Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Change

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Communication, Culture, and Change

Your Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Change prepares you to be an exceptional communicator and an agent for change in your community and your chosen profession.

This highly marketable degree opens up a wide variety of career possibilities, including positions in communication management for businesses or non-profit organizations, advocacy, higher education administration, human resources, sales, and many other fields. A committed faculty pushes you to gain a deeper understanding of communication and its importance, giving you foundational skills and essential tools to build a meaningful career.

Communication, Culture, and Change Program Highlights

At Fontbonne, you can tailor your areas of study to suit your career goals or prepare you for further studies. Our faculty and advisors are dedicated to helping you gain the practical knowledge and communication skills you need to succeed. As a student in the program, you will:

Develop highly effective interpersonal and public communication skills to use in a variety of community and professional settings.
Explore the central role of communication in the creation of culture, identity, and movements for change.
Create and analyze persuasive messages to become an effective advocate and successful professional.
Build and utilize research skills to investigate a topic important to you in your senior research project.
Choose a minor or concentration area that complements the major and expands your expertise in an area relevant to a future career or graduate program.

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Career Opportunities

The need for strong, effective communications is essential for your professional success. Recent graduates from Fontbonne’s communication programs have found their calling in the following fields.

Communications manager
Media relations specialist
Corporate or government information officer
Event manager
Speechwriter
Nonprofit fundraising, program management, and administration
Human resources manager
Training and development manager
Law
Higher education administration

Alumni In the Workforce

Senior Vice President, ESM Marketing, St. Louis
Director of Communications at Benson Hill
Organizational Development Coordinator at Object Computing, Inc (OCI)
Business Development Executive, Google
Marketing and PR at Nestle Purina
Senior Philanthropy Coordinator at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Event Coordinator and Marketing Assistant, ORIGO Education
Public Affairs Coordinator, St. Charles County Government
Resource Development Manager, The Community Action Agency of St. Louis County
Manager of Programs, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Assistant Director of Programming in Student Organizations and Activities at the University of Kentucky
Director of Business Development for a law firm
Volunteer Relations Manager at Big Brother/Big Sisters St. Louis
Girl Scouts of the Missouri-Heartland—Senior Marketing Specialist
Management Assistant, Enterprise
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