BA in Communication

The world needs people who can communicate
Everyone has a story to tell. With Trine University’s Bachelor of Arts with a major in communication, you can help tell it better.

The degree: Choose your specialty
The Bachelor of Arts with a major in communication program offers a comprehensive communication core, with coursework covering multiple media and optional training for specialized professional areas.

COM+Criminal Justice: This professional track is ideal if you want to attend law school, communicate for law enforcement, or are interested in journalism related to legal proceedings. Students in this track earn a criminal justice minor.

COM+Sports and Recreation: This professional track prepares you to work in marketing and communication for sports organizations, and/or sports broadcasting.

COM+Environment: Carry out your passion for sustainability in this interdisciplinary track, which draws on biology and civil engineering to prepare you for work as a communication expert in a conservancy organization, government department such as the EPA, or state or national park.

COM+Strategic Focus: This professional track provides training that allows you to pursue specific career goals not addressed in specific COM+ tracks. Specific content will be decided in consultation with an advisor and the department chair.

Trine University is developing additional COM+ options. For more information on these or on existing programs, contact Jeanette Goddard, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Humanities and Communication.