Communication, Culture and Media
Major: Communication, Culture and Media
Degrees Awarded: Master of Science (MS)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 45.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 09.0102
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 25-1122
About the Program
The master’s program (MS) in Communication, Culture and Media is a great choice for academically oriented students who wish to learn the basics of research and theory in communication and media studies, possibly to test the waters for further study, or to explore a personal fascination with mass media, mediated communication, cultural studies, social change, and media. The program also encourages interdisciplinary approaches to the study of communication and media through faculty strengths in anthropology, communication, linguistics, and sociology.
The MS degree requires 45.0 credits of graduate-level coursework and the review by two faculty members of a major research or critical paper that has come out of the student’s work while in the program.
The program can be completed part time in approximately three years, or full time in five terms (just under a year and a half).
Additional Information
For more information, please visit the graduate programs in Communication, Culture and Media page.
Admission Requirements
Applicants to the MS program will be evaluated based on:
- A 1,000 word statement of purpose
- Two letters of recommendation
- Transcripts of all college-level coursework
- GRE scores are recommended (especially for students whose GPAs are below 3.2)
- For international students where English is not the official language, a TOEFL score of 100 (iBT) or equivalent score in IELTS, or Cambridge CPE
Additional Information
For more information on how to apply, visit the Drexel University Requirements for Admissions page.
Degree Requirements (MS)
| Core Requirements | ||
| COM 610 | Theories of Communication and Persuasion | 3.0 |
| CCM 704 | Research Methods in Communication, Culture and Media | 3.0 |
| Required Electives. Choose three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Mass Communication and American Social Thought | ||
| Political Communication | ||
| Consumer Culture | ||
| Digital Subjectivities | ||
| Political Economy of Media | ||
| The Body Digital: Biopolitics and Media | ||
| Additional Electives * | ||
| Three courses from the CCM rubric at 500 level or above | 9.0 | |
| Free Electives ** | ||
| Seven Additional Graduate Level Electives | 21.0 | |
| Total Credits | 45.0 | |
- *
There are several possible electives in CCM, including special seminars at the 800 level.
- **
Any appropriate graduate course offered in the University can serve as an elective if the student has sufficient background to take the course. Suggested courses for free electives might also include: CCM, COM, STS, PLCY, AADM, TVMN, and ENVP.
Sample Plan of Study (MS)
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CCM 704 | 3.0 | COM 610 | 3.0 | CCM 740 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| CCM 745 | 3.0 | CCM 750 | 3.0 | Graduate Level Electives | 3.0 | ||
| CCM Graduate Level Elective | 3.0 | Graduate Level Elective | 3.0 | CCM Graduate Level Elective | 3.0 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
| Graduate Level Electives | 6.0 | Graduate Level Electives | 9.0 | ||||
| CCM Graduate Level Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Total Credits 45 | |||||||
