Division of Humanities
Communication Arts
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Communication Arts Department | 212-774-4834 | E-mail
Interpersonal Communication • Cultural History of Media • Principles and Theories of Communication • Survey of Film & Video • Organizational Communication • Digital Media and Society • Special Topics in Communication
The Communication Arts department also offers two minors for non-Communication Arts students in Media Studies and Strategic and Relational Communication .
The MMC Advantage
Learning Goals for the Major in Communication Arts
By studying within the Communication Arts Major Students will: Demonstrate critical writing, thinking, public speaking, creative, analytical, research, and technical skills as media producers and as academic researchers. Creatively analyze and criticize mass media and works of media art using appropriate vocabulary and express a createive idea using media tools. Demonstrate an understanding of individual, group, and organizational behavior, all of which are shaped through and manifested in communication, with particular emphasis on how principles, models, theories, and paradigms come to influence our global, social, pyschological, and behavioral decisions.
Course Information
MMC Communication Arts Majors study the history, theory, trends and effects of all forms of communication-from interpersonal to mass media, and from producing video to hands-on multimedia authoring. The Department offers a diverse range of courses taught by highly experienced faculty and industry professionals. We encourage each student to pursue their unique interests, be they critically reflecting on media, producing video, authoring digital media programs, or specializing in promotional communications. Demonstrate an understanding of individual, group and organizational behavior, all of which are shaped through and manifested in communication, with particular emphasis on how principles, models, theories, and paradigms come to influence our global, social, psychological, and behavioral decisions.
Course Description
Critical Media Studies Concentration Students in this concentration will analyze media such as film, television, radio, popular music, magazines, newspapers, and the internet. A critical approach teaches students not to be passive consumers of media, but rather active agents who engage with media in terms of their social and political significance. Students will acquire a deeper understanding of media industries, learning how films, television shows, online material, and other media content is produced. Students also will learn the role of media companies in the global economic system as well as how these institutions shape media culture. In addition, students in this concentration learn how different audiences make meaning out of media texts. Critical media studies classes focus on the latest digital communication technologies as well as previous media forms to provide students with a thorough understanding of communication in the past, present and future. The Creative Media Concentration The Creative Media concentration is located within the Communication Arts program at a liberal arts college, MMC, which emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of creative work. This concentration focuses on developing a variety of media, creative practices, research techniques, and theoretical frameworks to enable students to complete creative projects that are thought provoking and socially and politically aware. In our introductory course (Sense and Medium) students gain hands-on experience with digital filmmaking, sound art, and digital media. Students may then apply to enter the Creative Media concentration and, upon acceptance, begin taking courses in beginning, intermediate and advanced production techniques in these areas. Our intermediate level courses are designed by theme and give students in-depth knowledge in the history, theory and practice of specific media forms (ie. game creation, avant-garde filmmaking, web video activism, etc.) In their Senior year at MMC, Creative Media students engage in a year long thesis capstone wherein they develop a project of significance with a public exhibition. The Strategic and Relational Concentration The strategic and relational communication concentration prepares students to be successful, effective, and professional in their business and personal lives. Strategic and relational communication occurs at the interpersonal, small group, organizational, and rhetorical levels. In this concentration, students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of topics relevant to their personal and professional lives, such as issues of public relations and advertising, advocacy, culture, decision-making, leadership, message design, public address, relationship maintenance, and stereotypes. Students who complete this concentration will be well-equipped to navigate a breadth of personal and professional relationships and contexts by having gained skills related to strategic and relational communication.
First-class facilities
The Communication Arts Department houses the new Theresa Lang Center for Producing, which features state-of-the-art digital audio, video and multimedia suites. The design of the Center was inspired by New York's top production and digital multimedia facilities. The Center offers students and faculty the opportunity to work on moving and still images, audio, graphics and print, and on Internet surroundings conducive to creative endeavors. Students are encouraged to produce their own portfolio of work in digital media.
Where do you go from here?
New York City
New York, the Communications Capital of the world, is home to U.S. and international broadcasting, cable, advertising, public relations, publishing, music and digital media companies. Through internships, seminars, professional meetings and cultural activities, MMC students meet and work with leaders of these industries.
Our students visit TV and radio stations, theatres, museums, corporate communications centers, newspaper and magazine publishing houses, music producers, and "Silicon Alley" multimedia designers and publishers. These diverse activities offer MMC students many opportunities to learn about current industry trends and jobs directly from the experts. Our strong internship program offers students on-site training to expand their studies with work experiences as they prepare for a career in communications.
Hands-on experience
Complementing our courses and on-campus activities is a strong internship program. Students work on-site at leading New York communications and media companies. Many students go directly into full-time employment at the place of their internship or secure a job based on their internship training. Here is a sample of sites where MMC Communication Arts students have interned:
20/20
Arista Records
Bloomberg Communications
CBS, CNN, NBC
David Letterman Show
Disney/ABC
DMB&B Advertising
EMI
Entertainment Tonight
Lifetime Television
MTV and MTV Online
Nickelodeon
One Life to Live
Polygram Records
Reading Rainbow
Saturday Night Live
The United Nations
Tommy Boy Records
USA Network
The View
WOR Radio
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Faculty
Focus areas of study
The core curriculum includes 3 concentrations; Critical Media Studies, Creative Media, Strategic and Relational Communication. Communication Arts majors may not take the minors. Strategic and Relational Communication and Media Studies. Focus ares of study: Critical Media Studies Concentration. Media Criticism Global Media Studies Gender, Sexuality and Media Media, Law and Ethics Creative Media Concentration
Digital Sound Workshop Video Workshop Themes in 2D Animation Screenplay Writing Strategic and Relational Communications Concentration Persuasion Intercultural Communication Small Group Communication Advertising
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