The media & journalism major offers and requires a variety of foundational and skills courses to help prepare students to enter the “real world” of media. The blending of media law and media ethics with hands-on skills is inherent in the courses offered in this major. The television, radio, and digital media track is designed for students planning to work in television (broadcast, cable, satellite, digital, mobile) and/or radio (broadcast, satellite, digital).

The mission of the Mass Communication program is to prepare students to be proficient in communicating information and ideas through the utilization of media, to be qualified to hold positions in mass communication, and to gain admission to graduate and professional schools.

Explore the art, technology, and social power of the moving image. Cinema and Television Studies majors study the history, theory, and criticism of the moving image. With an international and inclusive curriculum, we approach film and television as art forms and industries that have shaped the modern world, and regard our critical discipline as actively engaging with social change today.

Cinema and Television Studies majors study the history, theory, and criticism of the moving image.

The Bachelor of Arts in Television and Digital Media opens a world of opportunity in today's complex and interrelated media fields. You will learn skills such as reporting, writing, anchoring, producing, directing, and editing for traditional media such as radio and television, and how these skills are applied within social media and the Internet.

The digital film and television major prepares students to work behind the scenes producing short films and television programs using high-definition equipment, and in the process, students learn a broad understanding of the moving image. Throughout the program, students develop an extensive knowledge to produce, direct, light, shoot, edit, record and manage.

The B.A. in Applied Theatre, Film, and Television (ATFT) brings together three related humanities-based arts disciplines. We are the disciplinary home for theatre as both theory and practice and combine the strengths of the film and media studies curriculum in the School of Liberal Arts, its numerous production courses, along with relevant and exciting media and theatre-related work being done in Herron School of Art, the School of Informatics and Computing, and the School of Engineering and Technology.

Storytelling is at the foundation of the entertainment industry regardless of the screen from which you engage with content be it on a movie screen, television screen, computer screen or via a mobile device.

Freshmen and sophomores enroll each quarter in one or two courses designed as preparation for the major (primarily cinema and media studies), while also completing their general education, writing, literature and foreign language degree requirements.

Prepare for a career in studio and field production for TV and video. Through hands-on experience, you will learn professional skills to produce and edit shows and have access to SUNY Plattsburgh’s television facility, PSTV, where you can gain TV and video industry experience.

Learn the essentials of digital and new media and gain real-life experience as a broadcaster — in front of or behind the camera — at Susquehanna. You’ll gain a holistic view of visual storytelling with our interdisciplinary minors, like film studies, to gain a better understanding of important topics in today’s world.

Want to work in the fast-paced world of news media but not necessarily in front of the camera? Or has God called you to work in church media ministry? What better place to earn your degree than at a Christian university where we are Kingdom-focused and mission-driven to prepare you for your own mission field? In this degree program, you will learn to create and edit media content for film, television, radio, and online media using classic and digital media audio and production equipment. Nearly all graduates of this program are working in the field by the time they graduate.