Saint Michael's College

Effective Fall 2011,
the Department of Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts (formerly Journalism and Mass Communication) will offer a newly revised curriculum focused on converged media, journalism and digital arts, outlined below.

New course information will be available this summer.

The New Progam: Four Core Strands

• Media: Research, Production & Analysis
  We focus on the research and analysis of all media types and styles-news, advertising, photography, film, magazines, radio, television, web, and wireless/mobile media. Most broadly, we explore important questions related to the impact and influences that media are having on all of us.
  
  
• Digital Media Arts: Digital Photography, Digital Film, Animation, Interactive Web Design
  We produce films, digital photographs, digital audio productions, television productions, TV ads, interactive web designs, animation, wireless/mobile design. We have state-of-the-art computing labs, high-definition video cameras, digital still cameras, broadcast video cameras, digital audio recorders, and a host of web and interactive authoring tools. Visit our digital media arts gallery.
  
  
• Journalism: Writing, Reporting, Informed Citizenry 
  Our emphasis is on producing interesting and important investigative stories. How can we help make a more informed citizenry? How can we better understand our local, regional, national, and international connections? Visit our online news magazine.
  
  
• Global Media & Cross-Cultural Focus
  We have a strong international media studies component to the curriculum which includes Global Media, Development, and Culture, Foreign Correspondence, Global Media, Expression, and Identity and a wide range of internationally-oriented courses through Saint Michael's Global Studies Program. We also require all students to study abroad/away at some point during their four years. 

All students develop a comprehensive digital portfolio of the works they produce, which often includes research, thesis, news articles, films, webs, photo essays, and animations. We strongly recommended that students also complete a minor and/or an 18-credit concentration. The minors our students complete spans a wide range of fields and disciplines-Global Studies, English, Political Science, Music, Art, Philosophy, Theater, Biology, History, Sociology, Environmental Sciences.

To contact the Department of Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts:

View a complete list of faculty in the Department of Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts.

 

Traci Griffith
Associate Professor of Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts 

Jerry Swope
Associate Professor of Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts