Communication and Media Programs | Southern Illinois University

Communication and Media Programs

Cinema

Our Cinema bachelor’s degree program includes minors in Animation, Visual and Screen Cultures, and a specialization in Media Arts. You’ll learn practical, do-it-to-learn-it, hands-on skills. And you’ll learn cinema theory to help you understand not only where the discipline came from, but where it’s going.

Communication Studies

Communication Studies explores how society exchanges information across different platforms, and how those interactions affect us. Our wide range of specializations in the bachelor’s program give you career options from corporate to community level. For those interested in advanced studies, we offer master’s and doctoral degrees.

Journalism

You can try your hand at news writing, sports media, photojournalism and advertising in this practical, hands-on bachelor’s degree program. Workshops, projects and publication opportunities – including the Daily Egyptian, SIU’s student newspaper -- round out the expert instruction you’ll receive from professionally experienced faculty.

Professional Media and Media Management

Explore the world of media with a master’s degree that blends professional practice with industry insight. This program provides a strong foundation in media theory and critique while allowing you to specialize in an area of professional media or creative practice. Through electives and hands-on learning, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge needed for careers in the ever-evolving media landscape.

Mass Communications and Media Arts

After earning a bachelor’s degree in a Communication and Media program, a wide array of career opportunities await students who are passionate about the application and effects of communication through media. With all platforms of communication currently at our fingertips, the study of mass communications is essential to the upcoming generation of professionals in cinema, radio, television, and digital media and journalism. Master’s degree and PhD programs are available for students wishing to expand career opportunities or become researchers and faculty.

Radio, Television, and Digital Media

Digital media. Radio. Television. Electronic journalism and sports news. This program prepares you for careers behind or in front of the camera. For sound and music engineering careers. For the digital journalism frontier. You’ll learn technical skills and understand theory for a solid career-focused degree.