Bachelor degrees in Mass Communication + Media Studies: A 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. Includes instruction 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 behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.
Designed to prepare students for a career in media industries, the English Department's media and culture major combines creative arts with business and information technology. The major addresses the need for creative and business professionals to gain an understanding of the past, present and future of media forms and contents. Unlike media studies programs at other institutions, this program requires a business minor and culminates in a media-related...
Students in the communication studies program will obtain a Bachelor of Science in Communication. The curriculum provides students with general communication knowledge, preparing them for careers in media-related professions or for further advanced study. Academic courses stress communication theory, research and law. Professional courses give students marketable skills. Students will gain knowledge of the history of communication and the ability...
The Media Studies Communication Technologies concentration introduces students to the theory and practice of the study of media as part of their communication studies major. Through advising, students have the ability to more deeply explore their particular area of interest. Students may select elective courses that focus on film and media studies, including courses on media history, theory and criticism; journalism, including news gathering and production...
The Professional Communication concentration gives students the opportunity to focus their career goals in the following areas: public relations, advertising, technical documentation, journalism, or multi-media design and development. Each course in the concentration combines theoretical study and practical application to prepare our graduates for the expectations of professional communication environments. Within their first year of study, students...
Established in 1999‒2000, the program in Comparative Media Studies integrates the study of contemporary media (film, television, digital systems) with a broad historical understanding of older forms of human expression. The program embraces theoretical and interpretive principles drawn from the central humanistic disciplines of literary study, history, anthropology, art history, and film studies, but aims as well for a comparative synthesis that...
The Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) focuses on the invention, study, and creative use of new technologies that change how we express ourselves, how we communicate with each other, how we learn, and how we perceive and interact with the world. The field draws on a number of other disciplines, including computer science, cognitive sciences, communications, design, and the expressive arts.
Most MAS undergraduate courses are project-oriented...
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