Southern Illinois University - Mass Communications
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Become part of a new generation of media professionals as your creativity and ambitions engage with innovative education and emerging technology to drive your success.
Whether your interest is in cinema, photography, audio, television, advertising or journalism, our diverse faculty will challenge you to realize your true potential.
Explore interdisciplinary interests with hands-on experiential learning opportunities that complement your coursework. Each of our programs comes with the possibility for internships in the leading media centers in the nation, which include academic credit, up-close experience, and networking opportunities.
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Cinema & Photography
Visual storytelling is the heart of our Cinema & Photography program. Our students learn the history of film and photography, an understanding of how culture and technology shape our increasingly visual culture, and hands-on technical film-making and photo-making learning. The combination of a broad base with a specific focus maximize your career options and artistic expression. Specialize in:
- Cinema
- Photography
- Media Arts
Radio, Television, & Digital Media
Whether it's behind a microphone or behind a camera, mastering the sound or running the show, in the Radio, Television & Digital Media program you’ll get hands-on experience beginning your freshman year. Our students land exciting internships, including the PBS stations that are housed on-site. Specialize in:
- Digital Media Arts and Animation
- Electronic Journalism
- Media Industries
- Radio/Audio Production
- Television/Video Production
- Sports Media
Journalism
Our journalism program allows students to work alongside award-winning, professionally respected faculty members who bring real-world experience to the classroom. Students gain hand-on experience through involvement in our live, student-produced newscast, TV news magazine, and student newspaper, as well as weekend photojournalism workshops and documentary publications. Specialize in:
- Advertising
- News
- Photojournalism
- Sports Media - with the School of Journalism
