Communication and Media Arts
Programs Offered: Bachelor of Arts
Our Communication and Media Arts Program is ideal if you want to develop a critical approach to media and culture and learn how to analyze and create media for traditional, digital and social media platforms. Through unique combinations of classes, the program provides opportunities to explore a variety of media formats and contemporary issues in both scholarly and applied contexts and develop a range of aesthetic, critical and technological competencies that are essential for future market demands. Our aim is to equip you with lifelong learning skills that will position you as a thought leader in the rapidly evolving communication and media industries and help you remain competitive throughout your career.
Communication Studies
Programs Offered: Bachelor of Arts, Minor
The Communication Studies Program provides you with the theoretical lenses and practical skills you need to be a leader, collaborator, problem solver, and generator of innovative communication programs and strategies in corporate, government, media and nonprofit settings.
Grounded in the liberal arts tradition, you will study how communication processes and functions vary across interpersonal, organizational, public, and cultural channels and contexts. You will develop strong communication skills and a cultural awareness that is vital in today’s modern and global work environments.
The program is designed with great flexibility so that you can pursue your own interests and focus on such areas as health, culture and diversity, and democracy.
Filmmaking
Programs Offered: Bachelor of Arts
Stories — and the art and craft of storytelling — are at the heart of our Filmmaking Program. As a filmmaking student you will start making films from your first semester — exploring fiction, documentary and experimental filmmaking as you learn how to develop a film from script to screen. You will be trained in every aspect of filmmaking — lighting, camera, sound, editing, producing, screenwriting, directing, and even 2D and 3D animation — by a faculty of working professionals, as you acquire the skills necessary for a career in the entertainment industry.
Journalism
Programs Offered: Bachelor of Arts, Minor
Our Journalism Program teaches you how to create and deliver compelling news and other media content for television, radio, print, the Internet and mobile technologies. As a journalism major, you will learn how to find a story and cover it from every angle by developing your writing, research and production expertise in both traditional and emerging digital environments.
There are opportunities to work on the development of multi-platform projects — including our campus radio station, WMSC-FM; the student newspaper and website, The Montclarion; our Carpé Diem television program; the online news site WiredJersey.com; and our Center for Cooperative Media. You will graduate with a contemporary and well-rounded skill set.
Public Relations
Programs Offered: Bachelor of Arts
Storytelling and building mutually beneficial relationships are at the heart of the Public Relations Program. Clients seek top flight PR talent, and that’s what you’ll become, by acquiring the ability — through classroom work, unparalleled internship opportunities, and actual “real” client work — to research, write, master social media skills, develop campaigns and successfully present your client’s story to its publics.
Our graduates can be found in executive positions at the very best companies: Disney, Fleishman-Hilliard, MWW PR Group, New Jersey Theatre, Ogilvy Public Relations, Proctor and Gamble, Rachael Ray Show, Time Inc., UNICEF and so many more.
Television and Digital Media
Programs Offered: Bachelor of Arts
Our Television and Digital Media Program provides you with practical experience in every facet of television, digital media and audio production. You will be challenged to think critically and creatively and master new technologies. This program allows students to select areas of focus including Television Production, Audio/Sound Design, Sports Media and Journalism, and Documentary. Production classes take place in our modern high-definition digital media production facility where you will learn on the same equipment used by professionals.
Public and Organizational Relations
The MA in Public and Organizational Relations is carefully designed for early and mid-level professionals who have made the commitment to expand their career opportunities.
The program provides you with the expertise to become a highly desirable organizational asset. Its innovative multidisciplinary curriculum will more effectively tap into your potential and enable you to confront and overcome challenges from different perspectives. The coursework focuses on strategic thinking, leadership skills, sophisticated communication techniques and advanced media skills, all of which are honed in myriad ways through applied projects, internships and independent studies.
