In the College of Media and Communication, we tell stories.

We prepare our students to be leaders in a world based in communication and creativity. They learn to innovate, to create in both new and traditional media, to understand the marketplace, and to bring together art, craft, technology, and storytelling.

There are three major areas of study - Communication, Multimedia, and Writing for Film and Television - and we add programs as new media emerge and applications evolve. We have recently introduced 11 new minors so students in the College can link programs in narrative video, game design, e-music, strategic advertising, and screenwriting to their majors. Together, these majors and minors shape a unique education - one that allows each student a special voice while being prepared for the world of work.

Outside the classroom, CMAC students build communities and friendships based upon their talents and interests. They work on a number of digitally-based publications, including web radio, webzines, media journals, and others still being planned. They experiment with visual images-moving and still-sound and stories, games, and music. And they attend a variety of College-sponsored programs on media, film screenings, and discussions on a variety of media-related issues.

There are also student-run groups and clubs for chess players, for moviegoers, for those who want to act or do some "improv," for the politically minded, for creative writers, or for students who want to be involved in a range of performing groups sponsored throughout the University.

Of course, since this is the University of the Arts, our students are able to go to plays, concerts, movies, dance performances, and exhibitions presented by UArts students. And because this is Philadelphia, they also can take advantage of all the opportunities afforded by a diverse, creative city. After all, we are on the Avenue of the Arts, a street alive with creativity, including theaters, symphony halls, galleries, bookstores, and restaurants.

In CMAC, students not only learn that expressing oneself is important, they learn that it is the first step to knowing how to communicate.