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The Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications at Penn State New Kensington recognizes the versatility and adaptability required of twenty-first century professionals. Our programs cultivate advanced communication competencies in a range of media and formats while fostering greater understanding among future leaders of the dynamic interplay between communication practices and the achievement of organizational goals.
Penn State New Kensington's Corporate Communications degree option addresses strongly articulated employer concerns, in both regional and national studies, about the quality of the communication skills found in the professional workforce. In addition to contributing skillful communicators who are prepared to assume a wide range of responsibilities in the regional economy, a strong communications program on any campus also raises the quality of communication skills acquired by all students regardless of their major.
Penn State New Kensington also offers a Journalism degree option. In today's workplace, journalism graduates are required to regularly engage rapidly converging media in their work. This option offers graduates a competitive advantage by emphasizing the reporting and writing skills that will serve graduates planning to work in areas such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the World Wide Web. Students choosing this option will have the opportunity of working on a student-produced, student-managed newspaper.
