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Areas of Study
Analyze and create the media products that connect our society.
The Department of Media and Communication’s integrative and experiential curriculum immerses students in analysis and production of cross-platform digital media. In the program, students learn how to leverage the revolutionary changes which continue to transform contemporary media structures, messages, and management.
Media and Communication (B.A., Minor)
Students can major or minor in Media and Communication, analyzing and creating media that form the basis of civic engagement, entertainment, and activism. Many students also pair Media and Communication coursework with other majors and minors, focusing their attention on topics such as political communication, health communication, marketing, computer science, art, visual storytelling, etc.
Film Studies (Minor)
Trinity’s film studies minor gives students the power to understand—and impact—the modern, evolving form of cultural expression that is film.
New Media (Minor)
Focusing on the human side of computing, the interdisciplinary minor in new media is for students who want to use emerging technologies to tell stories, to create powerful artwork, and to transform the world by imagining new ways that human beings can interact with machines and each other.
Strategic Communication (Minor)
Through the minor in strategic communication, students engage in an interdisciplinary program in advertising and public relations as part of the management of communication processes in mass media, human communication, marketing, and business principles.
Honors Program
Students who reach the spring of their junior year with a department and overall University GPA of 3.75 are invited to participate in a year-long honors thesis project in communication.