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The Boston University College of Communication (COM) is the communication school of Boston University (BU), a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 19…
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The Boston University College of Communication (COM) is the communication school of Boston University (BU), a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it was the first in the United States to offer a degree in public relations (PR).
The Boston University College of Communication (COM) is the communication school of Boston University (BU), a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it was the first in the United States to offer a degree in public relations (PR). COM's AdLab is the first and largest student-run advertising agency. COM houses the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in advertising, film and television, journalism, media science, and public relations.
Boston University's College of Communication comprises three academic departments: Journalism; Film and Television; and Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations. It also has two cross-department divisions: Emerging Media Studies and Communication. The college offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Boston University's College of Communication offers five Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree programs: Advertising, Film and Television, Journalism, Media Science and Public Relations. It offers 13 graduate degree programs: Advertising (Master of Science), Emerging Media Studies (Master of Arts and PhD), Television (MS), Film and Television Studies (Master of Fine Arts), Screenwriting (MFA), Media Ventures (MS), Journalism (MS), Media Science (MS), Media Science: Marketing Communication Research (MS), Public Relations (MS), Strategic Integrated Communication (MS), and Human Centered Design (MS). It offers a combined BS/MS program in Branded Content Production and a certificate program in Civic Science Communication.
Boston University's College of Communication is well regarded among communication colleges in the United States, listed on the Public Relations Education A-List by PR News and among Top Film Schools by Variety, and ranked by industry sources:
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