University of Calgary

For Prospective Students

The Department of Communication and Culture offers three programs of study: Communications Studies (COMS), Science Technology and Society (STAS), and Film Studies (FILM). Each of these programs considers the social environments in which new technologies and cultural practices emerge. Together these programs aim to give students the specific skills, knowledge, and flexibility that they will need to adapt to a complex and rapidly changing world.

Major Programs

The Department of Communication and Culture offers the following undergraduate degree programs:

Communications Studies (BA)

Bachelor of Communications Studies (BCS)

Film Studies (BA)

Bachelor of Film Studies (BFS)

Science, Technology and Society (BA, BSc)

Minors may also be completed in any of the major programs.

Program-specific courses are integrated into a matrix of courses designed to give all students in Communication and Culture a solid mix of skills and knowledge:
  • Heritage Courses (GNST 300 and GNST 500) which introduce students to a wide range of ideas from diverse areas of thought
  • World Areas (2 full-course equivalents) from one of the following areas: Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, or Native North America) which familiarize students with the history, culture, language and artistic accomplishments of a tradition different from that of Western civilization
  • Breadth Requirement (one full-course equivalent from each of the following faculties: Humanities, Science, Social Sciences and Fine Arts) which exposes students to differing academic cultures and reduces the likelihood of their taking the assumptions and methodologies of any one discipline for granted

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Navigating the Various "Communications" Degrees

The Department of Communication and Culture offers several degrees with the word "Communication" in the title. Students often get justifiably confused as to which one they are in. Here are the differences.

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What can I do with a Communication and Culture degree?

"What can I do with a Communication and Culture degree?" Better question: "What do you want to do with your degree?" Find out here

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