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USD 18160

Annual Tuition Fee

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*Subject to change and other fees
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USD 70 Waived

Application Fee

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48 months

Duration

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5.5

IELTS

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61

TOEFL

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70%

Min GPA

Program Overview

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media provides students with theoretically focused and application-based frameworks to understand media, media technology, and its influence upon domestic and global culture and society. Students will study theoretically grounded approaches to a variety of media, becoming sensitive to the ways power affects media creation, distribution, representation, access, and change. Students will explore and contribute to a lively and stimulating socially conscious intellectual environment – one that allows every student to expand the scope of his or her cultural and educational experience. The program is broad-based, focusing on studies of a wide range of traditional, alternative, historical, contemporary, and emerging media within their cultural, social, historical, economic, global, and political contexts. The goal of the degree program is to help students become theoretically informed navigators and critical consumers of media texts; skills useful for citizens of a dynamically mediated world.

The program requirements for a degree in Mass Media include core courses, which form the foundation of study, and electives to allow the student to develop their interests according to their intellectual and career goals. As all course work is aligned with the three cornerstones of the degree – Theory and Application, Social and Cultural Impacts, Media History and Trends – the core program provides a theoretical and methodological foundation for critically analyzing and engaging with media in a variety of situations.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze a media topic, form, or theme from a variety of perspectives or levels of analysis.
  • Identify media as a mode of creating, sustaining, and reflecting individuals, cultures, communities, and organizations.
  • Examine ethical and power-related issues pertaining to a variety of media forms.
  • Interpret shifts in media technology and context.
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Additional Information

Program Level 4-Year Bachelor's Degree

College/University Processing Time 5 Days

Program Format Full-Time

Optional Practical Training (OPT) work permit

Program Intake

Open

Aug 2025

Closed

Aug 2024, Jan 2025

General Admission Requirement

    Academic Requirement

    • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted into this program, applicants must have Grade 12 / High School Diploma.

    5.5 IELTS Score
    61 TOEFL Score Minimum Overall Score
    50 PTE Score Minimum Overall Score
    95 Duolingo Minimum Overall Score
    70% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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    Tuition Fee

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    Average Tuition Fee Per Year

    18160

    Tuition Fee
    (USD)

    USD 70 Waived

    Application Fee
    (USD)

    14000 Per year

    Average Cost of Living
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    Scholarships

    • Although international students are not eligible for most forms of financial aid, the US Department of State has provided an excellent list of funding sources that may assist students with their efforts to efforts to fund their education.
    • Undergraduate students should visit the Department of State’s “Financing Your Undergraduate Education” link.
    • Graduate students should visit the Department of State’s “Financing Your Graduate Education” link.
    • These links are independent of California State University San Marcos’s own financing options.
    • In addition, tthe CSU system allows for a limited number of tuition waivers to international students. At CSU San Marcos, international students are eligible to apply for these tuition waivers after their first year of residence. Generally, these tuition waivers are partial, which means that only a portion of the tuition fee is waived. Applications are due in May and with waivers being granted for fall semester, with a possibility of renewal.

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