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Due to staffing, departmental, and curricular changes at Eastern, the New Media Studies major has been frozen to new students and will no longer be offered beyond students currently enrolled and completing their degree plan.

Integrated Communication Media

Students in Eastern’s New Media Studies Major, unique with Connecticut’s state universities, will take courses across several disciplines – computer science, performing arts, communication, visual arts and more – as they prepare for careers in digital motion graphics, web development/design, game and app design, digital audio/video production, 2-D and 3-D animation, social media and digital art. Coursework includes conceptional and hand-solving skills while also developing competencies in digital media. Students will also learn about legal and ethical considerations surrounding new media.

Required Program Core Courses

Interdisciplinary Explorations

Concentration Requirements

  • Required Course
    • COM 350^^ Communication Writing
  • Select 12–14 Credits
    • ART 351 Motion Graphic Design
    • COM 245 Digital/Analog Audio Production: Radio/Video/internet
    • COM 310 Advanced Photography (4 Credits)
    • COM 320 TVIII - Advanced Television Production
    • COM 351 Journalism Principles
    • COM 352 Emergent Media Reporting
    • COM 358 Scriptwriting & Presentation
    • COM 380 Dramatic Video and Film Production (4 Credits)
    • COM 430 Advanced Avid Editing
    • COM 435 Documentary Production
    • COM 440 Workshop in Radio and Audio
    • COM 490 Internship
  • Required Tier III Capstone Course (choose one course)
    • COM 474 Experimental Digital Media Production
    • NMS 440 Interdisciplinary Signature Work

^^meets Stage 3 University Writing Requirement