Communication and Media
Values and Society
Why Major in Communication and Media at Allegheny College
Explore the ever-changing field of communication with developed cultural awareness. Working with faculty, you’ll engage with content, discover methods, and gain abilities that will expand your perspectives and prepare you for your career and future.
Unusual Combinations
Students often combine Communication and Media with:
Division
- Values and Society
Program Type
- Major
- Minor
Number of Credits
46 for major24 for minorWhere Communication and Media Alumni Work Today
On Air Personality
CBS Radio
Maria D’Antonio ’10
Grants Management Specialist
Department of Behavioral Health
Yasir Shah ’03
Senior Vice President Development
ALS Association
Ryan Reczek ’03
Health Communications Specialist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jacqueline Petty ’03
Owner
Buzzy Photographer
Anita Buzzy Prentiss ’93
Deems, Marketing Lead
Accenture
Macae Lintelman ’10
Director of Leadership Philanthropy
Winchester Thurston School
Alex Neal ’15
We benefit from an incredible faculty and a strong sense of community among students. We all have a tremendous amount of respect for each other’s work and an ethos of encouragement, which I don’t think every school can claim.
Your Four-Year Journey
Year 1: Understanding
Engage in digital and live storytelling as a Communication and Media major. Try your hand at filmmaking, journalism, and theatre.
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Year 2: New Approaches
Analyze how popular culture, civic life, media, politics, and technology shape our society. Ponder the influence of various media.
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Year 3: Delving Deeper
Critically reflect on a concept and text of your choosing, whether written or performative, oral or visual, and live or mediated media. Advisors will guide you through different methodologies to reflect critically, which may be applied to your work.
Year 4: The Comp
A research-intensive course marks the final capstone, the Senior Comp. You will connect to historical, cultural, and political contexts for a richer understanding of the original work.
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Research and Internships
Communication and Media students will not only create their own media but analyze it by engaging critically and creatively with the wider culture that surrounds them by:
- Performing in The Playshop Theatre
- Creating media with industry-grade video and audio production equipment
- Collaborating with others by joining a student organization
- Learning about culture through research and internships
The Playshop Theatre at Allegheny College has produced over 500 plays, including classic works by Shakespeare to contemporary playwrights like Tom Stoppard or Wendy Wasserstein.
The season is performed in the state-of-the-art Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre in the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts.
The Vukovich Center for Communication Arts boasts a fully equipped TV studio and two editing labs for students to develop their skills with on-sight teaching assistants.
From scriptwriting to directing, be it documentary or narrative, learn traditional production skills and how to take creative liberties so that you are fully prepared for a career beyond Allegheny.
Get involved with creating and collaborating on media by joining student organizations:
- AFTV- film/tv
- Comedy Council- improv
- Overkill- literary magazine
- S.E.T.- theatre
- The Campus- newspaper
- USITT- theatre
- WARC 90.3- radio station
Faculty and Staff
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Toronto Metropolitan University & York University; M.A., University of Toronto; B.A. (Hons), McMaster University
Email: mdevries@allegheny.edu
Phone: 814-332-3203
Professor
Ph.D., Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California; M.A., B.A., University of Bombay
Email: iroy@allegheny.edu
Phone: 814-332-4384
Featured News
The Unusual Combination That Is John Meyer ‘04: Broadcast Journalism to Education Software Guru
Allegheny enabled John Meyer ’04 to explore all things related to broadcasting, like acting, video, and public speaking to get out the nerves. He notes that his education provided the well-rounded skills needed in the field.
Related Programs
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Meadville, PA 16335
Contact:
814-332-4351
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