Masters 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.
The master‘s program is intended to serve as preparation for:
* Doctoral studies where theory, teaching, research, and publication are emphasized.
* Advancement in communications professions.
Beyond the courses required by the department, students select”in consultation with advisors”the specific courses that best meet their goals and interests. Generally, students with non-communications undergraduate majors will be expected to concentrate...
The Master of Arts (M.A.) graduate program in the Department of Mass Communication & Journalism is a comprehensive 30-unit program that is academically oriented to reflect the history of mass communication, its institutions, professional roles and enterprises, and advanced theories and scholarly methodologies and traditions. However, the structure of the program also allows students who may wish to have a more professionally oriented program to tailor...
The department offers a concentration in Media Studies for students completing an MA 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 Master of Science in Mass Media Arts and Journalism is a hybrid online program that provides the student with an outstanding education from a respected program without having to leave family, home, or career. The program seeks to strongly connect students with each other and with faculty by combining the online courses with an intensive one-week on-campus experience, held in the summer. At this time, students meet the members of their cohort and...
The Media Program at Columbia Business School combines a rich and varied curriculum with unparalleled exposure to the New York City-based global media community. Through access to faculty across all business disciplines, leading media executives and a vast alumni network, the Media Program provides students with the opportunity to fully explore all aspects of this exciting and fast-changing sector....
The Master of Arts in Communication with an emphasis in Mass Communication offers a combination of advanced study in communication and specialized areas in broadcasting, journalism and public relations. The major is sufficiently flexible to allow graduate courses to be taken outside the department to support the student's career objectives. Students may elect either a thesis or nonthesis program. The thesis program is encouraged, especially if the...
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...
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