Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies

Communicating effectively, though – and being able to command the attention of an audience at a time when everybody is trying to get their own message out there, too – becomes more challenging all the time. Students will gain those skills at Manhattanville, where the curriculum emphasizes media studies, including media history, theory, criticism, law, ethics, and digital production. And students will be just 30 miles from New York City, home to countless print, broadcast, and online media outlets. Manhattanville students routinely put the lessons they learned here to work: their students have recently interned or have been hired by ABC News, ABC News Radio, CNN America, CNBC, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nickelodeon, The Colbert Report, Sirius XM Radio, The Creative Group, The Creators Project, Seventeen Magazine, Music Choice, and Viacom.

As a communication studies student at Manhattanville, students will gain the tools they need to help the stories they’re telling stand out. They’ll get a background in communications theory and the history of the craft, but Manhattanville's career-oriented approach means much of their work there will involve going into the field and getting hands-on practice via in-class work, departmental projects, on- and off-campus internships, and student-run campus media.

The communication studies major and minor introduce students to the full range of the discipline, including interpersonal, intercultural, small group, public, and mass communication.