Media Studies
Explore the BA in media studies and find out about program requirements, courses and faculty.
Career Possibilities
The options below are a starting point to explore potential career paths. Additional training, and experiential learning may be needed to pursue these possibilities.
Acquired Skills
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and appropriately convey physical and social events and behaviors to others
- Strong reading skills
- Writes/speaks clearly
- Gather/evaluates information and data
- Ability to create entertaining and persuasive messages
- Ability to relate to people of diverse backgrounds
- Strong decision-making skills
- Create powerful images with sight, sound, motion, and words
- Attention to detail
- Understand institutional and cultural values
Career Titles
- A&R Rep
- Actor
- Advertising Worker
- Art Director
- Assistant Director
- Broadcast Technician
- Community Relations
- Guest Coordinator
- Critic
- Disk Jockey
- Editorial Assistant
- Editorial Writer
- Educator
- Event Planner
- Filmmaker
- Fine Arts Manager
- Journalist
- Key Grip
- Lawyer
- Marketing Director
- Media Buyer
- Media Specialist
- Multimedia Creator
- Multimedia Technician
- Music Director
- Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Producer
- Production Assistant
- Public Relations
- Publicist
- Publisher
- Radio/TV Announcer
- Researcher
- Stage Technician
- Screenwriter
- Technical Writer
- TV/Film Production
- Unit Production Manager
- Writer
Types of Organizations that Hire
- Advertising Agencies
- Public Relations Firms
- TV, Radio & Cable Broadcast Companies
- News Agencies
- Magazines/Newspapers
- Publishing Houses
- Government Agencies
- Film Studios
- Museums
- Music Companies
- Production Co’s
- Education
- Not-for Profit
Career Information and Professional Association Links
Buzzfile - Employers of Communications & Media Studies majors
The Alliance for Media Arts & Culture
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Center for Communications
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
American Ethnological Society
International Association for Media and Communication Research - IAMCR
NY Women in Communications
New York Broadcasters Association
Occupational Outlook Handbook Online - Job type descriptions, job growth forecasts, and salary information
Job Search Links
Career Development Center - Log into Purchase JobScore to access jobs posted for Purchase students and alumni
MediaBistro - Job & industry information
Communication Arts - Creative marketplace
The Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (formally NAMAC)
Idealist - Nonprofit site, internships and jobs
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Information and jobs
Book Jobs - Jobs/internships in publishing
AdWeek - Advertising and marketing jobs
Media Match - Media industry job list
Staff Me Up - Production Jobs in TV, Film, Digital, Media and Entertainment
Crain Communications Open Opportunities
New York Broadcasters Association - Job & internship opportunities in NY TV and Radio Stations