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The Diploma in Communications, Culture, and Journalism Studies (CCJS) is a two-year interdisciplinary diploma that foregrounds a critical analysis of the mass media as contemporary society's most pervasive agent of political and cultural transformation. Students will explore the social, political, and economic functions of news and communications media, the history of journalism, and cultural policy & theory. Particular attention will be paid to questions of social justice, as well as of identity and constructions of gender, race, class, sexuality, and nationality.

Housed in the Department of Communications, CCJS offers students foundational courses in media theory, writing-intensive courses in Communications and English, and a selection of elective breadth courses from a range of departments --including Anthropology, History, Philosophy, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, and Women's Studies.

While students may proceed directly to potential entry-level careers in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising, research, writing, publishing, consulting or new media, especially in small markets and independent digital environments, completion of this program is intended primarily to provide students with the liberal arts education necessary for further study.

The Diploma in Communications, Culture, and Journalism Studies will be granted upon the successful completion of 60 prescribed compulsory and elective credits: eighteen credits in Communications credits, nine credits in English, fifteen Breadth credits, nine Arts Electives credits, and nine Science credits.

This program is intended primarily to provide students with the education necessary for further study. After transfer and additional study, career options include:

Journalist
Communications Coordinator
Public Relations Specialist
Marketing Coordinator
New Media Consultant
Social Media Manager

This diploma can only be completed in full at the Kelowna campus. A selection of courses is offered at the Penticton, Vernon and Salmon Arm campuses but a number of specialized courses and second year courses are only offered at the Kelowna campus. Depending on course availability and offerings, students may not be able to complete the program in two years, four terms, with five courses per term.