Bachelor of Arts
A B.A. in Digital Communication Arts offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that gives students access to courses and resources throughout the School of Communication.
A B.A. in Digital Communication Arts offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that gives students access to courses and resources throughout the School of Communication.
Students in the B.S. in Digital Communication Arts program will learn alternative writing approaches, nonlinear storytelling, multiple formats, and how mediated storytelling affects the story itself.
The BFA in Digital Communication Arts has a focus on production and visualization with additional foundational course requirements in Art, Theatre, Writing and Film, and ten courses in new media production.
The New Media Communications minor will allow students from across campus to complement their chosen field of study with an understanding of mediated communications from a new media perspective.
The MA/MS in Communication provides a discipline-based, integrated study of communication and rhetoric structured around a core of fundamental theories, methodologies, and applications.
Study Abroad
If you are considering going abroad for your DCA major or NMC minor, the New Media Communications department highly recommends completing a semester at Hochschule der Medien (HdM) in Stuttgart, Germany. HdM offers 11 English-taught minors, with up to five courses that are guaranteed to count in your major. read more >
Student Focus
An upcoming, first-of-its-kind study abroad trip to Scotland, led by Todd Kesterson, senior instructor of new media communications and co-led by Joshua Reeves, associate professor of new media communications, will focus on the use of 3D scanning technology to preserve various historical sites. The two week, six credit program will allow students of any major to “discover the beauty and rich history of Scotland,” while gaining invaluable experience working with 3D scanning tools.
Faculty Focus
Since its inception in November of 2021, the School of Communication at Oregon State University has been led by Dr. Colin Hesse, who joined the Department of Speech Communication back in 2013.
You may know that Dr. Hesse is the director of the school, or that he currently teaches courses such as family communication, but what you may not know about Dr. Hesse in passing is that he is a husband, father of three, barbeque lover, Seattle sports fanatic, and “absolutely atrocious at golf.”
Student Focus
Most students end up in college the same way. They apply, get accepted, and choose a degree to pursue. But for Lauren Steenson, she did not end up in Oregon State University’s New Media Communications program the traditional way. Steenson had to really work for it.
Faculty Focus
After a visit to the Oregon State University campus and a memorable first impression amongst faculty, Xuerong Lu became an assistant professor in the School of Communication in the fall of 2022. According to Lu, she was drawn to the camaraderie within OSU’s community.
“As expected, the collaborative and supportive environment in the School of Communication is amazing,” Lu said. “All the senior faculty here have really helped me adapt into a new environment. It’s also great to be able to talk with my many colleagues about my research.”
Alumni Focus
Growing up in rural Willamette Valley, Andrew Koster’s dad was one of the first employees of Traeger Grills in Mt. Angel, OR, but as a young adult, Koster never imagined he’d also enter into the pellet grilling world.