Academic Catalog
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
10 Courses + 1 Credit-Bearing Internship
CAM 1001: Introduction to Communication & Media
CAM 2009: Multimedia Communication
1 Media Writing Elective
1 Media Production Elective
Elective 1 (Any CAM course, or approved media course in another dept.)
Elective 2
Elective 3
Elective 4
CAM 2090: Communication & Media Theory (Junior status recommended)
CAM 3095: Digital Portfolio (Senior status required)
CAM 4497: CAM Internship
Electives
Writing Electives
CAM 3046: Convergent Media/Divergent Voices
ENW 4011: Journalism 1
ENW 4012: Journalism 2
ENW 2040: Writing for the Media
ENW 4003: Screenwriting Workshop 1
Media Production Electives
CAM 2046: Computer Graphics
CAM 2047: Introduction to Motion Graphics
CAM 2050: Introduction to Digital Video Production
CAM 4004: Graphic Design
CAM 4062: 2D Animation
CAM 4067: Digital Photography
CAM 4076: Artists Video
CAM 4086: Constructed Images/Studio Photography
CAM 4025: Advanced Digital Video Production
Electives
CAM 2010: Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication
CAM 2021: Public Relations and American Culture
CAM 2022: Advertising and American Popular Culture
CAM 2030: Communicating in the Business World
CAM 2046: Computer Graphics
CAM 2047: Introduction to Motion Graphics
CAM 2050: Introduction to Digital Video Production
CAM 3030: History of TV and Radio
CAM 2035: Persuasion
CAM3044: Feminist Media Theory
CAM3046: Convergent Media/Divergent Voices
CAM 3070: Media Law & Ethics
CAM 3071: Minorities and the Media
CAM 3072: Social Media
CAM 3075: Documentary Media
CAM 3080: Gender & Communication
CAM 3085: Visual Communication
CAM 3090: Sport Communication & Media
CAM 4004: Graphic Design
CAM 4062: 2D Animation
CAM 4067: Digital Photography
CAM 4076: Artists Video
CAM 4086: Constructed Images/Studio Photography
CAM 4025: Advanced Digital Video Production
ARH 1030: History of Photography
DTH 4004: Acting for the Camera I
DTH 4005: Acting for the Camera II
DTH 4010: Voice and Speech I
DTH 4012: Voice and Speech II
ENF 1001: Introduction to Film Studies
ENF 2079: Women's Film
ENF 2080: American Film
ENF 2088: History of Cinema 1: The Beginnings to WW II
ENF 2089: History of Cinema 2: WW II to the Present
ENF 3075: Film Theory
ENF 3173: Queer Film and Media Studies
ENF 4010: Major Film Directors
ENF 4020: Topics in Film Genres
ENF 4030: Topics in National and Regional Cinemas
ENG 3026: Shakespeare on Film
ENG 3071: Laughter: Definitions of Comedy
ENW 4011: Journalism 1
ENW 4012: Journalism 2
ENW 2040: Writing for the Media
ENW 4003: Screenwriting Workshop 1
ENW 4004: Screenwriting Workshop 2
FRN 2055: French Cinema: From The New To Banlieue
HIS 2020: American History Through Film
MUAT 1007: MIDI and Audio Production
MUAT 2011: Audio Recording Techniques I
MUAT 2021: Electronic Music Composition I
SOC 3050: Mass Media & Society
SOC 3056: Music & Society
For students wishing to major in Communication Studies, no more than 5 courses can be transferred to Manhattanville and applied toward the major from other academic institutions. For students wishing to minor in Communication Studies no more than 3 courses can be transferred to Manhattanville and applied toward the minor.
Distinction will be conferred on graduating seniors who have a 3.6 G.P.A. in coursework for the major. Honors will be conferred on graduating seniors who have a 3.7 G.P.A. in coursework for the major. The department also awards the Mark C. Meachem Prize at graduation to one or more seniors who have combined academic achievement with outstanding collegiality and service, as well as the Kitty Pilgrim Prize for outstanding contribution to student-run campus media.
A minor in Communication Studies consists of six courses. No course can be used for both one’s major and one’s minor. Internships and independent studies cannot be used for minor credit.
Note: 200-level COMM/CAM courses cannot be used to complete the minor unless approved by Chair.
Internships: Manhattanville’s location enables students to take advantage of the considerable resources of Westchester county and New York City to obtain internships with non- and for-profit companies, newspapers, radio stations, advertising and public relations firms, television and other media production companies, and more. Students with sufficient Communication and Media backgrounds have interned with TV and radio programs, leading PR and publishing firms, and independent filmmakers. Communication and Media internships can be done during summers or the regular school year and are taken for non-liberal arts credit. They cannot replace courses for the major or minor.
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