Program highlights
Work placement opportunity
Unique program — User-centric and research-based, that is focused on hands-on learning.
Paid work experience — Graduate with a minimum of 450 hours of paid work experience
Portfolio development — Leave with a portfolio of work that you can showcase when looking for employment
International opportunities - Complete a semester abroad – from Austria to New Zealand
Information designers use human-centric processes to deliver the right content, at the right time, to the right audience. Build your skills in problem-solving, design-thinking, writing, data visualization and usability testing. Learn to develop information products that are clear, concise and visually engaging in online, print, mobile and even augmented and virtual reality environments. Information designers translate complicated information (data) into simple, understandable and useful content for business and citizens, advocating for all users.
Career possibilities
- User-experience designer
- Content management strategist
- Web and mobile developer
- Virtual reality user interface developer
- Graphic designer
- Multimedia and infographic specialist
- Creative director
- Communications coordinator
Admission requirements and costs
Curriculum and courses
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School of Communication Studies
Mount Royal is pleased to offer four Bachelor of Communication degrees, including majors in Broadcast Media Studies, Information Design, Journalism and Public Relations.
Learn moreNow more than ever
With an ever-growing need for timely and accurate information, communications professionals lead the way. Journalists keep us informed with timely and accurate information. Information designers present crucial data in a readable format. Public relations professionals help corporations and governments convey important information in a crisis, and broadcasters work in front and behind the camera to provide content online.
Now more than ever, we need good communicators.
Learn more about the Bachelor of Communication with majors in Journalism, Information Design, Broadcast Media Studies and Public Relations.