Media Department

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."

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.