Develop your Creative Talents to Tell God's Story
Discover What’s Possible with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications
The Bachelor of Arts in Communications program will provide you with outstanding instruction and diverse opportunities where you can master your creative talents. You will grow both spiritually and professionally as you combine your rich Bible and theology training with your media skills.
The Moody BA in Communications is an integrated media arts program, allowing more than 200 students the flexibility to train across multiple mediums and the opportunity to dive deep in their chosen discipline.
Courses are offered in the following areas of communications:
- Writing, publishing, and journalism
- Speech and performance
- Video production
- Radio and audio production
- Organizational communications and media strategies
- Visual design and photography
On our Chicago campus, you will join a distinctively collaborative, creative community! No other Christian college offers communications training in partnership with two renowned Christian media outlets: Moody Publishers and Moody Radio. Our students regularly rub shoulders with and learn from our professional colleagues—resulting in mentorship, internships, and even entry-level employment.
The engine of our Communications program is our media practicum teams. These student-led, faculty-advised teams produce exciting professional-level work each year. Every communications student is required to spend at least one semester on a practicum team. Many students extend their practicum involvement for a full year or more.
These are our current practicum teams:
- Literary: ARCH Yearbook and Thin Space Art and Theology Journal
- Journalism: Halide Journal
- Performance: The Veil Theater
- Video: Short Film, Documentary, Live Event, and Video Content
- Audio: XN Radio and XN Records
- Agency: Creative Agency and Common Publishing platform
You will enjoy our new next-generation educational ministry media lab with studios and spaces for you to practice video and audio recording and editing, podcasting, radio broadcasting, visual design, live performance, and more. This global center for theological creativity, community, and imagination is ready and waiting for you!
Moody’s Communications program is unlike any other. While other programs foster competitiveness, we cultivate the collective expressions of a collaborative community. We care deeply about theologically trained communicators and media artists who create meaningful media that ministers to others. What makes Moody’s Communications program exceptional is the opportunity for diverse students to develop theology, theory, technique, and technology alongside one another. As a student, you will grow in ways that would be impossible independently and stretch yourself beyond your expectations. Plus, you’ll live and study in the heart of Chicago, a multicultural city with hundreds of opportunities to learn and serve right on your doorstep.
“The Communications program is an incredible community of students and professors who will challenge you and make you better. I run my own business now and use my graphic design and video editing training from Moody regularly.”
Tabitha Allman
Communications Graduate
Classes that will Stretch and Equip You
As God’s people, we are called to use our gifts to build up the church and to tell His story to an unbelieving world. Learn how to communicate God’s truth with excellence and purpose in these dynamic, engaging courses:
Core Program Classes
- Introduction to Communications: Theory, History, and Ministry
- Media Practicum (Choose from literary, journalism, performance, creative agency, audio, and video media teams)
- Senior Seminar
- Ministry Internship
From the communication electives, students may choose—with their faculty advisor’s counsel—to train in multiple skills and mediums. Our integrated media arts model allows for great flexibility to customize the program to your gifts and calling.
Students may also choose to further train in a single discipline by selecting from one of the following pathways:
Writing, Journalism, and Publishing
- Fundamentals of Creative Writing
- Writing with Grace and Style
- Missional Journalism
- Nonprofit Communication
- Advanced Creative Writing
- Editing for Publication
- Professional Writing and Publishing
- Literary Practicum Team
- Journalism Practicum Team
Speech and Performance
- Fundamentals of Public Presentations
- Performing Scripture as a Dramatic Text
- Voice-Over Media
- Public Discourse and Critical Thought
- Advanced Public Presentations
- The Veil Theater Exec Team
- The Veil Theater Performance Collective
Video Production
- Fundamentals of Video
- Video Editing
- Missional Journalism
- Principles of Cinematography
- Multimedia Storytelling
- Video Practicum Team
Audio Production
- Fundamentals of Audio
- Voice Over Media
- Missional Journalism
- Advanced Audio Production
- Media Strategies
- XN Radio
- XN Records
Organizational Communication
- Fundamentals of Creative Writing
- Nonprofit Communications
- Public Discourse and Critical Thought
- Team Dynamics
- Media Strategies
- Communications Theory, Theology, and Culture
- Agency Practicum Team
- Publishing Practicum Team
Photography and Visual Design
- Fundamentals of Visual Design
- Missional Journalism
- Photojournalism
- Media Strategies
- The Visual Artist
- Agency/Publishing Practicum Team
- Literary/Journalism Practicum Team
Meet Your Communications Professors
Our Communications faculty have extensive hands-on experience in various media fields. They are passionate about training their students to communicate God’s story using their creative gifts. Here’s what students are saying about our professors:
“I am continuously shocked at how much the communications professors care about students. I could give you a million examples: emails about opportunities that might interest me, last-minute meetings, talking after class, grabbing a quick meal.”
Justin S.
Communications Major
“The conversations and feedback from professors Kammerzelt, Gustafson, and others helped me to identify my strengths and learn to recognize my own voice.”
Lauren Kidd
Communications Graduate
Ways You Will Flourish in This Program
As you progress through this coursework you will:
- Study the history, theory, and theology of communications
- Theologically evaluate the evolving media and cultural landscape
- Develop your communication skills in your chosen discipline(s)
- Create inspiring messages of God’s truth to deliver across contexts
- Utilize creative software programs like Adobe’s editing suite
- Develop your biblical philosophy of creativity and communication
- Build your professional portfolio
After you Graduate with your Communications Degree
When you graduate, you’ll have a professional portfolio and access to an extensive global network of ministry partners eager to hire theologically sound, practically trained, and creatively gifted storytellers like you. You can prepare to launch a purposeful career as a:
- Graphic designer
- Photographer
- Writer
- Radio host
- Videographer
- Speaker or actor
- Media firm manager
Our Communications alumni are writing books, producing videos, and designing media for churches and missions agencies. Some have taken their camera around the world. Others are freelancing and creating their own media firms. From the smallest local church to the largest media giants, our graduates work with companies to creatively, passionately, and persuasively tell God’s story!
If you have a passion to influence lives for Christ through redemptive and creative media, Moody is the place for you. Discover how far your talents can go with a Moody Communications degree!
“While at Moody I have significantly grown as a creator. As a videographer, I’ve been able to utilize so many tools at Moody, and I’m so thankful to be a part of a program that equips me so well. I’ve also matured in working in a team environment and collaborating with others.”
Victoria B.
Communications Student
“Being on the journalism team gave me opportunities to practice what I was learning, engage more fully in Chicago, and work on a creative team. It also was instrumental in me landing my first full-time job as a writer at Seed Company, a Bible translation organization. If you have a heart to serve Christ’s global church, I can't imagine a better fit than Moody. I continue to use the storytelling principles I learned through the Communications program in my job.”
Lauren Kidd
Communications Graduate
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Financial Aid
For on-campus residential students, every class in your degree is paid for by the Chicago Tuition Grant, sponsored by faithful donors. Every residential Chicago undergraduate student is awarded this grant, worth up to $12,960 a year. Off-campus commuter students pay $399 per credit hour. Find out how to defray the remaining costs with scholarships, grants, student loans, student employment, and veterans benefits.