Graduate Studies in Mass Communication and Media Arts

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Powerful changes in media and communication are sweeping the globe. From isolated villages to urban centers, humanity is enveloped in a web of images delivered by a variety of new media. The College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University is a diverse community of scholars and media makers influencing the way people will work, play, create and communicate together in the future.

Our flexible, challenging, college-wide degree program emphasizes a global, cross-disciplinary approach, training critically aware, technically savy, professionals, artists and scholars for advanced careers in media.


PhD Mass Communication & Media Arts


MFA Media Arts

Cinema, Photography, Sonic Arts, New Media


MA Media Theory & Research


MS Professional Media and Media Managment Studies:

Media Management & Strategic Communication/Advertising

Documentary Media Production

Public Policy/Investigative Reporting

New Media

 

 

Department of Cinema and Photography



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Offers undergraduate and graduate courses in the history, theory, criticism, and production of cinema, photography, and digital arts. Our educational orientation is a holistic, arts and humanities based understanding of media as social and cultural practice.

Department of Radio-Television



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Offering a combination of theoretical and practical hands-on opportunities such as radio stations, broadcast television, and alt.news.

School of Journalism



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The SoJ combines a broad exposure to the liberal arts with a detailed understanding of journalism in modern society.

Graduate Studies



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The MCMA Graduate Studies Program is a flexible, college-wide program that emphasizes a cross-disciplinary approach where intellectual and creative diversity are recognized as integral to artistic and scholastic excellence.