Communication and Media Studies

Communication and Media Studies

Designed to position you for a successful career.

A degree in Communication and Media Studies is valued highly in today’s competitive work environments, and when you learn from professionals with strong backgrounds in communication and media, you create a successful path to a career or graduate school. Be engaged – verbally and nonverbally – and gain the skills and knowledge foundation to craft effective and powerful messages for any audience. Team-building, skill-building, and global messaging are all strengths this degree will enhance.

Communication and Media Studies can also be paired easily with other fields of study. Our program offers three tracks or primary areas of interests in business, media, and teaching. Whether you are an entrepreneur building a new business or interested in the healthcare field, digital technology, education, advertising, marketing or politics, our program will help you prepare for your future!

Flexible Degree


Communication and Media Studies is an affordable, flexible and efficient degree with a wide range of interconnected courses guiding you toward success!

Communication and Media Studies can be paired easily with other fields of study like:

  • Business
  • History
  • Psychology
  • English/writing
  • Fire Services Administration
  • Art
  • Anthropology

Communications Careers


  • Web design
  • Advertising
  • Public relations
  • Management & leadership
  • Teaching
  • Video

Available Online!

With our online option, enjoy flexibility in earning a quality degree while building strong connections and skills through interactive, cutting-edge media delivery options.

How to get started


Contact Us!

EOU Admissions Office
Email: admissions@eou.edu
Phone: 800-452-8639

“The returning student and APEL programs at EOU have made my long-deferred goal of finishing my degree much more realistic. When I stopped attending EOU in 1995 to focus on raising my family, I always planned that I would go back to school. EOU’s quick returning student process allowed me to step back into taking classes. Working with my advisor, I realized that my real-life experiences over the last 20 years could help me earn credits toward a degree. Returning to college at a later stage in life is definitely not easy, but with the help and support of my advisors, my goal is a realistic and achievable one.”

Bonnie Mitchell
Communication Studies
Richland, Wash.

Gain Practical Experience!

Capstones

Graduating EOU seniors complete a capstone experience or senior project in their majors. These culminating experiences tie together the objectives of their programs, the general education outcomes, and often career-related applications of learning and doing. Ultimately, EOU ensures all of its graduates are prepared for the world of work or for continued study in graduate programs.

Film studies Minor students filming a scene on set. Cameras, lights microphones all visible.

Film Studies Minor

Film Studies provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in film production techniques, such as screenwriting, directing, cinematography, editing, and sound design as well as internship opportunities to position students towards rewarding career opportunities as filmmakers and digital creators.