BA Media at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Programme overview

A fully online BA offering an interdisciplinary education in fields associated with the media industry, spanning advertising, journalism, and media and cinema studies. After general education, the remaining coursework is free electives.

Faculty: College of Media | Duration: 120 credit hours minimum | Study mode: online | Location: Champaign, IL, United States

What you will study

Major requirements include MDIA 100 orientation, an advertising intro (ADV 150 or 175), a journalism intro (JOUR 101 or 200), a media studies intro (MACS 100 or 101), MDIA 498 Media Capstone, and 24 hours of media electives (12 at 300/400 level). At least 40 hours must be upper-division.

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Application information

Entry requirements

is to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign through College of Media; the catalogue entry lists no separate programme-specific admission requirements.

First-year students enter in the fall term; the first-year application opens September 1. Spring transfer admission is offered with an application deadline of October 1 and fall transfer admission with a final deadline of April 1.

First-year applications open September 1. Early Action deadline November 1 (materials by November 7); Regular deadline January 5 (materials by January 11). Early Action decisions by January 29; Regular decisions by February 26; commit deadline May 1.

Spring transfer: application opens September 1, deadline October 1, materials by October 15, online programmes deadline December 1. Fall transfer: opens January 15, priority deadline February 1, final deadline April 1 (materials by April 5), online programmes deadline July 15.

First-year applicants apply through the Common App. The application fee is $75, or an approved fee waiver sent by a counselor. The ACT and SAT are optional for all first-year applicants, including international students.

Graduate applicants apply online through the Graduate College application; deadlines and term availability are set by each programme. Medicine, law and veterinary medicine applicants apply directly to their colleges.

Apply through the official page: https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/

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