Gain Real-World Skills in

Communications and Media

Customize Your Degree with Concentrations and Electives

The online MA in Communications and Digital Media degree is a 36-credit program offering coursework in editing, videography, production, public relations, advertising, and media writing. You can complete the program in as little as 1.5 years, full time.

You’ll have the option to customize your experience through electives or choose from two optional concentrations:

• Digital Filmmaking and Media Production This concentration is ideal for those who want to express their creativity in the film and media industry. Students will gain hands-on experience with every stage of media production, from script writing to post-production video editing.
• Social Media and Public Relations This concentration explores different types of communication that are essential for businesses to succeed today, from coursework covering corporate communications and reputation management to classes that give you hands-on experience with digital media innovation.

In addition to your coursework, you’ll have the choice of completing a thesis assignment or an internship.

Resume Building and Alumni Connections

One of the more unique features of our program is the opportunity to take on resume-building assignments, both in and out of the classroom. For example, PMZ is our hands-on, student-run PR agency. It is an excellent way for you to gain real world public relations and event planning experience, along with projects you can add to your portfolio. You’ll also have access to alumni through our annual networking event, Connections in Communications. This event allows you to virtually meet with alumni, ask questions, and learn about the industries they’ve moved onto after graduating from Pace.

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About the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

Named after Pace alumnus and trustee, Charles H. Dyson, the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences provides small classes taught by caring faculty who are active practitioners in their field. The college offers a high-quality liberal arts education combined with preparation for professional achievement to meet your immediate career goals as well as prepare you for continuing graduate or professional education. Dyson is proud to host extraordinarily innovative liberal arts programs that reflect the fundamental nature of arts and sciences as the foundation of all academic and professional programs.

About Pace University

For more than 100 years, Pace University has excelled at preparing its diverse student body for a lifetime of professional success in a changing world. Pace is ranked in the top 9% of private US colleges that provide the best return on tuition investment by PayScale.

Founded in 1906 as a one-room accounting school, Pace University has grown into one of the largest universities in New York State, enrolling more than 13,600 students in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in more than 175 majors and programs across business, health care, computer science, humanities, education, science, law, and the arts. As we continuously develop new ways to support students who want to come learn on campus, we are also expanding our online and hybrid offerings for remote learning.

At Pace, our curricula are relevant and responsive to the changing needs of our students. Through flexible, hybrid, and cutting-edge learning environments, our students are getting the quality education they want and the upskilling they need to be successful in the changing world. From degree programs to badges and certificates, Pace University provides all students—regardless of location—access to opportunity.

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