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School of Communications Accredited by ACEJMC About Academics + Admissions Resources Alumni News About Academics + Admissions Resources Alumni News WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS We seek excellence in communications by stressing personal integrity, rigorous scholarship, moral values, professional competence and ethical conduct. SCHOOL NEWS SOCIAL MEDIA LEARN ABOUT THE DIVERSITY IN THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS We embrace our responsibility to create and maintain an environment of inclusiveness that engenders appreciation for diversity and unity. LEARN MORE PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL OR RESEARCH LABS We maintain labs that offer state-of-the-art facilities to allow students to practice professional skills they learn in the classroom. PROFESSIONAL LABS BECOME A PART OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY We offer a bachelor’s degree in communications with four areas of emphasis and one graduate degree. UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE Become a Part of our School Community Since 1985, the School of Communications has been accredited by ACEJMC, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Advertising Communications Studies Journalism Public Relations Minor in Communications MA in Mass Communications Talk to an Advisor Internship and Career Services Scholarships Faculty + Staff APPLY TO ONE OF OUR EMPHASES The School of Communications offers one degree, a BA in Mass Communications. Within this degree program, students may specialize in one of three emphases: Advertising , News Media (formerly Journalism), and P ublic Relations . MEET WITH ONE OF OUR ADVISORS Visit our academic advisors who are dedicated to your success, and commit their best efforts to your early major exploration, educational planning and timely graduation. To schedule an appointment, call 801-422-3777, or stop by our office in D-444 of the Harris Fine Arts Center. INTERNSHIP & CAREER SERVICES From the day students enter the program to the day they graduate the Internship & Career Services Office helps with any form of career preparation. The office provides resume and portfolio critiques, mentoring opportunities, interview preparation, and general internship counsel. January 6, 2020 BYU Students Prove ‘The World is Our Campus’ with Films Discussing Diplomacy READ MORE December 17, 2019 Which type of online sports fan are you: tailgater, trivia seeker or bandwagon fan? READ MORE December 9, 2019 Emily Emerick Co-Authors Article Discussing Social Media Use in the Classroom READ MORE November 29, 2019 Advertising Professor Chris Cutri’s Documentary “To the Extreme” Investigates the World of Extreme Sports READ MORE November 26, 2019 Project Tala: BYU Students Paint Downtown Provo Mural Honoring Polynesian Heritage READ MORE November 18, 2019 BYU GRAD LANDS PHOTO INTERNSHIP WITH LOS ANGELES LAKERS AFTER YEARS OF PUSHING THE LIMITS READ MORE November 12, 2019 Communications Students Explore Religious and Cultural Diversity in New York City READ MORE October 9, 2019 BYU Students Recognized Throughout the Country for Accomplishments in Competitions READ MORE The School of Communications prepares graduates who will effectively serve their professions, their communities, and their nations. The Brigham Young University School of Communications prepares professionals to facilitate the transfer of ideas among people through mass media communication. The School of Communications, a division of the College of Fine Arts and Communications, is located in the George H. Brimhall Building on the south end of the BYU campus. Recognizing the crucial need to truthfully inform and be informed, the BYU School of Communications seeks excellence in communications by stressing personal integrity, rigorous scholarship, moral values, professional competence and ethical conduct. The school: (1) broadly educates men and women; (2) fosters respect for free, responsible and truthful expression; (3) champions democratic values; (4) prepares graduates who will effectively serve their professions, their communities, and their nations. DISCOVER MORE Looking for a professional learning environment? The School of Communications maintains labs that offer state-of-the-art facilities to allow students to practice professional skills they learn in the classroom. Learning Environments The BYU Adlab is a student-run, professionally mentored advertising agency located in 140 BRMB. It is a creative communal space for all students in BYU’s nationally recognized Advertising Program to ideate, create, edit, produce, collaborate, and share their projects. The Adlab works with some of the biggest advertising agencies and national brands to create work that not only wins awards, but makes a difference. Graduates of the advertising emphasis in the Communications program are highly recruited and have produced some of the most strategic, innovative and creative work in the industry. ADLAB The Newsline Newsroom is an award winning, student run, broadcast news studio. The show is fully staffed with student producers, directors, writers, reporters, and anchors that produce live news and sports shows that are broadcast and streamed live Monday through Friday. The Newsline Newsroom provides students with industry experience and the professional tools for television while also teaching students how to apply their knowledge to the growing world of web, social media, podcasting, and more. NEWSLINE Y Digital Agency is a full-service, student-run digital marketing agency sponsored and housed by Brigham Young University. Student employees work with real, paying clients on actual digital marketing problems professional level. Y Digital Agency students master industry-leading software including Synthesio, BuzzSumo, Crimson Hexagon, SpyFu, and AHRefs. Y DIGITAL The Daily Universe, in 152 BRMB, is a professionally mentored, student-staffed media company. Comms students report for and edit content for universe.byu.edu, BYU’s weekly newspaper and several specialty magazines. Around 30 staff, advisers and faculty work in Room 152, which is equipped with computers configured for editing, routing, Chartbeat web analytics, management and design, editing photographs and designing pages. THE DAILY UNIVERSE The BioComms Lab gives students the opportunity to work with cutting edge biometrics technologies such as eye-tracking, facial recognition, galvanic skin response (GSR), and virtual reality, in order to complete projects for both academic research and client-based projects. Working in the lab is open to all students in the Communications program, pending open positions. BIOCOMMS Contact BYU School of Communications 360 BRMB Provo, UT 84602 (801)-422-2997 comms_secretary@byu.edu Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8-5 Closed holidays Directory Links AdLab YDigital Universe Newsline CFAC Alumni DONATE MENTOR Connect © 2019 All Rights Reserved | Provo, UT 84602, USA | 801-422-4636 Contact Us We're not around right now. 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