College of Arts, Media and Design
ARCHITECTURE ART + DESIGN COMMUNICATION STUDIES GAME DESIGN JOURNALISM MEDIA AND SCREEN STUDIES MUSIC THEATRE
At Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD), you can study what you love—and build the knowledge, skills, and experience that turn your
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passions into a lifetime of achievement.
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At CAMD, you will choose from a wide range of flexible academic programs in the creative and communication fields. Experiential education—powered by Northeastern’s
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unmatched cooperative education program—amplifies
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classroom study with relevant work, research, and service
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opportunities just about anywhere in the world. You will
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build a standout professional portfolio, relationships with industry leaders, and skills that are crucial to lifelong career success. As a CAMD student, you’ll work closely with professors and professionals who are pushing boundaries in their fields and conducting groundbreaking interdisciplinary research. You will form friendships and creative collaborations with students just as imaginative, intelligent, curious, passionate, and determined as you. You will find the confidence and inspiration to follow your dreams, push your creativity farther than ever before, and conceive of the next big thing in your field. Come to CAMD to develop your talents and build skills to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. Come to CAMD to stretch yourself academically while preparing for an exciting and fulfilling life in media, design, and the arts. Come to CAMD—where you will explore more, connect more, question more, imagine more, and be more.
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1,920 140+ 84% Average number of co-op hours undergraduate students can add to their resumes by graduation
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Full-time faculty bringing their scholarship, research, and industry experience into the classroom
Classes with 19 students or fewer
13:1 Student-faculty ratio in our undergraduate programs (10:1 in our graduate programs)
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Colleges across Northeastern where students in CAMD’s interdisciplinary graduate programs have the opportunity to take classes
Annual performances, exhibitions, and lectures at the college—not to mention countless others across campus and beyond!
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ACADEMICS + FACULTY
Below is a sampling of the many areas of academic study offered at CAMD:
ACTING ANIMATION ARCHITECTURE *
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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES ART ARTS ADMINISTRATION* BROADCAST JOURNALISM DIGITAL COMMUNICATION DIGITAL STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE DESIGN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY GAME ANALYTICS * GAMES GAME SCIENCE AND DESIGN * GRAPHIC AND INFORMATION DESIGN HEALTH COMMUNICATION INFORMATION DESIGN AND VISUALIZATION * INTERACTION DESIGN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM * MEDIA ANALYSIS MEDIA ARTS MEDIA, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY MEDIA INNOVATION * MUSIC COMPOSITION AND TECHNOLOGY MUSIC HISTORY AND ANALYSIS MUSIC INDUSTRY * MUSIC PERFORMANCE MUSIC RECORDING MUSICAL THEATRE ORGANIZATIONAL/INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHOTOGRAPHY PLAYWRITING AND DIRECTING PRODUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS JOURNALISM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION STUDIO ART * SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS * THEATRICAL DESIGN URBAN LANDSCAPE VIDEO ART
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*Graduate program areas are marked with an asterisk.
FORGE YOUR PATH Combine your interests in journalism and cinema to become a film critic. Build graphic design skills and communication expertise to launch your own branding agency. Design lighting for campus theatre productions while preparing to become a professional architect. CAMD gives you the power to combine your passions into an academic and professional journey that is uniquely yours. Along the way, you’ll be taught and mentored by a committed, accessible faculty of world-renowned visual and performing artists, scholars, designers, journalists, media leaders, and more.
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
NBC Nightly News
Zynga
EXPERIENCE MORE Experiential learning at Northeastern is second to none. You will amplify and enrich your classroom studies through research, service learning, and up to 18 months of professional work experience through Northeastern’s signature co-op program. You’ll gain a real-world understanding of industry trends and societal needs, make a positive difference globally and locally, form connections with potential employers worldwide, build critical career skills like perseverance, leadership, and adaptability, and graduate with a resume that truly stands out.
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Our hundreds of co-op partners include:
Neilmarié Architects
360 Public Relations
Handel Architects
Abacus
Harpoon Brewery
Above the Fold
Hasbro
Acheson Doyle Partners Architects
Herman & Almonte PR
You’re in good company Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Harry Fox Agency
The Ad Club
HubSpot
AirCraft Music Library
Island Records
Al Roker Entertainment
Kobalt Music Group
Allied Integrated Marketing
Kohn Pedersen Fox
AMC Networks
Madison Square Garden
American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
Office of the Governor of Massachusetts Massachusetts Port Authority
Ann Beha Architects
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge
MSNBC
Arnold Worldwide
Museum of Fine Arts
Arrowstreet
Music & Youth Initiative
Bain & Company
NBC Universal
BBC Worldwide
Nettwerk Management
Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects
NewTV
Belkin International
Nuance Communications
Big Picture Media
Paradigm Talent Agency
Bose
The Patriot Ledger
Boston Bar Association
Peppercomm
Boston Bruins
Philips Color Kinetics
Boston Cable
Rapp Collins Worldwide
The Boston Globe
RCA Music Group
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Boston Housing Authority
Red Light Management
Boston Neighborhood Network
Red Sox Foundation
H AVE
Boston Red Sox
Reebok
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Republic Records
Boston.com
Rue La La
The Bowery Presents Boston
Sony Music Entertainment
POWER
BzzAgent
Southwest Airlines
Central Square Theater
State Street Global Advisors
Commonwealth Financial Network
Superfly
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Constant Contact
T. Rowe Price
CHART
Cox Communications
TechTarget
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Design Partnership of Cambridge
TJX Companies
YOUR
Donna Morgan
Universal Music Group
Elevin Photography
Viacom
OWN
EMC
Walden Media
EMD Serono
Walt Disney World
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America’s Test Kitchen
EnerNOC
WGBH
Farm Aid
Wilbur Theatre
Flocabulary
William Rawn Associates
Forge Worldwide
WilmerHale
Fox News
Wojciechowski Design
Glassnote Records
YouthBuild Boston
Elevin Studios
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GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
“NOW IS THE TIME TO STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT Z O N E .”
Jordan
STUDENTS OF THE WORLD Work for a newspaper in Cape Town. Study architecture in Berlin. Connect with leading designers in Beijing. Spend a summer painting in Ireland or a semester learning film production in London. At CAMD, you can study abroad, land a co-op, conduct research, serve others, or join a faculty-led trip in more than 110 countries ranging from Cuba and the Czech Republic to Jordan and Japan. Whatever and wherever you choose to explore, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your field, your world—and yourself.
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Japan
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From Budding Journalists to Bylined Reporters Imagine venturing into the streets of Madrid or Salamanca, Spain, with your reporter’s notebook in hand, learning on the fly how to function as part of an international press corps. That’s exactly how a group of 16 journalism students spent five weeks during the summer of 2014 as participants in one of Northeastern’s Dialogue of Civilizations programs. The students identified and researched their own stories, landed crucial interviews with government officials and citizens, and learned to report objectively on complex topics. Working collaboratively, they produced an online magazine and two packages for The Boston Globe, one on Spain’s controversial bullfighting tradition and the other on the United European Football Association championship between Real Madrid and Atlético. Dialogue of Civilizations projects have taken students to Cuba, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, and beyond.
Cuba Ireland
Italy
Greece
Morocco
South Africa
China
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IMAGINATION AND INTELLECT Whether exploring ways to improve communication within the health care industry or investigating the link between personality and gaming behavior, CAMD students conduct research that’s cutting edge and culturally relevant. You have the chance to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of faculty and peers seeking answers to fundamental questions and generating bold solutions to complex global problems. CAMD offers a rare opportunity to bridge deep academic inquiry and creative expression in novel and powerful ways.
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The Science of Self-Reliance Major metropolitan areas, which generally import most of their food and fuel, may need to get creative when it comes to managing the realities of population growth and a shifting climate. Charles Creagh, a graduate student in the Master of Design for Sustainable Urban Environments (MDES) program, recently joined a team of Northeastern researchers to map the possibilities for producing food and fuel in urban coastal areas. Analyzing GIS data and conducting field investigations in Boston, Creagh identified suitable biomass production sites and created renderings of what those sites might look like to neighboring residents. He then developed a survey to assess public reception to the projects. “We’re studying how self-sufficient coastal cities can become,” says Creagh. “This work provides a template for the strategic promotion of sustainable biomass production in cities worldwide.”
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“ N O M AT T E R W H O Y O U A R E, T H E R E I S A P L A C E F O R Y O U I N T H I S DI V E R S E C I T Y.�
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A vibrant community
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From our 50 annual Studio Theatre performances, to creative interdisciplinary programming by Northeastern Center for the Arts, CAMD infuses innovation and artistic expression into every corner of campus. Across Northeastern, Gallery 360 exhibits work by students, faculty, alumni, and other notable artists, while the campuswide Public Art Initiative transforms the entire university into a vibrant canvas.
Houston artist Daniel Anguilu paints Northeastern’s now-iconic mural (pictured on front cover).
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HUB OF CREATIVITY
CAMD students explore their academic ambitions as part of a closely knit college community while enjoying access to the world of possibilities offered by a major research university—including hightech research labs, competitive athletics, Greek life, and more than 340 student organizations.
Boston is home to more arts and cultural organizations per capita than any other city in the nation—and Northeastern is in the center of it all. World-class institutions just steps from campus include the Museum of Fine Arts, Symphony Hall, the New England Conservatory, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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FACILITIES + RESOURCES
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED CAMD students benefit from an extensive suite of state-of-the-art technologies, resources, and equipment, including the Digital Media Commons and its 3D Printing Studio as well as IDEA, the university’s business incubator where our budding entrepreneurs launch their own companies and products. CAMD also offers advanced recording studios, more than 150 pieces of media equipment available for sign-out, newly renovated media studios with a green screen, and a dedicated makerspace.
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With a Little Help From Friends Anjimile Chithambo, AMD’16, came to Northeastern as an English major and found the inspiration and connections to become a recording artist. Motivated by a class that helped songwriters develop structure and intention behind their music, Anji began writing songs in earnest and soon connected with like-minded peers. The band Anjimile has already put out three EPs and recently released its first full-length album, which was partially recorded in two of Northeastern’s media studios. “We found a lot of support from friends and mentors within the Northeastern community,” says Lee Schuna, AMD’16, who in 2013 co-founded Human Nature Records, the independent label that released the album. “The creative spirit of CAMD has really driven our ambition to make something meaningful during our time here.”
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