The Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) is designed for students eager to critically analyse the complex landscape of media, technology, and their profound influence on global culture and society. You will delve into theoretically grounded frameworks, exploring how power dynamics shape media creation, distribution, representation, and consumption. This undergraduate degree offers a broad-based education, focusing on traditional, alternative, historical, contemporary, and emerging media within their wider cultural, social, economic, and political contexts, preparing you to be an informed navigator of our increasingly mediated world.
You will engage in a stimulating intellectual environment, studying core courses in Media Theory, Histories of Media Technologies, and Global Media, alongside electives that allow you to tailor your interests. This full-time, on-campus program, typically completed over four years, incorporates research methods and design, preparing you for a significant independent study or internship in your final year. You will graduate with the analytical skills to critically assess media texts and contexts, opening pathways to careers in media analysis, policy, production, and digital communications.