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Explore the character and development of today’s diverse media and communication landscape, focusing on media’s social implications and how they shape how we see and understand the world.
Commitment to Excellence
The Department of Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular departments at York University and is ranked as one of the top 6 in Canada according to the global standards of the QS World University Ranking system.
Unique Programming
Our approach to communication emphasizes the questioning and analyzing of media and technology in their relationship to social and cultural practices, and the circulation of ideas and values.
Skills Development
Our students become critical, independent and creative thinkers able to engage with the various dimensions and complexities of communication, whether this involves creating or evaluating media content and information technologies, or addressing significant issues arising out of their production and use.
Educational Diversity
Our program features the ability to diversify your education by combining your Communication & Media Studies degree with another major or minor program or going on an international exchange.
Field Experience
In fourth year, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace through our Field Experience Course. In this unique course, you will spend approximately one-third of the time in the classroom while the rest of the time you will gain valuable experience working in individual placements throughout the GTA.
Fours years ago, I walked through the halls of York University unsure of how I would end up, and now I am one step closer to achieving my dreams. These incredible years at York have given me an education, inspiration and friendships that’ll last a lifetime, and for that I am forever grateful.
— Aishah Ishaq
Alumna, Communication Studies ’20
Program Options
The Department of Communication & Media Studies offers you an interdisciplinary and dynamic milieu to develop comprehensive and critical awareness of diverse communication and media environments. Our approach to communication emphasizes the questioning and analyzing of media and technology in their relationship to social and cultural practices and the circulation of ideas and values.
Our goal is to help students develop knowledge and critical understanding of the central concepts, theories and methods of the field, as well as the ability to think critically and analytically through the use and application of a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to a variety of communication phenomena.
Bachelor’s
Our primary offering gives students breadth and depth of knowledge in Communication & Media Studies.
Master’s
Take your love of learning to the next level with advanced graduate studies in communications.
PhD
Become a professional communications scholar with our leading doctorate program.
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