B.A. GLOBAL MEDIA

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• Public Relations

Career Pathways About Core Courses

• Social & Behavioral Sciences

Core Skills

• Analytical Thinking

• Critical Thinking

• Cultural Understanding

• Decision Making

• Intercultural Communication

• Media Literacy

• Problem Solving

• Public Speaking

• Research

• Social Awareness

• Writing and Communication

This degree perpares students to gather, analyze, and communicate information in varying cultural, political, economic, technological, legal, and societal contexts. The Global Media BA equips students with skills and tools to communicate information about societal challenges with audio, video, images, and text.

• GLO 101: Studies of Global Media: Origins & Approaches - Explore how the news media around the world shapes political, social and cultural conversations in societies and encourages governments to be transparent and accountable to citizens. Students will look behind the scenes at how journalists do their job and delve into the sometimes-deadly clash between individual expression and government control.

• GLO 301: Media, Culture and Societies - Discover historical and contemporary perspectives on the concepts of power, globalization, networked societies and diffusion of cultural values through various forms of media and how these factors influence news media reporting, digital ecosystems, discourse and communities around the world.

• GLO 460: Disinformation & Information Security in a Global Media Context - This course explores the concept of disinformation and theories of propaganda to contextualize contemporary issues in cases around the world.