About the B.A. in Global Media
- Preparation for careers in media, entertainment, creative industries
- Professional internships—here or abroad
- Opportunities to study abroad at some of the top universities around the world
Global Media offers a vast array of career opportunities in the fields of media, entertainment, and creative industries in the knowledge economy. Students have a multitude of options to develop their interests, skills, and talents in a variety of areas.
This program combine theory with practice, global learning with problem-solving, and opportunities with challenges. Students think, reflect, and produce creatively and analytically.
The program emphasizes writing, visual thinking and speech communication/presentation, as well as emphasize portfolio development, global perspectives in studying media, and personal attention in academic and career planning.
Students are required to spend two full-time semesters abroad taking courses in their chosen concentrations with the approval of the department chair.
Students will have the option of spending each of the two semesters in two different universities in the same country or in two different universities in two different countries, provided they have processed their applications through The College of Global Studies and the Office of International Affairs at Arcadia.
Concentrations available in Cultural Studies, Digital Gaming Studies, Digital Media, Fashion Studies, Film Production, New Media Journalism, Media Industries, Media Production, Sound and Music, Visual Cultures, Visual Journalism, and World Cinema.
Degree Requirements
(Credits as listed below, with Undergraduate Curriculum requirements and electives to total 128 credits)
These programs require one year of study abroad in one of the universities listed below. Students need to work with their advisers and the department chair to prepare a plan of studying abroad in one of the concentration areas to complete the Global Media degrees.
Media and Communication Core (20 credits)
The Core Requirements are the following courses:
Media and Communication Core Electives (16 credits)
Select 4 courses from the list below, related to their specific concentration within Global Media.
Minimum GPA Requirment
Global Media students must maintain an overall minimum GPA of a 3.00 before leaving for study abroad. Students may request for a waiver for some universities and some programs, which must be approved by the Department Chair of Media and Communication in consultation with the advisor.
Concentration Courses
The third set of courses are taken at one of the universities listed below through The College of Global Studies. Based on the model of integrating the academic training with the demands and needs of the professional and policy world, these programs offer courses in many excitingand innovative programs, which transgress traditional boundaries between disciplines and offers programs that are challenging to students. Courses emphasize an integration of theory and practice and traditional and new technologies.
All courses adopt an approach that is essentially global, situating media in issues of globalization as well those of the specific national media contexts. With an emphasis on creative industries, students will get practical experience as they immerse themselves in the culture of other students attending these universities.
Film Production Concentration
The following courses are recommended for this concentration in Global Media. Please note that the courses suggested here may not be available at the time for each of the student for the desired semester. If the following courses are not available, then students may choose similar courses in consultation with their advisor and the Department Chair so long as the scope of concentration remains the same.
For more information, visit studyabroad.arcadia.edu.
