Redefining Communication Arts anchored with Entrepreneurship

Bachelor of Arts in Communication

This 3-year degree in Communication offers opportunities for highly creative and motivated students. This program develops students’ communication skills in the digital age and prepares them to be effective communicators in today’s diverse and evolving business, professional, and academic fields.
Thames has pioneered online and blended learning since 2018 and this allowed the successful transition to a 100% online classes for our college since the start of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in March of 2020. 9 out of 10 Thames students say our online education is an effective academic alternative since face-to-face classes were suspended. The same Proven Online Learning methodologies and platforms will be continuously refined for BEST OF CLASS academic delivery aimed at 100% student satisfaction.

KEY FEATURES

• 300 hours Internship
• Option to finish a foreign degree overseas
• Last 6 months entails dealing with actual clients/markets
• Capstone project requires addressing client’s needs
• Very hands on and applied
• Integrates personal and life skill development

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Adopts Flipped Learning in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space, and the resulting group space is transformed into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where the lecturer guides students as they apply concepts and engage creatively in the subject matter.

METHODOLOGY
Flipped Classroom Approach
In Thames International, our learners are active creators. Learning is highly socially interactive and scaffolded into building blocks that recognize the student’s past experiences and prior knowledge.

Tight Knit Community
Thames is a tightly knit community; it’s more like a family. Everybody knows everybody and each student is treated with utmost respect, provided with the necessary technical skills, and given individualized support.

Experiential Learning
In Thames International, our students discover, collaborate, and co-create knowledge development. Our students are trained to be active learners as well as reflective thinkers.

Leading-edge Lecturers
Our Lecturers are Singapore Trained for Online or Blended Learning, Technology Fluent, and Industry Practitioners.

Industry-linked
Thames International offers holistic, quality, and relevant education. Our curricula contain knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are industry-linked and future-focused.

Technology-enabled
We are now a virtual school and when government allows us to go back to our classroom with walls, we will go into blended learning with both physical interaction and online learning.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

• Define and access information needs: assess and organize information and knowledge; produce, share and utilize information and knowledge
• Communicate in different formats and platforms (print, broadcast, and online)
• Prepare communication/media plan
• Conduct communication and media research and evaluation
• Develop and produce communication materials in different formats and platforms
• Demonstrate communication management and leadership skills
• Develop entrepreneurial capabilities
• Adhere to ethical standards and practices
• Know and practice rights and responsibilities and accountabilities in the communication profession
• Demonstrate a development orientation in communication work
• Apply communication theories/models, principles, practices and tools in development work

CAREERS
Graduates can either work in industries such as broadcasting, publishing, marketing communication or start-up their own venture, all of which require the development and application of various communication tools that also includes crucial business and managerial perspective.