Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings
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09.0100 - Communication, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the comprehensive study of communication, and that spans the study of mass communication/media studies, old and new media technologies, social and political applications, and speech communication and rhetoric. These programs include courses in interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural communication; theories of communication; critical thinking, argumentation, and persuasion; written communication; printed, electronic, and digital media; rhetorical tradition and criticism; media, society, and culture; consequences and effects of mass media; media social science and criticism; and quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • communication
    • communication sciences
    • communication studies
    • communications

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • agricultural communications(01.0802)
    • applied communication(09.0900)
    • business communications(52.0501)
    • communication disorders(51.0201)
    • communications engineering(14.1004)
    • communications engineering technology(15.0305)
    • communications technology(10.0105)
    • digital communication and multimedia(09.0702)
    • health communication(09.0905)
    • international communication(09.0907)
    • marketing communications(09.0903)
    • mass communication(09.0102)
    • organizational communication(09.0901)
    • political communication(09.0904)
    • scientific communication(09.0908)
    • speech communication(09.0101)
    • sports communication(09.0906)
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