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USA, California
Type: University
Location Type: Semi-Urban
Founded: 1989
Total Students: 16,000 +
Main Campus Address
333 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media provides students with theoretically focused and application-based frameworks to understand media, media technology, and its influence upon domestic and global culture and society. Students will study theoretically grounded approaches to a variety of media, becoming sensitive to the ways power affects media creation, distribution, representation, access, and change. Students will explore and contribute to a lively and stimulating socially conscious intellectual environment – one that allows every student to expand the scope of his or her cultural and educational experience. The program is broad-based, focusing on studies of a wide range of traditional, alternative, historical, contemporary, and emerging media within their cultural, social, historical, economic, global, and political contexts. The goal of the degree program is to help students become theoretically informed navigators and critical consumers of media texts; skills useful for citizens of a dynamically mediated world.
The program requirements for a degree in Mass Media include core courses, which form the foundation of study, and electives to allow the student to develop their interests according to their intellectual and career goals. As all course work is aligned with the three cornerstones of the degree – Theory and Application, Social and Cultural Impacts, Media History and Trends – the core program provides a theoretical and methodological foundation for critically analyzing and engaging with media in a variety of situations.
Student Learning Outcomes
4-Year Bachelor's Degree
5 Days
Full-Time
48 Months
Intake Month/Year | Intake Status | |
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aug 2024 | Closed | |
jan 2025 | Closed | |
aug 2025 | Open |
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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Career Opportunities
With a foundation in studies of communication, culture, and interaction, the major provides students with understandings of the types of professional discourse, work interaction, and organizational structures that shape media-related careers and products as well as human interaction with communication and media technology. The B.A. will prepare students for a variety of occupations that develop, use, and analyze media. These include:
University | Level | Program | Initial Scholarship Amount | Years 2-4 Scholarship |
California State University San Marcos | Undergraduate | Direct Admit | Visit INT students Financial Aid | Global Programs and Services (GPS) | CSUSM | Visit INT students Financial Aid | Global Programs and Services (GPS) | CSUSM |
Graduate | Direct Admit |
Optional Practical Training or OPT is a period during which students, who have completed their degrees in the USA, are permitted to work for one year on a student visa by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). OPT allows students to work for up to 3 years and develop real-world skills to survive in the competitive jobs market.
It is temporary employment for a period of 12-months that is directly related to the major area of study of an F-1 student. Eligible students have the option to apply for OPT employment authorization before completing their academic studies and/or after completing their academic studies.
A student can participate in three types of Optional Practical Training (OPT):
Program Level: 4-Year Bachelor's Degree
Duration: 48 months
Tuition Fee: CAD 18,160
English Requirement: IELTS TOEFL PTE DUOLINGO
Work Permit:
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