The communication studies major offers students an opportunity to obtain the communication skills and the understanding of the communication process required to thrive in a complex and changing society.

The Media and Screen Studies Program offers a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Screen Studies along with multiple combined majors. Our Media and Screen Studies curriculum designed to achieve six distinct learning objectives.

This program is designed to teach public relations and strategic communication theories and practices.

The combined major in Africana studies and media and screen studies integrates critical and systemic examination of the cultural, political, social, economic, and historical experiences of the peoples of the global African diaspora along with the analysis, research, and production of traditional and emerging media.

Students completing the combined major have the knowledge necessary to engage the complex and dynamic relationship between communication, culture, and knowledge.

The combined major in Business Administration and Communication Studies allows students to integrate courses from the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) with the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

The computer science and communication studies combined major integrates practical skills and theory. You’ll gain both a strong computer science foundation and a deep understanding of the major conceptual frameworks for human communication—plus how to apply these learnings to solve problems in today’s society.

The English department and the Communication Studies department offer an interdisciplinary combined major in English and Communication Studies. Broadly speaking, students in the combined major in English and communication studies at Northeastern integrate the study of literature and writing with studies of media, social, corporate, and political communications.

Integrate the study of communication skills and processes with the design of messages, interactions and experiences.

An interdisciplinary approach to public health communication.

The human services and communication studies combined major is designed to prepare students for careers in social change by providing them with the theoretical and skill-based background necessary for practice and research.

Students have an opportunity to learn about the formal structures and analysis of human languages across multiple levels (sounds, words, phrases and sentences, meaning) while simultaneously mastering the fundamentals of effective communication and of communication theory and practice. Students receive extensive training in writing and speaking, both for a technical audience and more generally; and they explore the role of language and communication in society, both from a broad theoretical perspective and in narrower, more focused and applied domains.

The combined major in political science and communication studies offers students the opportunity to integrate the study of politics and government with different forms and mediums of communication.

This combined major integrates the study of communication skills and processes with the study of social behaviors.

An interdisciplinary approach to human communication and its disorders.

The combined major integrates the study of communication skills and processes with the study of theater history, playwriting, acting, and directing, as well as costume design, lighting, and scenery.

Integrate the study of communication skills and processes with the design of messages, interactions and experiences.

This interdisciplinary combined major offers students an opportunity to integrate the study and practice of journalism and communication.

A BA in Journalism and Media and Screen Studies is designed for the student who is interested in pursuing a career as a journalist specializing in the film industry.

The combined major integrates the analysis, research, and production of traditional and emerging media along with the study of the diverse historical, cultural, and aesthetic contexts of English, American, and other Anglophone literatures.