Communication Studies
Introduction
We communicate through speech, writing, art, technology, popular culture, and media. The Communication Studies program provides an exciting, career-oriented approach to communication and media studies. Courses concentrate on history, theory, analysis, and practice. Extracurricular opportunities include departmental projects, on-campus internships, off campus internships, and student-run campus media.
Our students have recently interned or have been hired by ABC News, ABC News Radio, CNN America, CNBC, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nickelodeon, The Colbert Report, Sirius XM Radio, The Creative Group, The Creators Project, Seventeen Magazine, Music Choice, and Viacom.
Degree
Bachelor of Arts Communication Studies
Optional Minors
Students can also choose to minor in Communication Studies
Career Ideas
Advertising Executive, Public Relations Practitioner, Journalist, Social Media Manager, TV or Radio Broadcaster, Media Writer, Communication or Media Consultant, Press Secretary, Sports Information Director, Lobbyist, Marketing Research Analyst, Speech Writer, Theatre & Media Director, and Writer/Author.
Program Administrators
Jim Frank, Program Chair, (914) 323-5410, Jim.Frank@mville.edu
Overview
The Communication Studies major and minor introduce students to the full range of the discipline, including interpersonal, intercultural, small group, public, and mass communication. Our curriculum emphasizes media studies, including media history, theory, criticism, law, ethics, and digital production.
Students who major or minor in Communication Studies are prepared not only to evolve as informed and engaged citizens in our increasingly mass-mediated society, but also to succeed in exciting professional fields such as advertising, public relations, journalism, marketing, film, television, radio, and online media production.
Faculty and Staff
Program Chair
Jim Frank (Chair) – Digital photography, studio photography, graphic design, computer graphics
Faculty
Nikhil Ghodke – motion graphics, video production
Christine Dehne – Video production, computer graphics, animation, and alternative media
Dara Murray – advertising, gender and communication, media criticism, social media
Brian Snee – Media history, theory, and analysis; rhetoric; documentary film studies
Affiliated Faculty
Jeff Bens – Screenwriting and narrative writing
Gillian Greenhill Hannum – History of photography
Geoffrey Kidde – Music technology and audio recording
David Lugowski – Film history, theory and analysis
Adjunct Faculty
Holly Avella – media studies, interpersonal communication
Mark Beech – sport communication and media
Cynthia Brosnan – public speaking, business communication
Michael Castaldo – Technician, video production
Jeanne Christie – Public speaking, small group and visual communication
Tony Ely – TV, video and digital media production
Laura Katen – public speaking, business communication
Susan Morelock – Technician, Digital Photography, 3D printing, computer graphics
John Proctor – Media convergence and “new” journalism, blogging and media writing, communication theory