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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04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law

09. - Communication, journalism and related programs

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures, and that prepare individuals to apply communication knowledge and skills professionally.

09.01 - Communication and media studies

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 09.0101 to 09.0199.

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

    All examples

  • 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)
09.0101 - Speech communication and rhetoric

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. These programs include courses in the theory and practice of interpersonal, group, organizational, professional, and intercultural communication; speaking and listening; verbal and non-verbal interaction; rhetorical theory and criticism; performance studies; argumentation and persuasion; technologically mediated communication; popular culture; and various contextual applications.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • speech communication
    • speech communication and rhetoric

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • agricultural communications(01.0802)
    • business communications(52.0501)
    • communication sciences and disorders(51.0201)
    • communication studies(09.0100)
    • communications technology(10.0105)
    • English speech and rhetorical studies(23.1304)
    • French rhetoric and composition(55.1304)
    • health communication(09.0905)
    • literacy and communication skills (not for credit)(32.0108)
    • organizational communication(09.0901)
    • political communication(09.0904)
    • speech therapy(51.0203)
09.0102 - Mass communication/media studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. These programs include courses in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioural aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • mass communication
    • mass media
    • media communications
    • media studies

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • communication studies(09.0100)
    • educational media(13.0501)
    • film studies(50.0601)
    • multimedia art(50.0706)
    • visual communications(50.0401)
09.0199 - Communication and media studies, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Communication and media studies.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • other communication and media studies
    • social communication

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • family and consumer sciences communications(19.0202)
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