Master of Arts in Communication and Culture (MA/CAC)

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As a graduate student in the Communication & Culture program, you will...

• Trace the contours of contemporary culture…
• Critique its movements and messages…
• Engage its challenges through relevant communication.
• Direct Your Study. Past students have concentrated on subjects like bioethics, international human rights, urban studies, racial reconciliation, media studies, and education.

Our graduates edit magazines, teach at universities, and shape public policy. They work in journalism, education, law, medicine, business, advocacy, and missions.

Program Objectives

The MA in Communication and Culture (MA/CAC) provides an integrative approach to communication, cultural analysis, social interpretation, and transformative cultural engagement, with an emphasis on communication in a variety of contexts. The degree requirements are meant to provide students with the basic interdisciplinary tools to analyze, interpret, engage, and address culture. The program draws on communication theory, ethics, philosophy, sociology, history, and theology, in order to provide the critical tools for facing the challenges of a shifting cultural context. MA/CAC electives are offered both to assist in the analysis of the contours of contemporary culture and to permit exploration of those contours according to a given student’s interests or vocational trajectory. Emphasis areas provide an opportunity for students to bring to bear their critical skills on a particular area of interest. Emphases can include bioethics (Deerfield and California), religious studies (Deerfield), and international human rights (California).

Increasing numbers of students are considering career paths that lead them into areas of intentional cultural engagement, including public policy, education, sociology, law, business, urban studies, church mission, and working with advocacy groups. This curriculum provides the foundations and flexibility to meet these students’ needs. Nontraditional students are often seeking postgraduate training that will meet both specific credentialing needs and allow targeted areas for critical analysis. The Communication and Culture program fulfills these needs as well. Those students who wish to pursue doctoral work in the humanities and social sciences will also find this degree useful.