Media Arts - Emerson College

Media Arts from Emerson College is a Campus Master Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Students are admitted in the fall semester only and are required to attend the program full-time. Any extensions past three years must be petitioned to the Graduate Program Director. Students may not extend their matriculation in the MFA program past five years. Thirty students per year is the target enrollment for each year's class. The Graduate Program Director will advise each entering student on their first-year course selection, taking into consideration their long-range professional goals. During the first semester in the program, each student will select a faculty advisor from among the graduate faculty. The faculty advisor will serve as the student's mentor and advisor throughout their matriculation in the program. Student's will also select a final project chair to assist them with their thesis project work. Students intending to pursue academic careers, and who are serving as teaching assistants, are assigned a faculty teaching mentor. Select students are offered instructor positions after completing at least two years of the program. Faculty mentors aid in the preparation for teaching, including providing guidance in syllabus development, conducting classroom observations, and offering advice in dealing with specific course issues. In addition, students will be required to attend ongoing teaching workshops offered by the department faculty. First-semester courses provide foundation knowledge in media studies and an introduction to writing and production skills. Students entering the program with an undergraduate degree in media production or a related field will be evaluated to determine if the student can waive foundation or introductory courses in the first semester. In such cases, additional course selections will be made in consultation with the Graduate Program Director to fulfill the degree requirements. Beginning in the second semester each student will devise a plan of study, in consultation with their faculty advisor, that will provide a schedule of courses intended to prepare him or her for their final project. View more details on Emerson College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.