Captivate Your Audience Through Science and Technology
The first step in effective communication: using the right tools to reach your audience. The Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Design blends the art of storytelling with the science and technology behind emerging modes of communication.
At Clarkson, you'll work in a wide range of fields, learning to build compelling experiences that move readers, listeners and viewers. Whether you're writing text, capturing video, building a website, launching a social media campaign — or all of the above — you'll learn what techniques work best and when to use them.
Our curriculum offers forward-thinking approaches to solving problems across disciplines such as science, technology, the arts, healthcare and beyond. And, you'll do it while getting the kind of hands-on experience and attention that's possible only in a small, close-knit department like ours.
Why Major in Communication, Media and Design at Clarkson?
Social media. Web design. Podcasts. Video streaming. VR. Information design.
Every one of these platforms gives you the chance to reach more humans than at any time in history. But, it takes specialized skills to maximize the potential of each. With a BS in Communication, Media and Design, you'll gain the expertise to jump into any of these booming areas.
Small classes allow you to get hands-on experience while working closely with faculty. You'll learn how to use cutting-edge applications and technologies to design and produce a wide range of media. And, our flexible curriculum lets you focus on the areas that interest you most. You'll even have the opportunity to study an outside field, such as digital arts, psychology or marketing.
The result: by the time you graduate, you'll have advanced skills in social media, graphic design, writing, web design, digital video, storytelling and web design. And a chance to make an immediate impact in any of these rapidly growing fields.
What You'll Learn
Clarkson is a place for makers. In this program, you'll combine technical know-how with foundational classes in communication, public speaking and rhetoric.
- Digital video production
- Environmental communication
- Front-end development for the web
- Public relations
- Short film screenwriting
- Social media
- Sound design
- Science journalism
- Typography and design
- User-experience design
