Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Communication Arts] From Ramapo College of New Jersey

Areas of study within the Communication Arts major: Digital Filmmaking, Global Communication and Media, Journalism, Visual Communication Design (graphic design), and Writing.

The Communication Arts Major prepares students for a richly interdisciplinary field that functions at the intersection of media, design, film and society. Emerging in the mid-1900s to become one of the most influential disciplines of the 21st Century, the field of communication is the study and practice of contemporary tools, languages, technologies, media and discourses of and about culture.

Faculty

The Communication Arts faculty includes nationally and internationally recognized scholars, authors, journalists, professional designers filmmakers and writers whose work has been featured in publications, festivals, exhibitions, as well as in books and academic journals.

Curriculum

Students in the Communication Arts major begin their study with foundational knowledge in new technologies and practices in the communication disciplines. They then choose one of five concentrations for further study: Digital Filmmaking, Global Communication and Media, Journalism, Visual Communication Design and Writing. Courses in theory, history, criticism, research, writing and hands on production engage students analytically and creatively with the social, cultural, and aesthetic issues of media

The curriculum culminates in a senior portfolio capstone project that demonstrates each student?s ability to conceptualize and execute meaningful work using the relevant technologies of his or her concentration.