Mission Statement

The mission of the Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations program is to develop students who possess a strong liberal arts background, think critically and understand the concepts and skills that will equip them for meaningful communication careers that can advance civic life globally and across cultures.

Students in the program will:

• receive an education that combines professional skills with a liberal arts emphasis, to attain the core values and competencies of the profession, as defined by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications;
• be guided by a dedicated and diverse faculty with the proper mix of academic and professional backgrounds to ensure excellence in teaching and advising;
• experience a required internship program that affords them the opportunity to work with some of the nation’s leading professionals while matching classroom learning with on-the-job reality;
• be trained in classrooms and with equipment that reflect the converging world of communications and that are updated regularly to help students adapt to developments in the field;
• be enriched by a faculty who are actively involved in research and professional involvement that contributes to advancing the body of information available in the fields of journalism, media studies, and public relations.