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Communication class focused on media.

Critical & Creative Media Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Program Type:

Major

Career Path:

Humanities

College or School:

Undergraduate College

Why study Critical & Creative Media?

The Critical and Creative Media major coheres around the history, theory, and practice of media in a way that has integrity. Our focus on the history, ethics, analysis, theory, and production of media is very much tied to transnational and transmedia approaches to production and curriculum.

The Critical & Creative Media degree is offered as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).


What classes would I take?

Our model and curriculum educate the whole person and often help students discover interests they had never previously discovered. Students generally take 100-200 level courses during their first year of college, while registering for higher level courses as upperclassmen.

Sample courses that you may take as a Critical & Creative Media student include:

  • Debate and Advocacy
  • Public Speaking
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Media Production
  • Black Popular Culture
  • Media Theory and Criticism
  • Media Ethics
  • Sound Design & Soundtracks
  • Superheroes, Cinema, and American Mythology
  • Imagination Project

* Courses listed above are offered during the current academic year. Course availability and offerings can change at any time. Refer to the Academic Bulletin to view all major requirements.


What kind of experience will I gain?

Faculty have included students in their creative and scholarly work, a collaboration between faculty and students that builds exceptional engagement. Text, media, creative practices, and pedagogy are consistently interrogated for their effectiveness in teaching the material and also in their promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Students in this program will develop the following skills:

  • New and emergent media
  • Screen production
  • Media archives
  • Digital humanities
  • Identity technologies

What kind of job can I get?

Careers that often interest Critical & Creative Media majors, and fields our graduates work in, include:

Communication

The Department of Communication at Wake Forest pursues the theoretical, critical, and scientific study of human communication in all its forms.

Communication

Computer Science

Computer Science deals with the logical and mathematical foundations of computing, techniques for solving problems with computer programs, and the technical underpinnings of computer hardware and networks.

Computer Science
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