Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Design Practice (Co-op)

University of Waterloo

In these exciting, highly interactive majors, you’ll explore how our everyday forms of communication create meaning and shape our perspective of the world. The majors are unique within Canada for our experience based study of verbal, non verbal, visual, and digital communication practices.You’ll learn to master interviewing skills, become adept at public speaking, and communicate effectively as a leader. You'll also study the dynamics of communication in your personal interactions, your classrooms, workspaces, in your use of online and digital spaces, and more broadly in media and public communication.Over the course of your degree, you’ll hone your written and oral communication skills while developing expertise in teamwork, research, visual and digital literacy, and critical analysis just the kind of skills that employers are hungry for. Choosing the co op version will provide insights into possible careers and paid work experience along the way. Communication Arts and Design Practice: Enhance your knowledge and practice of effective communication with hands on digital design projects and greater focus on visual communication and rhetoric. This major is a really good fit if you're artistic and interested in careers in digital media design.