Students majoring in Communication & New Media Studies become citizens and professionals equipped with exceptional oral, written, visual, interpersonal, and group communication skills. They acquire knowledge to serve their communities and organizations. Majors are encouraged to choose from concentration areas such as: Communication Design, Communication Leadership, Health Communication, Sports Communication, and Strategic Communication. The experience students gain in speaking, writing, collaborating, and creating mediated messages prepares them for success in their careers, communities, and personal lives.

Program Highlights

100% 2-Year Career Outcomes Rate - School of Arts and Humanities
100% Students Participate in Co-op
$1000 Performing Arts Awards

Communication Studies is an interdisciplinary, liberal arts program designed to help students develop fundamental communication skills including:

  •  Information gathering and processing
  • Problem solving
  • Audience analysis
  • Written, oral and visual mastery

In this major, you'll learn to persuade, influence, negotiate, generate and adapt ideas. Through project work, you'll plan, organize, evaluate and solve problems. There is ample opportunity for practical experience in a variety of communication fields, including journalism, advertising and public relations. The program also offers several course sequences to complement work done in other liberal arts and professional majors.

In addition to the BA and AA degress in Communication & New Media Studies, there are now 5 Communication Concentrations in Design, Health, Leadership, Sports, and Strategic Communication. 

Communication and New Media Studies Concentrations

  Communication and New Media Studies Major – Bachelor of Arts
  Communication and New Media Studies Major – Associate of Arts
  Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Communication Design Concentration
  Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Health Communication Concentration
  Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Communication Leadership Concentration
  Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Sports Communication Concentration
  Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Strategic Communication Concentration
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Alaina Maddy, Communication and New Media Studies '23

My name is Alaina Maddy, I am a Senior studying Communication and New Media Studies. While in school full time I am also a social media co-op for the Communication and New Media Studies as well. Outside of school, I am a bartender and server and love to connect and meet new people! In my free time I love to read and hang out with my husband and our dogs! 

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  Potential Careers

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employer's Job Outlook Survey, employers list verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills as the most important skills they look for in potential employees. Graduates in  Communication and New Media Studies are prepared for graduate school or can become a/an:

 

  • Broadcast Journalist
  • College recruiter/admissions counselor
  • Corporate or hospital event planner
  • Health communications director
  • Multimedia marketing
  • Human resources management
  • Public relations practitioner
  • Marketing or advertising specialist
  • Social media specialist.
  Featured Courses

The program consists of 45-47 credit hours in courses such as:

  •  Co-Op Experience
  • Digital Video Production
  • Gender and Communication
  • New Media Law and Ethics
  • New Media Campaign and Blogfolio Design
  • New Media, Culture, and Society
  • Public Engagement in the Digital AgeWriting for New Media.
  Real-World Experience
Co-op and service learning immerse Communication and New Media Studies students in the real world and provide rich opportunities for experiential learning and the application of skills and knowledge learned in the classroom. Students work under the supervision of a faculty member and an agency professional in a variety of non-profit and for-profit organizations and community partners.
  The New Media Lab
The Communication and New Media Studies Department's New Media Lab, housed in the Dorothy Meyer Ziv Art Building, offers cutting-edge equipment for video and audio production, editing and visual communication. The lab includes a green screen, studio space for three-camera production, a MAC editing suite, state-of-the-art editing and motion graphics software, and HD video cameras, as well as lighting, audio, and mobile production equipment. Students will gain expertise in the production of visual imagery as well as an understanding of ethical communication.

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  Faculty and Staff

Lisa Wagner Crews
Assistant Professor and Department Chair

Linda Wheeler
Associate Professor

Rev. John Amankwah
Associate Professor

Robert Bodle
Associate Professor

   Communication and New Media Studies - Fact Card
  Program Requirements - Communications and New Media Studies (BA)
  Program Requirements - Communications and New Media Studies (AA)
  Program Requirements - Program Requirements - Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Communication Design Concentration
  Program Requirements - Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Health Communication Concentration
  Program Requirements - Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Communication Leadership Concentration
  Program Requirements - Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Sports Communication Concentration
  Program Requirements - Communication and New Media Studies Major – BA with Strategic Communication Concentration