Joint Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Communication & Political Science (OVY) (Optional Co-op)

Program Description Communication: Analyzing how information is gathered, produced and distributed today helps to understand the communication processes that drive a variety of settings: social, cultural, political, organizational, economic and legal. In this program, students will develop critical and analytical skills in order to evaluate the nature and impact of technology and media on society, organizations and interpersonal relations. They will have the opportunity to be exposed to the latest developments in the field of communication (communication strategies, digital media, evolution of the media industry, advertising, crisis communications, negotiations, etc.). The Department of Communication offers courses in two main areas: media studies and organizational communication (internal and external communication in public and private organizations, health communication, organizational change, etc.). Combining theory and practice, University of Ottawa’s programs develop students’ critical and analytical skills and prepare the, either for a professional career or for advanced studies.

Political Science: Political science seeks to describe, analyze, understand and assess the principles and power relations that govern social life. It revolves as much around the structures and institutions that define these relations and principles as around the ideas and practices that drive them. It studies everything that influences political life and institutions (ideologies, groups, social movements, etc.) on a local, regional, national and international scale.

University of Ottawa’s programs offer in-depth training in political science and encourage critical reflection on pivotal issues like citizenship, identity, political participation, globalization and development, governance and the state, and ethics and democracy. A discipline open to many theoretical and methodological approaches, political science constantly exchanges and shares with other fields. At the University of Ottawa's School of Political Studies, students build their knowledge in four subfields of political science: political thought, Canadian and Quebec politics, comparative politics, and international relations and global politics.