Humanities

Communication, Culture, and Media Bachelor's of Arts Degree

Understand, Navigate, and Transform the Media Landscape

Invest in your own cultural capital while exploring the emerging and future channels of cultural, social, and political communication. Create, discuss, design, and do projects that help you set a course for a meaningful career. You can focus on film, digital media, writing and speaking skills, and beyond. 

Uniquely situated in an R1 flagship technological university, Michigan Tech’s Bachelor's of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Media (CCM) is an interdisciplinary liberal arts-based program where you learn how media, communication, and technology impact culture, society, and daily life.

Through exposure to STEM-based curriculum options coupled with a strong creative arts program, you'll learn how the power of technology, media, and language advances cultures and societies. Prepare yourself to succeed in a complex, globalized world as a communicator, creative, designer, social advocate, and cultural citizen. Employers seek out CCM students because they are smart, creative, and competent communicators who can analyze complex problems, design ethical solutions, and shape a brighter future. You could be one of them.

  • 20+
    films shown at 41 North Film Festival
  • 20-30
    average class size for major-specific courses
  • 10
    media projects completed annually by Cin-Optic Enterprise
  • No. 4
    public relations specialist, Best Creative and Media Jobs in April 2025 according to U.S. News & World Report

Tomorrow Needs Communication, Culture, and Media Experts

In an era of rapid change and global challenges, communication, culture, and media experts are needed to bridge divides, filter vital information, and craft narratives. Their skills in technology and media are crucial in telling tomorrow's stories and adapting to an ever-changing world.

Be Career Ready

Career Opportunities for Communication, Culture, and Media Majors

Your future career options are unlimited with a degree in communication, culture, and media. Career opportunities include:

  • Account Executive
  • Business Manager
  • Copy Writer
  • Community Affairs Liaison
  • Community Relations
  • Consumer Advocate
  • Corporate Communications
  • Corporate Trainer
  • Editor
  • Government Relations
  • Human Resources Administration
  • Information Specialist
  • Journalist
  • Language Specialist
  • Marketing Representative
  • Media Buyer
  • Media Programmer
  • Media Relations
  • Photojournalist
  • Print production Coordinator
  • Promotions and Publicity
  • Public Information Officer
  • Publisher
  • Recruiter
  • Researcher
  • Risk Communication Consultant
  • Sales Representative
  • Speech Writer
  • Staff Writer
  • Technical Writer
  • Tour Director
  • Translator
  • Web/Graphic Designer

Companies Hiring Communication, Culture, and Media Majors

These are just some of the companies hiring communication, culture, and media majors:

  • AmeriCorps
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Audacy Inc.
  • Chicago Public Media
  • Children's Literacy Initiative
  • Commonwealth McCann
  • Crain Communications
  • Cybertech Inc.
  • Dematic Corp.
  • Grand Rapids School District
  • Grosse Pointe School District
  • Herman Miller Inc.
  • Merkle
  • Northern Trust Corp.
  • Olympia Entertainment
  • Prime Publishing
  • Robert W. Baird
  • Rocket Mortgage
  • Trinity Health

Co-ops and Internships

Ready to take the next step?

Learn more about studying communication culture, and media at Michigan's flagship technological university.

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"The CCM degree really allows you to develop into a creative professional that can go on to choose their own career and make the best of that."Kendall Belopavlovich '18, BA Communication, Culture, and Media

Full STEAM Ahead: Study Humanities at a Technological University

Combine your love of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM) into a career that requires creativity, critical-thinking, and communication skills. Strengthen your capability in another language and build a broad cultural base. Develop critical skills to become a life-long learner who adapts to a rapidly transforming, increasingly technical and scientific world. Learn the skills central to solving real-world problems in sustainability, human health, social justice, technology, and globalization. Our programs and faculty enrich campus and engage scholars from diverse fields in ambitious and meaningful projects.

  • Get personalized attention: Your academic advisors and professors know you and understand your interests and needs. You’ll develop meaningful mentor relationships with faculty and receive the guidance you need in a timely fashion.
  • Customize your humanities education: Take classes across any of our three major programs—communication, culture & media, English, and scientific and technical communication. Gain exposure to a variety of humanities specialties. Tailor your degree to fit your individual pathway with minors in the department. You might choose communication studies, diversity studies, ethics and philosophy, journalism, media production, writing, or one of two modern languages (German and Spanish). Or, diversify your humanities degree with a minor from outside the department, like psychology, computer science, public health, or pre-health professions.
  • Connect to internships: Develop professional skills and gain real-world work experience. The Humanities Internship Program helps students find internships on and off campus. Our Professional Development in Humanities course teaches you how to present yourself well to employers and land a job. Through our micro-internship program, 100% of humanities majors complete an internship experience while at Michigan Tech.
  • Study Humanities in a STEM context: Work, live, and play with engineers and scientists. Learn to work in diverse interdisciplinary teams, to appreciate and seek out different perspectives, and to communicate effectively in the world of science and technology.

Tomorrow Needs You

Supercharge your analytical skills to meet the demands of a technology-driven society at a flagship public research university powered by science, technology, engineering, and math. Graduate with the theoretical knowledge and practical experience needed to solve real-world problems and succeed in academia, research, and tomorrow's high-tech business landscape.

College of Sciences and Arts

The College of Sciences and Arts is a community of faculty, staff, and students committed to excellence and driven by our passion for education, outreach, research, and creativity across the social and natural sciences, humanities, and the arts. Uniquely situated in the heart of Michigan's R1 flagship technological university, we specialize in human-centered potential and discovery-based learning designed to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Knowing that every student at Michigan Tech will pass through our doors, our college strives to be at the forefront of interdisciplinary collaborations that lead to breakthrough solutions.

Our students gain a profound understanding of social and cultural contexts through experiential learning and innovative research. We welcome you to be part of our caring, expansive college community, with 32 undergraduate and 24 graduate degrees to choose from.

The opportunities in Michigan Tech's College of Sciences and Arts are limitless. Transform into a civic leader ready to contribute to a sustainable future. Lead and participate in action-based experiences that are critical to the start of a fulfilling career. Job-shadow at a local hospital or veterinary clinic while preparing for a career in health. Design sound and lighting for a regional production. Conduct community forums on the implications of artificial intelligence. Work to purify vaccines. Study the impact of social media on society. Research the mysteries of space and galaxies beyond our universe. Explore transforming abandoned iron and copper mines into giant batteries. Understand freshwater ecosystem health. Document the nature of changes in cognitive function and motor behavior in aging and dementia.

At Michigan Tech, your academic growth is supported by a variety of learning centers, along with our Humanities Digital Media Zone and Writing Center. Model climate in the only cloud chamber of its kind. Take part in interdisciplinary health research in our state-of-the-art H-STEM Complex. Create amazing sights and sounds in our visual art, sound, and theatre performance spaces. 

Undergraduate Majors in Humanities

Not sure which major is the right fit? No problem. Browse the entire list of College of Sciences and Arts majors. Or, give yourself time and declare the General Sciences and Arts major, which lets you decide when you arrive on campus. To learn more, speak to an academic advisor.

"This is a place where you can combine technology and media in a way that you can't in a lot of other places. It's definitely a place for self-expression. It's a really comfortable place. It's more like a family than anything else."Matt Brisson '23, BA Communication, Culture, and Media