Media Studies, Advanced Certificate

Media Studies, Advanced Certificate is a program taught at Pratt Institute, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Media Studies Graduate Certificate (MSGC) develops critical tools for studying the power and workings of media in diverse contexts. Students take courses that emphasize sound, music, film, TV digital media, video games, fashion, and other cultural forms that shape relationships to self, others, and the world.

Students complete four courses for a total of 12 credits: two required courses, Mediologies 1 and Mediologies 2, and two electives. Electives must be taught by core faculty in the Graduate Program in Media Studies, and the course list includes topics in cinema/media studies, music, race and performance in media, fashion, public writing, and race, gender, and the internet.

The MSGC is available to students currently enrolled in a graduate program at Pratt Institute. Applications are accepted throughout the year and are reviewed twice each semester by the core faculty in the Graduate Program in Media Studies. The certificate is awarded after completion of the required courses and electives.

Modules

• Mediologies 1
• Mediologies 2
• Topics in Cinema/Media Studies: Semiotics of Media: Deleuze, Cinema and Beyond
• Topics in Cinema/Media Studies: Film Theory in Practice
• Topics in Cinema/Media Studies: Film Sound
• Topics in Cinema/Media Studies: Key Concepts in Net Art
• Topics in Music: The Idea of Black
• Race, Performance, Media
• Fashion, Labor, Justice
• Future Worlds and Other Science Fictions
• The Art and Politics of Public Writing
• Race, Gender, Internet

The minimum requirements for admission in Media Studies, Advanced Certificate at Pratt Institute for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Pratt Institute.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Pratt Institute as pre-requiste for admission in Media Studies, Advanced Certificate.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

• Applicants must have superior scholastic records or otherwise provide evidence of ability to work effectively and professionally on the graduate level.
• All applicants must apply using the online application and upload the following top three items and submit requests for recommendations online: Official transcripts of all previous college/university education; a statement of purpose describing the applicant’s scholarly interest in the program as well as professional goals; an academic writing sample (no more than 25 pages).
• Request two letters of recommendation online from academic or professional sources.
• International students whose first language is not English must submit the TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE.

The minimum required TOEFL score is 82 (Internet), IELTS of 6.5, and PTE score of 5f3. 2).

Please check detail of study units at https://www.pratt.edu/liberal-arts-and-sciences/humanities-and-media-studies/media-studies-advanced-certificate/

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.