{"id":314,"date":"2024-11-11T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/programs\/media-culture-and-the-arts-major\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:56:52","slug":"media-culture-and-the-arts-ba","status":"publish","type":"clarku_program","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Media, Culture and the Arts, B.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element hero-program has-background\" style=\"background-color:#2c5234;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d370540cd958b9462235f2fa1449499\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Study at the crossroads of theory and practice. Our interdisciplinary program in media, culture, and the arts (MCA) gives your passions a directed focus and artistic outlet. Whether you want to direct films or produce music, you&nbsp;can study the arts with our talented practitioner-faculty while you immerse yourself in your own creative work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-degree_type wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?degree_type=major\" rel=\"tag\">Major<\/a><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/majors-media-culture-arts-880x550-1.jpg\" alt=\"Multi Media students behind mics in recording studio doing a podcast\" class=\"wp-image-153 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/majors-media-culture-arts-880x550-1.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/majors-media-culture-arts-880x550-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/majors-media-culture-arts-880x550-1-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top sidebar-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Your professors will guide your learning through hands-on assignments and written scholarship in the study of media \u2014 in their historical, economic, social, and political contexts, and on personal, local, national, and global scales. Join us and dive into the histories and theories behind various media forms, while creating bold new work that reflects innovative pathways in the medium of your choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c53c594d wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--warm-gray);border-left-width:0.17rem;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);flex-basis:33.33%\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Explore media, culture and the arts<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-822b1883f1ffc8110168baca9dfff883\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/\">Department<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77f1772be8f5ddc93179466ccf22c534\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/people\/our-faculty\/media-culture-and-the-arts-faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a48ebc9e98ffaf84be42856767f08e7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/Media-Culture-and-the-Arts-Major-Map.pdf\">Major Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc5cfad4c5ef1b8230ee51147a05244f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7206&amp;returnto=2879#mediacultureandtheartscourses\">All Media, Culture and the Arts Courses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2059\" alt=\"students taking introduction to filmmaking\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/digital-filmmaking.jpg\" style=\"object-position:37% 24%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"37% 24%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/digital-filmmaking.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/digital-filmmaking-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/digital-filmmaking-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/digital-filmmaking-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/digital-filmmaking-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#746863\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-study-media-culture-and-the-arts-at-clark\">Why study media, culture, and the arts at Clark?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Explore contemporary hybrid and emerging forms such as digital film scoring, virtual reality, video essays, podcasting, and microbudget social documentary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create and collaborate in the wider context of Clark\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/\">Visual and Performing Arts Department<\/a>&nbsp;(V&amp;PA), a tight-knit community that includes students majoring in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/art-history\/\">art history<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/major\/media-culture-and-the-arts\/\">media, culture and the arts<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/music\/\">music<\/a>;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/screen-studies\/\">screen studies<\/a>;&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/theatre-arts\/\">theater arts<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benefit from a multidisciplinary focus, and learn from professors in the departments of English; Language, Literature, and Culture; Psychology; Sociology; and Visual and Performing Arts, among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull roomy has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2049437ebb334cc261c1279634468f09 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-clarku-block-tabs clarku__tabs_0cfdd367 outline is-style-default\"><ul 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You\u2019ll take special note of internet technologies and their impact on youth action and social change.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<div class=\"clarku-course\">\n\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"course-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ct pill problems-of-practice\" title=\"Problems of Practice\">POP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"course-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow\">MCA 282<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Radio Journalism in the Community<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p>Master the stylistic and technical requirements of radio reporting, editing, producing, and broadcasting while reporting on the surrounding Worcester community and working with college and professional stations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<div class=\"clarku-course\">\n\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"course-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ct pill diversity-inclusion\" title=\"Diversity &amp; Inclusion\">D&I<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ct pill problems-of-practice\" title=\"Problems of Practice\">POP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"course-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow\">SCRN 214<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social and Cultural Issue Documentary Production<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p>An advanced workshop in documentary production. Using digital video technology, students will design, produce, and edit a short documentary on a contemporary social or cultural issue. Student films will be viewed and critiqued in class. In-class screenings, readings, and discussions will identify and analyze the elements of effective non-fiction storytelling, and will explore realities and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stagger-left no-gap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3b2520800da696ff4bbaddb31625880a\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:28rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-gray-100-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-6f90b940 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">curriculum<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-5bb6ed8f86dd65d6c6a198bafca82385\">MCA defines media as artworks and forms of mass communication, including pre-electronic analog through digital forms.&nbsp;The program\u2019s courses address performance, broadcast, installations, print (from literature to journalism), design (2D, 3D, graphic), photography, film and video production, theater, music and sound, visual fine arts, and all \u201cnew\u201d and developing manifestations of media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9841b6b2bdeb916bb359de7d7f923b02\">As a student in the media, culture and the arts major, you will take courses that familiarize you with a range of cultural theories and historical approaches to media production, which are relevant to the functioning of media in a diverse and globalizing cultural environment. You also take a range of courses in media production.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">requirements<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gray-700-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7206&amp;returnto=7206#mediacultureandtheartsmajorrequirements\">Major<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18e918a07b1d864e723fcbb9b8ba40ce\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-gray-600-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-73b89f41 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-white)\" class=\"eyebrow has-drop-shadow has-text-align-left\">Career communities<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-shadow has-heading-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Career Communities are industry-focused groups designed to support your professional exploration and narrow down your career interests within specific fields. You\u2019ll connect to opportunities, professionals, and information that will support your career development. The following communities may be of interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left arrow has-drop-shadow has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f27835316df40b175251934e2e1e60ca\">Arts, Media, Design, and Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left arrow has-drop-shadow has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fbf8c5d8cf0d4188666a72877024828a\">Business, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light abut-end has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0ee41f5313b508319a1a2904263238ea\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:38rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-blue-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-3f8c44ea wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>My artwork has evolved from drawing and painting to exploring other media. I\u2019m watching my skills grow and develop, as well, in the media, culture and the arts program. And I can\u2019t wait to see where it takes me.<\/p>\n<cite>Alli Jutras<br>Class of 2019<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37d695921763b8a3291c1e00b0392d00\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-deep-red-background-color has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-da470a24 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-white)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Building your foundation<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Clark Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Clark Experience brings together the exceptional education you\u2019ll receive in the classroom and so much more. Through focus and flexibility, it ensures you\u2019ll leave Clark with the creativity, confidence, and resilience to succeed and lead a life of meaning and consequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right arrow-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/the-clark-experience\/\"><strong>See it in action<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What can I do with a major in media, culture, and the arts?<\/summary>\n<p>At Clark you\u2019ll get more than a great education;&nbsp;you\u2019ll also be prepared for a long, productive career and life of consequence. And once you\u2019ve completed your degree, you can join other Clark alumni who have gone on to work for great organizations and attend some of the best graduate schools in the world.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What skills will I learn?<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Historical and archival research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical analysis and theoretical writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interdisciplinary media production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-faq is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>What facilities are available?<\/summary>\n<p>The Visual and Performing Arts Department facilities available for your use as an MCA major are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/facilities\/\">Traina Center for the Arts<\/a>, a renovated 19th-century Romanesque Revival building, contains studios for design, painting, drawing,&nbsp;and printmaking; the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/facilities\/schiltkamp-gallery\/\">Schiltkamp Gallery<\/a>&nbsp;for student and professional exhibits; a darkroom for analog photography; and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/facilities\/media-arts-study-hub\/\">Media Arts Study Hub<\/a>. 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And once you\u2019ve completed your degree, you can join other Clark alumni who have gone on to work for great organizations and attend some of the best graduate schools in the world.","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/#faq-2","position":2,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/#faq-2","name":"What skills will I learn?","answerCount":"1","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Historical and archival research\nCritical analysis and theoretical writing\nInterdisciplinary media production","inLanguage":"en-US"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/#faq-3","position":3,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/#faq-3","name":"What facilities are available?","answerCount":"1","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Visual and Performing Arts Department facilities available for your use as an MCA major are:\n\nTraina Center for the Arts, a renovated 19th-century Romanesque Revival building, contains studios for design, painting, drawing,&nbsp;and printmaking; the&nbsp;Schiltkamp Gallery&nbsp;for student and professional exhibits; a darkroom for analog photography; and the&nbsp;Media Arts Study Hub. 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