The bachelor’s degree in communication prepares students for graduate study or entry-level positions in such fields as interpersonal and organizational communication, journalism, media production and criticism, political communication, and public relations.
Research Capstone Course This course explores the near-ubiquitous presence of melodramatic form in modern culture. It will examine melodrama to open up critical questions about the inter-relationship of politics, aesthetics, social injustice, and the place of media in society. The course will draw o...
-Fulfills Mason Core Requirement for Arts, and for Global Contexts What is a screen? How do screens shape the visual landscape of everyday life? How are screens embedded in and positioned against various forms of popular culture and expressions of power? This course explores these questions while in...
The minor in Screen Cultures explores mass culture in its visual manifestations and helps students develop an informed awareness of culture and media, ideological tendencies, and effects on daily experience. Committed to interdisciplinary studies, the program addresses the increasing complexity and m...
Global affairs is an interdisciplinary major that introduces students to the global processes affecting all societies. Drawing on the broad international expertise of George Mason faculty, the bachelor's degree leads students to examine transnational and international processes in a wide range of are...
