UTP Stage II: Professional Communication
Overview
UTP Stage II: UTP Stage II: Professional Communication is equivalent to the first year of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional Communication. Upon the successful completion of UTP Stage II, you’ll begin the second year of your degree at TMU.
TMU’s Professional Communication program at The Creative School provides students with an immersive learning environment with all the technology, faculty expertise, and industry connections needed to succeed. Explore communication methods and media used across a wide range of fields and industries through classroom and experiential learning. Access leading-edge creative technologies, simulation activities, and guest lectures from industry leaders.
Join the Creative School to understand the relationship between message, audience and context and your role as a communication professional in one of Canada’s top communication programs. Explore the interaction of text, sound, image and design, and gain expertise in written, visual, digital, interpersonal and oral communication.
Key Information
Duration
3 terms
Intakes
- January
- May
- September
Location
Toronto Metropolitan University campus, Toronto
Your Direct Pathway into Toronto Metropolitan University
UTP Stage II: Professional Communication Program Structure
Understand the relationship between message, audience and context and your role as a communication professional in one of Canada’s top communication programs. Explore the interaction of text, sound, image and design, and gain expertise in written, visual, digital, interpersonal and oral communication.
Professional Communications (BA (Hons))
| Required Courses: | |
|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name |
| CMN210 | Text, Image and sound |
| CMN200 | The Craft of Professional Writing |
| CSSH105 | Critical Thinking I |
| Elective Courses: | |
| Two courses for the Table A Lower Level Liberal Studies offered at RUIC that qualify for the Arts Pathway, for example | |
| Course Code | Course Name |
| CPHL365 | Philosophy of Beauty |
| CSOC103 | How Society Works |
| Five courses from the Open Electives table which may include: | |
| Course Code | Course Name |
| CECN104 | Introductory Microeconomics |
| CECN204 | Introductory Macroeconomics |
| CEUS102 | Environment and Sustainability |
| CPOG100 | People, Power and Politics |
| CPSY102 | Introduction to Psychology I |
| CBSM100 | The New Business: From Idea to reality |
| CBSM200 | The Growing Business: Breaking Even |
| CMHR523 | Human Resources Management |
| CMKT100 | Principles of Marketing |
Following the completion of the UTP Stage II: Professional Communication, students must achieve a CGPA of 2.8 and grade of C+ or better in all required pathway courses to progress into second year. Students need to meet eligibility by August 30.
After Graduation
Explore traditional and new media in a range of business and professional contexts to develop communication expertise in the private, not-for-profit and public sectors.
Work in public relations and corporate communications, event planning, public policy, research or health care. You may work as a communications director, event manager, social media specialist, account manager or brand strategist.
Or, pursue graduate studies in communication, including Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master of Professional Communication, law, journalism or public policy.
The ProCom BA Internship
The ProCom BA encourages critical thinking and is complemented by practical projects to better understand theoretical models and communication processes. The ProCom BA Internship, an optional credit course, gives students an invaluable experience in a workplace environment to complement classroom learning. Students will be able to apply first-hand the knowledge that they’ve acquired throughout their studies and contribute to the communication operations of a participating organization.
The Creative School
The Creative School is a dynamic faculty making a difference in new, unexplored ways. Made up of Canada’s top professional schools and transdisciplinary hubs in media, communication, design, and the cultural industries, The Creative School offers students an unparalleled learning experience.
