Program Overview
Are you ready to combine your creative spirit with a passion for storytelling? Do you have a passion to communicate ideas? Consider earning a bachelor of arts degree in media communication.
With one of the highest graduate media-hire rates in the nation, this media communications degree program is laser-focused on training and career preparation. You will use our state-of-the-art equipment in internship or freelance projects and benefit from our incredible partnership with the Olympics. Our students travel to the Sundance Film Festival and visit pre-Oscar panels with nominees in Los Angeles.
Asbury’s Undergraduate +GRAD program allows you to finish an undergraduate degree, then earn a master’s degree with significant time and cost savings.
Asbury offers four online master’s degree programs in media communications:
Our program graduates have been involved in 450 nationally distributed films, and over 700 different television series. This program empowers you with a liberal arts foundation so that you can learn how to successfully communicate ideas. You will explore the practical application of these skills alongside talented faculty with access to the best equipment and creative spaces.
Ultimately our art and craft is driven by inspiration and creativity. We seek to glorify Christ, the Master Storyteller, by helping you merge your creative spirit with your work.
Prepare for careers like sound engineer, recording engineer or audio mix engineer with the audio production major concentration, and experience our professional recording studio. Take specialized courses like Live Audio and Sound, Advanced Audio Production, Multi-Track Recording, Sound for Picture and more.
BA in Media Communication students who major in film production take courses like Directing the Narrative Film, Cinematography and Lighting and Screenwriting. Students have options to get Steadicam certified or even scuba certified in Underwater Cinematography.
What if you could become a learning engineer in the virtual space? As an instructional designer, you can create learning and training experiences for businesses, hospitals, and schools. Our forward-thinking emphasis intertwines theory with practice, providing you with high-demand marketable skills across multiple industries.
Courses from the multimedia emphasis of the BA in Media Communication instruct students in graphic design, digital media technology, social media marketing, content management systems and special event production. This emphasis will allow your to tell visual stories for real clients as part of your undergraduate experience.
Graduates from the Media Communication program can go on to become news anchors, radio and television personalities and even actors in feature films and primetime TV. Students in the performance major concentration take a mix of media communication courses, acting courses and courses focused on news and sports reporting.
A highlight of the Production Design program at Asbury is the Miller Communications Center’s special collection of props and sets from real Hollywood productions. Students in this emphasis take courses specializing in design theory, art history and set design, positioning them for career paths like production designer, art director, scenic/lighting/costume/makeup designers, and more!
It all starts with the story. This emphasis prepares students for a creative life in storytelling, with careers in screenwriting, television writing, playwriting and much more. Screenwriting Concentration students take courses like Feature Film Screenwriting, Tools for Writers, Film Aesthetics and a variety of seminars in scriptwriting.
Whether you’re interested in sports TV, dramas, news or documentary, the B.A. in Media Communication program’s television and video production emphasis opens up job opportunities as a television director, segment producer, sports broadcast crew and more!
We have the best opportunities to help you put what you learn into practice before graduating. From mission work to media travel and our annual Highbridge Film Festival (which sells out each year), gain unique experiences no other college can provide.
There is no better place to imagine, create and collaborate. Our 52,000 square foot Miller Communication Arts Center immerses students in an atmosphere of creativity.
Industry-leading faculty in the Media Communication program are committed to instructing students in the latest practices using the equipment they’ll really use. Their skills and experience range from decades in sports broadcasting to Grammy-nominated recording and writing and producing for top TV networks.
Our program has one of the highest graduate media-hire rates in the nation.
Media Communication graduates have been hired to work in internships, full time roles or for projects and programs like:
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