Doctor's 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.
A PhD in chemical engineering indicates that the graduate is capable of and qualified to conduct independent and original research in the chemical industries and other related fields. Employees with PhD degrees are in high demand by industry, with starting salaries that are considerably higher than for BS or MS graduates. Also, a PhD degree is generally required to pursue an academic career. The doctoral program is designed to prepare the student...
The Department of Modern Culture and Media is concerned with the study of film, video, digital media, photography, sound, and print. These media are not understood in a narrow sense, for a departmental premise is their centrality to all modern and contemporary cultural practices; "media" are conceived in conjunction with modern cultural and social histories and networks, and vice versa. The Ph.D. program prepares students to engage in rigorous and...
The department offers a concentration in Media Studies for students completing a PhD in Cultural Studies. The requirements for the concentration will include the regular degree requirements for the M.A. in Cultural Studies: 9 classes of 4 units each, including 2 required classes in Introduction to Cultural Studies, plus a final research paper or equivalent, and an approved methods class.
Two of the required classes for the concentration will be...
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.
Graduate students work closely with a research advisor...
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