Multimedia Education at Duquesne

Our program prepares you for work in media-related industries while training you to critically analyze the ways in which the media reflects, represents and influences the world. You explore media from a communicative, technological, social-cultural, and creative-aesthetic perspective. You graduate effective, ethical, and thoughtful civic communicators, storytellers, and designers strategic in your thinking and skilled in creating and using a wide variety of media and digital media platforms.

We act in concert with the mission of Duquesne University to nurture the individual talents of you, our students; harness your innate creativity; inspire passion for innovation; foster analytical and critical thinking; and encourage ethical and professional leadership. The department reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field and the growing synergies between journalism and media innovations while remaining grounded in Catholic values and democratic ideals.

" I started with an interest in graphic design and developed a passion for video production. My courses gave me skills in video shooting, editing and storytelling. I was able to use these skills to shoot a documentary titled ‘Pure Thirst, A Tanzania Story,' that is currently in post-production."

Adam

Student Media

You can publish content on a variety of student media channels, including  The Duquesne Duke (student newspaper), WDSR (student radio), DSTV (student TV), :Lexicon (literary arts journal), The D.U.Quark (scientific research journal), L'Esprit du Duc (yearbook) and Off the Bluff (Duquesne Media-produced magazine). 

Digital Experience & Prototyping Lab

Led by Dr.%20William%20Gibbs, our user experience lab gives any media student the opportunity to have hands-on experience with creating and designing forms of interactive media. The lab includes 3D printers, augmented reality, and so much more. 

Undergraduate Program Tracks

The Multimedia concentration within our Digital Media Arts major immerses students in a world of creative thinking, design, information management, development, interactive environments, and visual communication through technology. You will use what is learned in the classroom to create robust multimedia experiences in a variety of disciplines and industries. 

Explore Multimedia
As a student majoring in Digital Media Arts - Interactive Design and Media (ID&M), you will bring together design, human-technology interaction, digital media, and information technology to prepare you for a professional career in media after graduation. Design (a process of conceiving, planning and making of products) is central to ID&M.

Explore Interactive Design
As a Multiplatform Journalism major, you will be prepared to work as multimedia journalists across a wide variety of platforms, from online news sites to traditional print and broadcast outlets.  Explore Multiplatform Journalism
As a Sports Information and Media major, you will be prepared for a career in sports media and/or public relations, including tasks relating to sportswriting, sportscasting and job-rich "sports information" fields, among others.
Explore Sports Media
As a Strategic Public Relations and Advertising student, you will gain a thorough understanding of the fundamental skills and practices of public relations and advertising along with a theoretical understanding of their cultural importance as the primary means of persuasion in modern life. Explore PR & Advertising

Accelerated Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate students in the Media Department can choose to enter an accelerated path to a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree. After their acceptance into the accelerated path, beginning junior year, Media students can take up to 12 credits of graduate-level courses that will apply to their undergraduate degrees. Once the student formally moves from undergraduate to graduate status, 12 credits of graduate work will apply toward the 42-credit requirement for the Master of Fine Arts degree. This would leave 30 credits, including a Project/Thesis course, in order for the student to successfully complete the M.F.A. degree.

Graduate Program Tracks

The M.F.A. in Media Arts and Technology is a multidisciplinary program of study that blends media arts, design, creative expression and technology to enhance communication and user experiences across all industries and disciplines. Storytellers, designers, filmmakers, photographers, artists and technologists exercise creativity through technology. Our Certification in Media Arts and Technology is for professionals who want to expand their knowledge and/or skillset of current media, technology and design applications. We offer 3 tracks for both the MFA and the Certificate.

As a Creative and Strategic Media student, you will learn the art of telling good stories  through video, sound, text and graphic design. You will be taught which mediums work best for certain stories and will learn how to frame your messaging in order to capture the attention of the widest possible audience.

Explore Creative & Strategic Design
As a student in our Interactive Design program, you will will dig deeper into big questions: Why are digital products built? What are they designed to achieve? Are they built in the most efficient way possible? Students will learn more about society's interactions with products such as smartphones, automobiles, and home appliances and what goes into the creation of those media interactions. Explore Interactive Design
Photography and Film examines theories, practices and the history of "lens-based" media, incorporating design and technological processes used for product deployment in these areas.  Explore Photography & Film

Meet Our Faculty

Dr. Mike Dillon

Dr. Mike Dillon

Dr. Mike Dillon

Dr. William Gibbs

Dr. William Gibbs

Associate Professor, Media

Robert Healy

Robert Healy

Teaching Assistant Professor, Media

Margaret Patterson

Margaret Patterson

Professor, Journalism

Dr. Zeynep Tanes-Ehle

Dr. Zeynep Tanes-Ehle

Graduate Director & Associate Professor, Media

James Vota

James Vota

Department Chair & Instructor, Media

Dr. Pamela Walck

Dr. Pamela Walck

Associate Professor, Media

Don Maue

Don Maue

Adjunct Faculty, Media & Director, Center for Emerging and Innovative Media

Contact for more info

Media Department