Media Studies (BA/BS)
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Program Director and Departmental Faculty Advisor for Screen Studies
Genevieve Yue
Associate Professor of Culture and Media
yueg@newschool.edu
Student Success Advisor, Media Studies
Joyinn Paulin
Director of Student Success Advising, Transfer and Non-traditional Students
paulinj@newschool.edu
Earn a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies in a program open to transfer students, adults, and other nontraditional undergraduates. The Media Studies major helps you gain conceptual, technical, and practical skills in media analysis, production, and management. Learn to think critically about the creation, distribution, and reception of historic and emergent media forms in a global context. The program is designed to prepare students for professional work in a range of media fields such as film, web, mobile, print, games, social media, marketing, and transmedia narrative.
- DegreeBachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
- Credits120 (up to 84 transfer credits)
- FormatFull-time or part-time, on campus or online
- Start TermFall or Spring
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
The Media Studies program is distinguished by its interdisciplinary breadth and its commitment to creating media in the service of a more just and equitable world. Guided by a faculty of practicing professionals, award winners, and industry leaders, you may choose to complete a short film, write a feature screenplay, devise a business plan for a media startup, study the history of world cinema, or analyze the role of social media in a human rights campaign. Choose a concentration in Cinema Studies, Film Production, Media Entrepreneurship, Media and Social Change, Screenwriting, or design your own.
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Career Paths
Media Studies graduates are prepared to begin careers as entrepreneurs, administrators, technicians, and artists in varied areas of the media industry. Career paths include camera technician (television and film), manager in a new media company, new media technology entrepreneur, independent filmmaker, film production assistant, advertising production manager, and marketing researcher. Students are also prepared to pursue graduate study in media studies or a related field, and may apply to continue their academic work at The New School through the MA in Media Studies and MS in Media Management.
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
The Media Studies program is distinguished by its interdisciplinary breadth and its commitment to creating media in the service of a more just and equitable world. Guided by a faculty of practicing professionals, award winners, and industry leaders, you may choose to complete a short film, write a feature screenplay, devise a business plan for a media startup, study the history of world cinema, or analyze the role of social media in a human rights campaign. Choose a concentration in Cinema Studies, Film Production, Media Entrepreneurship, Media and Social Change, Screenwriting, or design your own.
Learn more about the curriculum
Career Paths
Media Studies graduates are prepared to begin careers as entrepreneurs, administrators, technicians, and artists in varied areas of the media industry. Career paths include camera technician (television and film), manager in a new media company, new media technology entrepreneur, independent filmmaker, film production assistant, advertising production manager, and marketing researcher. Students are also prepared to pursue graduate study in media studies or a related field, and may apply to continue their academic work at The New School through the MA in Media Studies and MS in Media Management.
Michelle Materre, Michelle Materre, Associate Professor of Media Studies and FilmRelevance to the field is the most sought-after component of our program. Having instructors who are active professional practitioners makes it possible.
