Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies, Communications

A four year degree in communication with an optional internship, covering interpersonal and organisational communication, media production, public speaking, rhetoric and a capstone project.

Communications is a broad degree, so its value depends on the portfolio of writing, media or campaign work you accumulate across four years rather than on anything the transcript records. The optional internship is where most of that portfolio comes from.

Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies, Communications is taught at the Vancouver campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Designated Learning Institution with the number O19227134842. This matters more than it may appear. Because Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies, Communications is a degree rather than a college diploma or certificate, it is exempt from the federal field of study requirement introduced in November 2024, which restricts post-graduation work permits after non-degree programmes. Subject does not matter for a degree. A British Columbia provincial attestation letter is still required alongside the Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies, Communications study permit application.

Candidates for Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies, Communications present Class 12 or equivalent at 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for communications degree is recorded at CAD 22,920. A CAD 145 application fee applies, and no scholarship is recorded against communications degree. communications degree lists seven entry windows a cycle, across September, January and May starts. Apply Study Visa manages your communications degree application, the deposit, the letter of acceptance, the provincial attestation letter and the Canadian study permit as one process.