Bachelor’s Degrees

Online Bachelor’s Degree Program

Bachelor’s study provides a broad undergraduate foundation while developing deeper knowledge in a chosen area. A degree completion pathway is especially suited to students who have already completed college-level study and want to build on that experience toward a full bachelor’s qualification.

The available online bachelor’s program focuses on Creative Communications with a concentration in Film & Entertainment. Students develop skills across communication, media, storytelling, and creative practice while completing the remaining requirements for the degree.

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Carrie Hamilton Entertainment Institute

BA in Creative Communications

Develop expertise in communication, media, and creative practice.

Duration
About 2 years, in nine-week courses
Tuition
$25,975 · $1,050 per course
Next start
Every 10 weeks
Format
Weekly 90-minute live class
Credits
60 units at Anaheim, of 120 for the degree
Structure
20 courses across four areas of competence

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Meet Our Faculty

Learn from experienced academics and professionals who bring subject expertise, research, and real-world perspective into the classroom.

David Desser, Ph.D.

David Desser, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus and Founding Dean of the Akira Kurosawa School of Film. Has taught at the University of Southern California and UCLA.

Vikram Channa

Vikram Channa

Associate Dean of the Akira Kurosawa School of Film, and a Vice President at Warner Bros. Discovery.

Alison Marek, MFA

Alison Marek, MFA

Award-winning writer and director. MFA, New York University.

Dallas King, MFA

Dallas King, MFA

Award-winning director and producer. MFA in Directing and Production, University of California, Los Angeles.

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1998

the 1st real-time online degree program at AU — two decades before the rest of higher education moved online

99%

student satisfaction rate, 2025 program average

101

countries have been home to AU students

Accredited

by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and CHEA

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