Ready to learn the tools and techniques you'll need for a career in media? Explore different career paths across journalism and strategic communication through unique courses and full-immersion, hands-on learning experiences. As a graduate of this program, you will be fully prepared to launch a career in modern media, journalism and communication.
The BA program in journalism and mass communication at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, widely regarded as one of the nation's premier media schools, is a highly professional, hands-on degree program that prepares students for careers in mass communications.Through access to a world-class faculty of journalists, communicators and scholars, and with prestigious internships and immersive learning opportunities, undergraduate students learn the values and principles at the core of the media professions, and they master the highly specialized, practical skills needed for success in today's digital world.Topics of study can include digital media, broadcast news, innovation and entrepreneurship, audience engagement, social media, public relations and Spanish-language media. The Cronkite School's full-immersion professional programs afford students the opportunity to gain experience in activities like reporting the evening news on Arizona PBS and creating digital advertising campaigns.High-performing students can apply to the school's accelerated bachelor's degree and master's degree program, which allows for the completion of both degrees in as few as four years. They also can become part of ASU's Barrett, The Honors College.
September 2025
Downtown Phoenix Campus
411 N. Central Ave.,
PHOENIX,
Arizona,
85004, United States
First-year students must have a 3.00 grade point average (GPA) (a "B" or better where "A"=4.00) from a secondary school.
English proficiency requirements
TOEFL iBT (internet-based test): minimum score of 100.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS): minimum score of 7.0.
Pearson Test of English (PTE): minimum score of 73.
Duolingo English test: minimum score of 120.