School of Communication and the Arts
Transform Your Culture through Faith, Artistry & Strategic Communication
Storytelling in the 21st century across multiple media platforms offers unprecedented opportunities for Christians to shape culture and impact the world.
At Regent University our award-winning faculty of scholars, playwrights, and news and entertainment professionals will help you learn how to tell compelling stories while also developing your artistry and aligning your artistic vision with your Christian calling. We offer communication and arts degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. We allow up to 90 transfer credit hours for all degree levels.
Regent’s on-campus and online courses in Communication & the Arts equip graduates for successful careers in film, television, theatre, news, and strategic and political communication. Through script and screenwriting projects, transmedia projects, news reporting, and productions in our film, television and theatre programs, students gain firsthand experience while building their professional resumes and portfolios.
If you’re looking for an innovative communication school or a top arts degree program, now is the time for you to explore all that Regent’s School of Communication & the Arts in Virginia has to offer.
Within Communication Arts, we interweave communication theory and practice; students learn theory and how to apply it in a dynamic environment. Advances in technology are also incorporated in our courses as they continuously impact the field. For instance, Second Life, Twitter, podcasting, Web 2.0 and blogs have altered how we send and receive communication. Studying changes in the field makes our educational experience relevant to the present and a foundation for the future. All of our coursework is explored through the lens of a Christian worldview.
The Communication Studies department equips students to stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly advancing field of communication. You’ll be challenged to seek the truth and apply it in redemptive ways to all aspects of culture. Sharpen your skills in advertising and public relations, journalism, social media, organizational communication, and more. Explore these degree programs.
Online or On Campus
If you’re interested in a career in television, film and animation, Regent University’s Media & Visual Arts division is unique. Our faculty will challenge you to pursue a meaningful career in the entertainment industry by becoming the best producer, director, screenwriter, and animator you can be. Additionally, we are passionate about making films that intrigue and transform, and to that end we provide state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to offer you outstanding production experiences. Choose from several degree programs.
On Campus Only
The Music & Performing Arts division seeks to express life’s most profound truths as deposited in music and drama, and through the power and passion of live performance. We train artists who share our vision and desire to have a positive and spirit-filled impact upon the professional stage and the various venues throughout the local community and the Church. Whether you sing, act, direct, dance or write, our programs will stretch you to where your gifts can be best developed and used.
On Campus Only
Simon Tarr – Dean, School of Communication & the Arts
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- National Communication Association
- Central States Communication Association
- Eastern Communication Association
- Southern States Communication Association
- Western States Communication Association
- International Communication Association
- Association for Business Communication
- The International Association of Business Communicators
- Journal of Computer Mediated Communication