The five-year BA/MA accelerated program combines the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with a Master of Arts in Corporate and Organizational Communication. Students earn an MA by taking an extra 24 credits of graduate-level coursework beyond the BA, which typically takes one extra school year, including two summer sessions. 

For more information about the MA in Corporate and Organizational Communication, please visit:

www.fdu.edu/corpcomm

Admission into the Five-Year Program

By the start of their junior year, students who are interested in pursuing the five-year B.A.-M.A. program must have:

1) Completed 64 credits of undergraduate course work including:

COMM 2001 Introduction to Communication Studies
COMM 3018 Mass Communication
COMM 3019 Global Communication

2) Have a cumulative grade point ratio of 3.00 or higher.

By the end of the junior year, students applying for admission to the five-year BA/M.A. program are required to submit a writing sample and two letters of recommendation to the MA Program Director. All applicants for the five-year program are also interviewed by the Director of the MA Program.

Required Course Sequence

Senior Year - Undergraduate

The senior undergraduate year of the BA/MA is also a qualifying year. Students must earn a B grade or better in each of the three required classes in order to qualify for the graduate year. Failure to earn B grades or better in each required class means that the student will not be allowed to continue into the graduate year. Instead, the student will graduate at the end of the senior year with a B.A. in Communication Studies.

Fall

CCOM 6001 Corporate Communication *

Spring

CCOM 6002 Organizational Communication *

CCOM 7030 Research Methods *

* Note: These three graduate courses count towards the completion of the BA degree. Students graduate with a BA degree at the end of their Senior Year.

Graduate Year

Summer (3 credits)

CCOM 7070 International Corporate Communication and Culture

Offered at FDU's Wroxton, UK campus (or elective)

Fall (9 credits *)

CCOM 7098 Thesis Seminar (or elective)

CCOM 6043 Oral Presentation

CCOM Elective

Spring (9 credits *)

CCOM 7099 Thesis Project (or elective)

CCOM Elective

CCOM Elective

Comprehensive Examination (if this option is taken)

Student walks in Commencement Exercises at the end of the Spring semester.

Summer (3 credits)

CCOM Elective

* Note: Students are restricted to a maximum full-time graduate student course load of 9 credits during the Fall and Spring semesters of the Graduate Year.

For more information about the five-year BA/MA accelerated program, contact the MA Program Director, Jennifer K. Lehr at jennifer@fdu.edu.

This page last updated April 3, 2008 by Gary P. Radford and Jennifer K. Lehr.