Communication Studies in Canada

Several specialized programmes in Communication Technology and communication management are available in hundreds of Canadian universities. Academic programmes offered by them include all levels of qualifications such as certificates, diplomas, degrees and doctorates mainly in the areas of communication studies, professional communications, business communications and communication management.

Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication, Master of Arts in Professional Communication and Master of Arts in Professional Communication with Specialization in Intercultural and International Communication are offered at the Royal Roads University and the University of Winnipeg offers a degree, Bachelor of Arts in rhetoric and communications and a Diploma in Creative Communications.

The Simon Fraser University, the Trinity Western University, the St. Thomas University, the Carleton University, the Cape Breton University, the University of Ottawa, the Concordia University and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology are well known for the study programmes titled Post-baccalaureate diploma in communication, Bachelor of Arts in communication, Master of Arts in communication and PhD in communication.

The University of Calgary, the Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Brock University, the Laurentian University of Sudbury, the McMaster University, the Wilfrid Laurier University, the York University, the McGill University and the Concordia University conducts professional programmes such as Graduate diploma in communication studies, Bachelor of Arts in communications studies, Master of Arts in communications studies and PhD in communications studies.

Other major Communication Technology study programmes available in Canadian universities are Graduate Diploma in the Communication of Science to the Public (Laurentian University of Sudbury), Master of Communications Management (McMaster University), Certificate in Business Communication (Ryerson University), Bachelor and Master of Arts in Information and Communication Studies (University of New Brunswick), Bachelor and Master of Arts in Communications and Technology (University of Alberta) and Bachelor of Professional Arts in Communications Studies (Athabasca University).

More information about these courses is available on respective university websites.