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The Media, Culture, and Communication (MCC) major is grounded in the liberal arts, providing you with the necessary tools to understand the sociological, political, and cultural aspects of media and technology.

Your can email your advisor at comm.advisors@nyu.edu.

Whether your major is MCC or the Global Public Health/MCC combined major, your first year curriculum will look like this (all terms and sessions are required):

Spring Term

London

Introduction to Media Studies

Writing as Critical Inquiry

Two Liberal Arts Core Course from the following areas:

  • Expressive Cultures
  • Texts and Ideas
  • Cultures and Contexts
  • Physical or Natural Science
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Foreign Language
  • Societies and Social Sciences

Summer Terms I and II

New York

History of Media and Communication

Writing as Critical Inquiry

Two Liberal Arts Core Courses from the following areas:

  • Expressive Cultures
  • Texts and Ideas
  • Cultures and Contexts
  • Physical and Natural Science
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Foreign Language
  • Societies and Social Sciences

New Student Seminar