Research, write, edit, and design for distinct audiences and purposes
Degree Program
Communication, Publishing & Public Scholarship
Communication, Publishing & Public ScholarshipDegree Program · Computing, Communication & Enterprise
Communication, Public Scholarship & Digital Media
Connects writing, research, design, publishing, media, public knowledge, audience, and digital systems.
Program purpose
Bachelor of Arts
The program prepares students to translate evidence across scholarly, institutional, community, and public environments while building durable publishing and digital communication skills.
Learning outcomes
What graduates are prepared to do
Program outcomes connect disciplinary knowledge to methods, judgment, communication, and independently evaluated work.
Translate complex evidence accurately and accessibly
Build publication and digital-media workflows
Evaluate ethics, accessibility, authorship, and public impact
Curriculum architecture
How the pathway is organized
Coursework progresses from foundations to methods, integration, and a culminating demonstration of capability.
Foundations
Build the knowledge, skills, and mindset for inquiry.
Application
Apply methods and tools to real-world questions.
Integration
Synthesize across disciplines and perspectives.
Demonstration
Produce and present work that creates impact.
- 01
Writing, rhetoric, media, and research foundations
- 02
Editing, publishing, design, and digital production
- 03
Science, cultural, institutional, and public communication
- 04
Audience, accessibility, ethics, and data visualization
- 05
Portfolio and capstone
Course sequence
Selected curriculum
PUB-320
Scientific Communication & Public Scholarship
Develops clear, accurate, accessible communication across research articles, public writing, visual explanation, presentations, and digital media.
- Requirement
- Core
- Credits
- 3.0
Methodological Notes Studio
Produces concise, transparent methodological publications that document workflows, adaptations, validation, failures, and reusable research practice.
- Requirement
- Core
- Credits
- 3.0
Cartography & Spatial Reasoning
Builds foundational spatial thinking and cartographic communication across human, environmental, archaeological, and technical questions.
- Requirement
- Core
- Credits
- 3.0
Data Management & Reproducible Research
Develops durable data structures, metadata, versioning, cleaning, provenance, documentation, and reproducible analysis workflows.
- Requirement
- Core
- Credits
- 3.0
Technology Enterprise & Innovation
Connects technical capability to customer discovery, value creation, organizational design, finance, operations, intellectual property, and responsible growth.
- Requirement
- Core
- Credits
- 3.0
Computational Systems Capstone
Guides a substantial software, data, AI, communication, publishing, or enterprise system from problem definition through delivery and evaluation.
- Requirement
- Core
- Credits
- 4.0
Learning environments
Field, laboratory & studio work
- Publishing studio
- Digital media and web production
- Visualization and public scholarship
- Stella Nova Journals and Press
Professional directions
Where the capability can lead
- Publishing and editorial work
- Public scholarship and institutional communication
- Science and research communication
- Digital content and media production
- Graduate study
Culminating work
Capstone, thesis, dissertation, or professional demonstration
A senior portfolio or capstone produces a substantial public scholarship, publishing, media, exhibition, or institutional communication project.
Admissions preparation
Materials and background
Admissions review considers preparation, purpose, prior work, and the fit between the applicant’s goals and the program.
Secondary-school completion or recognized equivalent
Academic records demonstrating preparation for college-level work
Statement connecting the applicant’s interests to the program
Writing or project sample when relevant to the pathway
Faculty & academic leadership
Program relationships
Next step
Connect this pathway to your academic goals.
Request information for a focused conversation or begin an application through the Stella Nova Student Information System.