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The Department of Visual & Media Arts offers undergraduate and graduate programs in film, video, television, radio and audio, new media and media studies. The programs recognize that the visual and media arts are powerful forces that affect the minds, emotions and behavior of humankind, and they seek to educate students to become informed and ethical leaders as well as creative and successful practitioners.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

The Department of Visual and Media Arts offers a range of opportunities for students including a college-based cable TV channel (The Emerson Channel), two radio stations (WERS, award winning student run professionally managed FM station and WECB AM, an entirely student run radio station that broadcasts on the Emerson College campus), a student-run video organization (Emerson Independent Video) which serves the College community and gives students hands-on experience in all phases of television production in a professional environment, bi-weekly trips to area media companies (Boston Connection), and an annual trip to visit and network with NY based media professionals (New York Connection).

Kasteel Well, the Netherlands, offers students a chance to experience different cultures first-hand, study the wide variety of Europe's communication systems, practice and improve foreign language skills, and learn about Europe's rich history and art through course offerings focused on the liberal arts, and extensive travel opportunities.
The Los Angeles Program offers qualified juniors, seniors and graduate students a fast-paced semester of internships and courses for college credit, hands-on experience, and opportunities to network with communication and entertainment industry professionals as well as Emerson College alumni in the Los Angeles area.
The Prague Summer Film Program offers a 4 week intensive experience in production, scripting and editing at the Academy of Performing Arts for Film and Television (FAMU), one of the top three film schools in Europe.

INTERNSHIPS

Internships are typically one-time work or service experiences related to the student’s major or career goal. The internship plan generally involves students working in professional settings under the supervision and monitoring of practicing professionals. Internships can be paid or unpaid and the student may or may not receive academic credit for performing the internship.

A major difference is that credit bearing internships have specific academic requirements and involve enrollment in a semester-long course. The internship must happen over the course of 12 weeks between the first and last day of classes. A two credit internship (available to graduate students only) is a commitment of 8-15 hours per week, a four credit is 16-24 hours, and an eight credit is 32-38 hours per week. In order to be eligible to receive credit a student must be a junior, senior or graduate student in good academic standing with a GPA of 2.7 or above. To pursue an internship for credit, a student must complete an approval process and paperwork with the College prior to the start of the semester. While Career Services manages this approval process, the academic department will review the proposed internship to determine if it meets departmental guidelines. For each semester, there is a deadline for internship registration. See the Academic Calendar for specific dates.

CONTACT

Anna Feder, Program Coordinator, 617.824.3805, anna_feder@emerson.edu

For more information on internships, please visit Career Services

For more information on external programs, please visit External Programs

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