The Master of Fine Arts in Mass Communication and Media Arts provides substantial advanced study for a small number of highly talented individuals. The program emphasizes the artistic development of the individual student and the creation of quality artistic works in photography, film, video, sound, new media, and/or interdisciplinary media. Degree requirements are 60 credit hours. The program generally takes three years to complete.
This terminal degree program is unique in its balance of coursework in media arts practices with art, media history and theory, individual mentorship, and interdisciplinary work in other programs throughout the university. The faculty awarding a successful student the M.F.A. in Mass Communication and Media Arts is an acknowledgement of creative and intellectual achievement within the media arts. This achievement is accomplished through the development of an innovative individual practice that culminates with the creation of a body of work in video, film, sound, installation, new media, or inter-media, accompanied by a written thesis. The program prepares students for careers in the contemporary media arts as a media artist, artist, video or filmmaker, designer, theorist, educator, and other future professions which will require creativity and artistic acumen.
While mastery of craft within media arts is a vital component of the M.F.A. in Mass Communication and Media Arts, the program's philosophy is that graduate study should expand the student鈥檚 breadth as an artist and encourage interdisciplinary study. Available course work in production, criticism, theory, history, and combined media studies emphasizes the interwoven character of traditional and contemporary approaches and technologies in the 21st century.
Additional course work can be pursued through the School of Art and Design, the School of Music, and the Department of Theater as well as programs in English, Anthropology, and Communication Studies. A distinguished faculty of artists and scholars, excellent facilities, and a variety of curricular offerings allow students to individually tailor their programs of study.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate an analytical understanding of critical contemporary media discourses.
Students will demonstrate the ability to write critically about media arts in a fashion attuned to interdisciplinary relationships between the various legacy media forms.
Students will demonstrate mastery in one or more media production practices.
Student will demonstrate critical understanding of research methods in media arts.
Students will demonstrate a disciplined, critically informed artistic practice in the media arts.
Students will demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research into areas of formal and topical concern to develop compelling creative artworks.
Students will demonstrate the ability to explain fundamental technical and conceptual concepts in the field of mass communication and media arts.
Students will synthesize their creative work with theoretical understanding of such work.September 2025
College of Liberal Arts
Southern Illinois University,
CARBONDALE,
Illinois,
62901, United States
To be eligible to be considered for admission to a graduate degree program, you must meet the following minimum Graduate School requirements: 2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of Bachelor's coursework; 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average).
The English language requirement may be met by submitting: 550 on the paper-based TOEFL; 80 on the internet-based TOEFL; 6.5 on the IELTS; 5.0 on the iTep Academic Plus Exam; C1 required on the Cambridge English Exam.
Deadline: Fall - Feb 1
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