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BA in Communication - Concentration in Media Production and Criticism

Main Subject Area

Performing ArtsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Mason’s communication degree is not a sit-back-and-listen program. As a communication major, you will produce videos, public relations plans, television programs, and websites. You will present your results to top Washington, D.C. area professionals and at communication conferences. Through these activities, you will develop skills that are not only enriching to you personally, but highly valued by prospective employers and graduate schools. You will take courses in public speaking, media production and criticism, public relations, journalism, intercultural communication, health communication, and political communication. You will study with faculty who are known for creating opportunities for you to apply your knowledge and skills in classes and in co-curricular activities. Courses offered in Media Production and Criticism fall under two broad categories: production or criticism. Students in this program may choose one of the two areas of emphasis: Criticism courses offer students the opportunity to learn to think purposefully and critically about media and examine media roles from many perspectives. Through four required courses within the concentration, individuals may engage in different comparative and ideological frameworks, thereby providing a theoretical grounding in the study of media content, processes, and effects. Production courses offer participants foundational knowledge applicable to a wide range of current media-related professions. Through four required courses within the concentration, individuals will have the opportunity to develop hands-on production skills, achieve technical proficiency, and make sophisticated choices in working with new technologies and emerging platforms, such as broadcast TV, mobile apps, streaming media, corporate communications, and social media.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Mason’s communication degree is not a sit-back-and-listen program. As a communication major, you will produce videos, public relations plans, television programs, and websites. You will present your results to top Washington, D.C. area professionals and at communication conferences. Through these activities, you will develop skills that are not only enriching to you personally, but highly valued by prospective employers and graduate schools. You will take courses in public speaking, media production and criticism, public relations, journalism, intercultural communication, health communication, and political communication. You will study with faculty who are known for creating opportunities for you to apply your knowledge and skills in classes and in co-curricular activities. Courses offered in Media Production and Criticism fall under two broad categories: production or criticism. Students in this program may choose one of the two areas of emphasis: Criticism courses offer students the opportunity to learn to think purposefully and critically about media and examine media roles from many perspectives. Through four required courses within the concentration, individuals may engage in different comparative and ideological frameworks, thereby providing a theoretical grounding in the study of media content, processes, and effects. Production courses offer participants foundational knowledge applicable to a wide range of current media-related professions. Through four required courses within the concentration, individuals will have the opportunity to develop hands-on production skills, achieve technical proficiency, and make sophisticated choices in working with new technologies and emerging platforms, such as broadcast TV, mobile apps, streaming media, corporate communications, and social media.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
Other English Language requirements: Students are required to have paper-based TOEFL of 570 and 230 on the computer-based TOEFL ; overall band score of 59 on the Pearson Test of English.

Jan-2000

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