{"id":118489,"date":"2023-06-22T10:01:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studium.uni-mainz.de\/communication-studies-ba\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:37:05","slug":"communication-studies-ba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.studium.uni-mainz.de\/en\/choosing-your-degree-program\/courses-offered\/communication-studies-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication Studies (BA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-anchornavigation>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In order to study Communication Studies, you should have a basic interest in the media system, in various media genres, content, and formats, and a certain level of media literacy. Therefore, you should be using mass media yourself and enjoy reflecting upon this usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A basic understanding of social contexts surrounding the media system (politics \u2013 media \u2013 society), as well as experience in journalistic work or in the production of media content is advantageous, but not required. This can also be gained or broadened during your studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to be able to mange the diverse types of work in your studies, you should enjoy empirical methods and their evaluation, interpersonal communication and working in a team, have a talent for languages. For this program of study, you must be able to read and understand specialist literature in English. However, you do not have to prove your language proficiency before or during your studies.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n

You will study this subject as part of a two-subject bachelor\u2019s degree program<\/a><\/strong>. The degree program always consists of an academic major<\/strong> <\/b>and minor<\/strong>, which can be combined according to your interests or professional goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you choose the subject as a minor, you will generally complete only a portion of the modules and classes taught to students of the major subject. As a result, you will focus on a selection from the content listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Entry phase<\/strong> (1st and 2nd semester) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will learn the fundamentals of communication studies, including<\/p>\n\n\n\n