hanover, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 60,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Communication students learn through hands-on experience at Hanover. Small class sizes mean you'll put communication theory into action right from the start and acquire an impressive amount of real-world experience by the time you graduate.
Media
Students can begin work in the campus TV station their freshman year, both on-camera and behind the scenes. Students produce and anchor talk, sports, news and variety programs. They travel around the world producing documentaries that are seen on PBS stations and at conferences and film festivals.
Research
Every year several senior research papers are accepted to prestigious national conferences, with departmental grants providing funding for our students to travel and present. Recently, senior Rachel Helt presented her paper "Breaking Bad News: The experience of patient physician communication when diagnosed with cancer" at the Health Communication Conference in Washington, D.C
Rhetoric
Communication scholars readily discuss the latest political campaign, messages of pop music lyrics and social movements throughout history. Recently John Dean, the former White House counsel for President Richard Nixon, visited the Communication Law and Public Policy class and answered student questions about Watergate and Vietnam.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
All Admitted International Students will receive a scholarship in the amount of $32,000 USD renewable annually for 4 years. The scholarship will be referred to as the HAQ scholarship.
Curriculum
- Media Production Participation
- Rhetoric of American Identity
- Argument & Persuasion in Antiquity
- War & Upheaval through Film
- Graphic Design I
- Public Communication
- Introduction to Communication
- Survey of Mass Media
- Visual Communication
- Video Production
- Writing for the Media
- The Rhetoric of Film
- American Journalism
- Organizational Communication
- Persuasive Communication
- Media Criticism
- Gender and Communication
- Rhetorical Theory
- Political Rhetoric and Campaigns
- Interpersonal Communication
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Comm. Research & Methodology
- Multimedia Journalism
- Documentary Production
- Health Communication
- Communication Law & Public Policy
- Professional Media Directorship
- Senior Seminar
- Advanced Production Practicum
Program Outcome
Communication skills will help you improve your social and career relationships, no matter where your career takes you. At Hanover, you'll concentrate your studies by selecting an area of focus:
- Mass media – the study of communicating to large populations, especially through print, broadcast and digital means
- Rhetoric – the study of using language effectively, especially in public speaking
- Business communication – the study of how organizations communicate internally and to external audiences
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates' career and professional placements have included:
- News Anchor, WGPH Fox 8 (Chapel Hill, NC)
- Promotions Director, WGLD 104.5 FM (Indianapolis)
- President, Hoosier On-Line Systems (Indianapolis)
- Public Relations Executive, USA Networks (Weston, CT)
- Event Planner, Minor League Baseball Team
- Deputy Press Secretaries for several U.S. Senators
- Creative Director, 12 Stars Media
- Sports Reporter, WHIZ-TV
- Pharmaceutical Sales Representative, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
- Public Relations Manager, Louisville Zoo
- Claims Director, Humana, Inc.