Communication is connection—from the art, literature, films, advertisements and technologies that define our culture.
From early technologies like the printing press to emerging digital tools like ChatGPT, media continue to challenge our understanding of the way we, as a global society, interact with one another. Emmanuel’s program in Communication & Media Studies equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary for success as a professional communicator in an ever-changing media landscape. Core to our mission is a foundation in social justice and ethics that allows you to think critically about media texts, production, and consumption.
Our faculty provide multi-disciplinary perspectives that emphasize the bridge between communication theory and skill-based application. Engage in coursework that focuses on blending theory, historical context, methods, and experiential learning across the curriculum, allowing you to develop skills in media literacy, writing, research and message creation that are valued in the workplace.
Faculty-Student Research Spotlights: Communication & Media Studies
Meet the Faculty
Our distinguished faculty publish, exhibit and research. Present, compose and chair. Inspire and collaborate.
Along with areas of knowledge and major requirements, you will cultivate essential values in the classroom and complete two courses in each area:
- Social Justice (SJ): Develop knowledge, skills, values and motivation to participate beneficially in activities of personal and public concern.
- Diversity & Multiculturalism (DM): Understand the complexity of identity the historical truths of different cultural perspectives to address bias and examine contemporary social issues.
One hundred percent of Emmanuel students complete an internship as part of the core curriculum. In a city as dynamic as Boston, your options are bound only by the limits of your curiosity.
Students from the English, Writing & Communications Department intern with major media outlets such as GBH, WHDH-TV and The Globe, as well as in editorial or content roles with journals and major publishers, nonprofit organizations or Boston-based tech startups.
In all majors, the Capstone Experience involves completing a significant piece of work that requires the integration and application of learning from multiple courses.
In the Capstone Experience, EWC students engage in rigorous class discussions, participate in group or individual presentations, and write a major research paper. Writing, Editing & Publishing students revise work produced in previous courses and submit for considerations at journals, magazines, anthologies and contests. Students also complete a reflection of their educational goals of the program.
Humanities & Social Sciences Spotlight
