Major in Communication and Digital Studies
Students who pursue this major will develop the critical tools to study and use digital technology to effectively communicate in a dynamic new media environment. The major provides students with the means to navigate the rapidly changing nature of both communication networks and the world they live in. The coursework in this major focuses on new theoretical directions in the field of digital studies, and provides students with a dynamic understanding of how communication practices currently work through digital means and how those practices can be adapted to meet their future needs.
Minor in Digital Studies
Digital Studies engages students in the discovery, analysis, and creation of digital information and media. As an interdisciplinary minor, students will gain the academic and technological skills necessary to analyze information and communicate in an increasingly digital world.
Minor in Journalism
The interdisciplinary minor in journalism teaches students essential skills for working in a news environment, such us how to gather facts, evaluate them and disseminate them simply and clearly for print and online audiences, as well as how to critically examine the institution of mass media.
