Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Media Arts and Design - Journalism

The School of Media Arts and Design prepares students to serve as creative, reflective, and highly skilled media producers and storytellers, sensitive to the personal and social impact of the messages they create and to the important role media can play in advancing the public interest. Goals: To help fulfill the above mission, the school requires students: To write clearly, concisely, accurately and effectively for a mass media situation: journalistic, cinematic or electronic. To demonstrate computer literacy. To demonstrate competency in information gathering for a variety of media situations. To recall the process involved in producing a publication (newspaper, magazine, radio, television or multimedia presentation). To understand how mass media businesses operate. To demonstrate competency in conducting pertinent media research. To recognize the history, theories, functions, and effects of mass media in society. To recall the history of legal and regulatory constraints on the mass media and new information technologies. To recognize ethical constraints on the mass media. To apply knowledge of the media in professional environments under academic supervision. Career Opportunities: The school integrates the fields and study of mass communication, advertising, corporate communication, digital video and cinema, interactive media, journalism, and mediated visual and aural expression. It offers a program of study that prepares students for careers that incorporate mass media and related areas of expertise, and for graduate study in mass communication and related areas. Journalism: This professionally-oriented program enables students to develop reporting, writing, editing and production skills needed to work in magazines, newspapers, video/broadcast and new media journalism through course work, internships and other practical experiences. At the same time the program encourages students to obtain a broad liberal arts education so they will understand many of the issues facing contemporary society.