• The University of Calgary offers an MA in Communication and Media Studies for a duration of 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on both a full-time (2 years) and part-time (3 years) basis.
  • It is also a thesis-based program and can be completed full time and part-time both program in 4 years.
  • The program provides a dynamic environment, a community of students from around the world, and a faculty dedicated to fostering a setting where students can reach their full academic potential.
  • Students with full-time get the facilities to do some additional courses such as:
    • Critical Media Studies
    • Communication Infrastructure
    • Environmental communication Issues
    • Media and Politics and more.
  • In this program, students have to complete 3 core courses and 3 elective courses.
  • The core course topics include interdisciplinary approaches to communication and media studies, communication theory, and research methods.
  • Students are required to prepare a thesis and successfully defend an open oral defense.
  • A master’s degree in communication and media studies will give students the pre-requisite for a PhD.
  • University offers interdisciplinary scholarship and rigorous theoretical and methodological grounding, and encourage students to develop unique programs of study.
  • The student-faculty ratio of the Communication and Media Studies program is 4:1.
  • Students get the opportunities to apply in private sector companies like communication/media/film-related companies, and in public sector companies like non-profit organizations.
  • The mission of the Faculty of Graduate Studies is to foster excellence, creativity, and innovation in graduate education and research at the University of Calgary.
  • The department gets many awards such as Achievement Awards, Federal awards, Indigenous awards, etc.
  • Job opportunities after the MA Communication and Media Studies are Sound Engineer, Sound Mixer, TV Correspondent, etc and the average salary goes up to 46,554 USD.