Graduate Studies in Mass Communication and Media Arts

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Powerful changes in communication and the arts are sweeping the globe. From isolated villages in the Canadian Yukon to tiny hamlets in Africa, humanity is enveloped in a web of images delivered by a variety of new media. There is opportunity for innovative media professionals, scholars and artists to reinvent the way people work, play, create and communicate together in the future. The College of Mass Communication & Media Arts at Southen Illinois University prepares graduate students to take advantage of that opportunity through our four flexible, challenging, college-wide degree programs:

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

 

Our Mission:

The MCMA Graduate Program represents a unique blend of the arts, humanities, and social sciences, focusing on the study of communication processes and the responsible production of media, and striving for excellence.  We foster fresh and lively endeavors in an intellectual and creative community attuned to global social changes.

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.