About Communication and Media

The Department of Communication and Media offers the BS in Communication, Media and Design (CMD): an innovative, interdisciplinary program tailored to the needs of our media-intensive society.

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The Department of Communication and Media offers minors in Narrative and Storytelling; Writing; Graphic Design; Interactive Data Design; and Media and Culture, as well as Mandarin Chinese for students who want to develop fluency in Chinese language and competence in understanding Chinese culture. 

 

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Communication and Media students develop and expand their creative, intellectual, and collaborative abilities and apply them to the study of strategic and creative writing; graphic design; film, TV, and game studies; digital storytelling; HCI usability and interaction design; and literary and cultural studies. 

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The BS in CMD teaches the perspectives and professional skills that are in demand in all the disciplines, so it is an ideal, added value dual major.  It is designed to be sufficiently flexible to work for students also majoring in GSAS, Arts, STS, computer science, business, and virtually any other field.   

Contact

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Russell Sage Laboratory (SAGE) 5304, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
(518) 276-6575

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