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Master Media, Industry, and Culture through your unique interests
Learn to make a short film or podcast using our professional-grade studios; analyze media messages; practice writing across media; explore the algorithms that power media feeds; investigate communications technologies of the past, present, and future; and go behind the scenes of various media industries.
With a focus on customized curriculum, collaborative projects, and practical skills, the Media and Communication program prepares students to make their mark.
Curriculum and Courses
The courses you choose will open up a wealth of career opportunities — not lock you into one occupation. You’ll extend your education way beyond the classroom to every area of your life.
- MJF 105 Media, Culture and You
- MJF 146 Foundations of Production
- MAC 202 The Smartphone and Society
- MJF 205 Introduction to Communication and Society
- MAC 212 Media, Representation, and Society
Zhuoran appreciated the broad range of skills she learned in her Media and Culture major: from production skills such as video shooting, lighting, and TV studio production, to the business side of financing and staffing.
Zhuoran Bao ’21
Additional Opportunities
Student Media Organizations
Student media organizations, like WMSR (student run radio station) and M.A.F.I.A (The Miami Association of Filmmakers and Independent Actors) is a student group that helps creative people at Miami get experience in film and Television production.
Inside Hollywood – Study Away Program
This highly popular Miami workshop in Los Angeles gives students who are passionate about media an intimate look at Hollywood careers.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program
Highly selective, year-long undergraduate assistant programs give students unique opportunities to work on leadership teams with a professor and other highly motivated and skilled students. UAs develop real-world communication and professional skills as they serve as peer mentors and conversation leaders.
Communication and Media, B.A. Learning Outcomes
- Construct a critique that is accessible and engaging;
- Demonstrate the ability to make an argument supported with appropriate evidence;
- Synthesize information from multiple sources into a single, compelling critique;
- Write in a style that is appropriately formatted, proofread, and free of errors
Facts and Stats
Your college experience here will be one of the most exciting times of your life. To make sure of this, we’ll provide you with a powerful support system.
First-to-second year retention
Miami University Data
Among Public Universities in the United States for Four-Year Graduation Rate
The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac
Public university in the U.S. for long-term career success
LinkedIn Best Colleges 2025
Admission and Aid
Explore what it means to be a college student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where students prepare to go anywhere and everywhere. We’ll be here to help every step of the way as you prepare for college admission, enrollment, and success.
Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
513-529-2531
[email protected]
Department of Media, Journalism, and Film
Matthew Crain, Ph.D.
Professor and Lead Departmental Advisor
Williams Hall 206
350 S. Oak St.
Oxford, OH 45056
[email protected]
513-529-3541