Media and Entertainment

Kennesaw State University

United States of America, Kennesaw

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Duration4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

USD 43,927 / Year

Next IntakeAugust 14, 2023

Media and Entertainment

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Bachelor of Science in Media and Entertainment

The Media and Entertainment degree at KSU will prepare you for a creative digital media industry career. You will gain insight into the skills needed for podcasting, filmmaking, screenwriting, film, video production, and many more.

The Media and Entertainment degree will challenge you to explore the critical ways in which communication and media connect with and affect our lives, society, and culture. With the media degree, you'll learn about the forms and effects of media, including radio, film, television, print, and electronic media. You'll also learn and demonstrate basic digital media production skills.

As a media and entertainment degree component, you'll engage with creative analysis, production, and research into traditional and emerging forms of media. The program curriculum emphasizes media history, media institutions, theory and research, production, ethics, policy, management, and technology and their effects on contemporary life.

The program will provide you with theoretical and hands-on approaches to studying and producing media. The media and communication degree defines "entertainment" as "any media or communication function used for entertainment purposes." Therefore, you will find that the field of media and entertainment is vast and includes everything from film, television, and radio pre-production, production, and post-production; to corporate, government, and non-profit communications and digital media production.

Jobs in the media and entertainment industry can include theater, music, museums, theme parks, sports, travel and tourism, and gaming. The program also features momentum productions, a collective of faculty and students who volunteer to help our campus and community partners with media production projects.

Digital Media Lab

As a Media and Entertainment major student, you will have access to Digital Media Lab, which facilitates creative breakthroughs in audio/visual storytelling across a multimedia spectrum.

The Digital Media Lab is always a work in progress, focusing on various digital technology concerning both video and audio productions. The Lab has audio and video production facilities and provides Mac Pro workspaces that include Adobe Creative Suite. Additionally, there is HD video equipment for studio and field production.

In the Lab, the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge technologies is offered with a genuine encouragement to view these technologies as tools and not just an end in themselves.

The B.S. in Media and Entertainment degree will challenge you to explore the critical ways in which communication and media connect with and affect our lives, society, and culture. The program offers both theoretical and applied approaches to the study and production of media. The field of media and entertainment is very broad and includes everything from film, television, and radio pre-production, production, and post-production; to corporate, government, and non-profit communications and digital media production; to jobs in theater, music, museums, theme parks, sports, travel and tourism, and gaming.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

GPA Requirement

Graduation from high school with GPA of 2.5 with qualifying SAT/ACT test scores

(If educated outside of the United States, the required official evaluation
must indicate GPA)

First-Year Student Announcement:

First-year students applying to Kennesaw State University for the Summer, and Fall 2023 semesters may be admitted without an ACT or SAT score if they have a GPA of 3.2 or higher.

_{* Students who have a GPA of less than 3.2 should submit official ACT or SAT scores along with their high school transcript to be considered for admission.}

_{*For students who were educated outside the United States, the GPA must be reflected on the official evaluation (see requirements below). Kennesaw State will review the official evaluation.}

_{**Being exempt from SAT/ACT does not guarantee that students are also exempt from the English proficiency requirement if they are citizens of non-English speaking countries (see the Validation of English Proficiency section below).}

_{Note: Test scores are still required for some scholarships (e.g. Zell Miller) and programs (e.g. Architecture).}

English Requirements

PTEMin 58
IELTSMin 6.5
TOEFLMin 79

Career

What can you do with a Media and Entertainment degree?

The continuing expansion of videoblogging and media products will drive the employment demand for media and entertainment communication careers into rapid growth. Below are a few job titles for Media and Entertainment graduates.

Interpreter/Translator
Film/Video Editor
Technical Writer
Video Producer
Public Relations Specialist

Marketing Manager
Broadcast Journalist
Editorial Assistant
Magazine Journalist
Market Researcher

Fee Information

Application Fee 40

How to Apply

Please use the Common Application if any of the following are true:

You are a student who is still in high school and without college credit
You have earned college credit prior to high school graduation (dual enrollment credit, AP/IB credit)
You graduated high school less than 5 years ago and earned less than 30 credit hours of college credit (if you attended any college).

Media and Entertainment

Kennesaw State University

United States of America, Kennesaw

Go to Official Website