Program Requirements

The MA degree explores areas such as:

• Media Education: educating teachers of media, including media literacy educators, community college professors, or those with an interest in film including licensed/certified K-12 teachers, in short those who want to bring the art of visual storytelling to educational settings.
• Youth Development: addressing the field of education that takes place outside schools. It includes youth development community projects and youth media organizations.
• Media Literacy: teach future educators of media literacy from a cultural studies perspective, which includes a tripartite focus on the text, the audience, and the political economy.
• Leadership in the Field: propelling some students to move on to doctoral studies and further research in the academy.

Admission:

The MA program will follow Syracuse University’s general guidelines for admission of graduate study. That is, applicants must present respectable evidence of excellence with depth and dimension in their records. The review committee expects to admit students with an exemplary transcript, extraordinary letters of recommendation, a personal statement that reflects potential growth, and a demonstrated experience in education and/or media studies.

Financial Support:

The program will draw upon traditional graduate assistantship awards and scholarships. Furthermore, numerous scholarships are awarded to students whose backgrounds may have placed them at a disadvantage in academic and professional fields.

Learning Outcomes:

The program has three goals:

• To teach students how to understand, interpret and demystify media and popular culture.
• To have them create media in relation to education, broadly conceived.
• To understand the social and political contexts of media in relation to education.