Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Mass Media] From California State University

The program is broad-based, focusing on studies of a wide range of traditional, alternative, historical, contemporary, and emerging media within their cultural, social, historical, economic, global, and political contexts. The goal of the degree program is to help students become theoretically-informed navigators and critical consumers of media texts, skills useful for citizens of a dynamically mediated world.

The program requirements for a degree in Mass Media/Media Studies include core courses, which form the foundation of study, and electives to allow the student to develop their interests according to their intellectual and career goals. As all course work is aligned with the three cornerstones of the degree -- Theory and Application, Social and Cultural Impacts, Media History and Trends -- the core program provides a theoretical and methodological foundation for critically analyzing and engaging with media in a variety of situations.