MCMA Graduate School
MCMA & Media Today
Powerful changes in communication and the arts are sweeping the globe. From isolated villages in the Canadian Yukon to tiny hamlets in Africa, humanity is enveloped in a web of images delivered by a variety of new media. A world of opportunity has been created for innovative communicators and artists to reinvent the way people work, play, create and communicate together in the future. SIUC's College of Mass Communication & Media Arts is poised to take advantage of that opportunity through a flexible, college-wide program that emphasizes a cross-disciplinary approach where intellectual and creative diversity are recognized as integral to artistic and scholastic excellence.
Four Graduate Degrees:
• PhD in Mass Communication and Media Arts
• Master of Fine Arts in Mass Communication and Media Arts
• MA in Media Theory and Research
• MS in Professional Media and Media Management
Funding:
Ph.D. students receive 4 years of full-time support. MFA students receive three years of full-time support. Some of our master's students also receive assistantship help. Additional fellowship and funding opportunities are available through the Graduate School.
Faculty View the Faculty Here
The college is home to internationally recognized faculty who provides a stimulating intellectual and artistic environment and embraces a diversity of teaching, artistic and research approaches.
Resources within MCMA
• Global Media Research Center and lecture series headed by Professor John Downing.
• New Media Center, a state-of-the-art multimedia lab and member of the international New Media Consortium
• Big Muddy Film Festival
• Visiting Artist Lecture Series
• Daily Egyptian, our award-winning student-run paper
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• Film, Video, Photography and Audio Studios & Labs
• Brown Media Management Lab
• Communication Resource Center
Internships Link
Internships are available that provide our students real-world experience through the Hollywood, New York, Chicago, D.C. and Nashville Studies programs.
Alumni
Our programs are internationally known for graduating students who lead academic and government agencies with vision, insight, innovation and creative accomplishment within the media industries, and produce significant artwork addressing important contemporary issues.
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Questions?
If you have any questions about our programs don't hesitate to contact Professor Jan Roddy, at jroddy@siu.edu.