• Media Studies (MA)

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    Admission Contact
    Merida Escandon Gasbarro
    72 Fifth Avenue, 1st floor
    New York, NY 10011
    646.909.1108
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    School of Media Studies
    6 E 16th Street, 5th Floor
    New York, NY 10003
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    212.229.8903

  • The master's program in Media Studies offers a flexible interdisciplinary curriculum organized around a theory-practice architecture that supports an integrative critical approach to studying media. Develop necessary skills in media research, analysis, and production under the guidance of a dynamic faculty that includes internationally ranked scholars and award-winning creative professionals with years of practical experience in their field.

    • Degree Master of Arts
    • Credits 39
    • Format Full-time or part-time, on campus or online
    • Duration 2 years (full-time)
    • Start Term Fall or Spring

    Program Highlights

    • Meaning + making

      Gain practical experience and understand the value of reflecting on the tools and methods used to shape and communicate ideas that bear on our communities, society, and the planet.

    • Global media capital

      Study in New York City and access world-class media internships, career opportunities, cultural events, and industry networks.

    • International community

      More than 30 percent of our students come from outside of the United States, creating a classroom community of diverse global perspectives.

    • Flexibility for working students

      Enjoy the freedom to study full-time or part-time, on our campus in New York or online from anywhere in the world.

    Interdisciplinary Curriculum

    Our flexible curriculum and limited number of required courses let you design your own path through the program. You may plan in-depth study in one or more of the subject areas listed below, sample a variety of subjects and approaches, or both. Students pursuing the MA in Media Studies also have the option of completing the graduate certificate in Media Management or a graduate minor as part of their course of study.

    • Media history, criticism, and philosophy
    • Media, power, and resistance
    • Film production studies
    • Experimental media arts
    • Documentary studies
    • Transmedia and digital storytelling

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    Career Paths

    Graduates of the Media Studies program work in diverse fields around the world, including documentary and narrative film and media production, multiplatform transmedia and digital storytelling and marketing, media management, and media research, as well as media advocacy and education. Some continue to PhDs and scholarly careers, while others produce innovative work as artists and designers. Our graduates have been recognized with top media and film festival awards, as well as accolades for scholarly contributions and media business innovations.

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