<p>I'm looking for schools with a strong undergraduate program in communications. I eventually want to get a degree in film production, but I don't want to get an undergraduate film degree (I'd rather get a degree in something broader). </p>
<p>Any suggestions would be great!</p>
<p>I suggest my alma mater, Temple University, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </p>
<p>Temple’s School of Communications and Theater offers Bachelor of Arts degree programs in Advertising; Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media; Communications; Film and Media Arts; Journalism; Strategic and Organizational Communication; and Theater. SCAT also offers graduate degree programs (Ph.D. in Mass Media and Communication; Master of Arts in Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media; Master of Journalism; Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Arts; Master of Fine Arts in Theater; and Master of Science in Communication Management). Temple’s SCAT’s reputation is excellent among universities offering similar undergraduate and graduate degree programs. </p>
<p>Temple’s SCAT has a top-notch faculty, excellent production facilities, and is known to be exceptionally techie-friendly. Moreover, Temple is a huge school offering a banquet of courses in a number of academic and pre-professional disciplines. </p>
<p>Don’t be fooled by Temple’s undergraduate admissions standards. Temple might appear to be somewhat “easy” to get into, but it’s tough to stay in, and even tougher to stay in and perform well. SCAT is among Temple’s most academically rigorous schools; you will work your posterior off, but you’ll love every minute of it, and you will graduate with a marketable and prestigious degree which will enable you to find a good job and/or to go on to grad school.</p>
<p>I recommend Temple highly.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
<p>Also look at NYU, Penn State, Syracuse and Boston University.</p>
<p>Wesleyan is good. Then, of course, you have the perennial powerhouses - USC and UCLA. Chapman is also very good - if I recall, a poster here has a son at Chapman.</p>
<p>USC is strong in both. Also take a look at Florida State. Poster Parents2Noles can tell you about their communication program. FSU’s film school may be the second best in the east after NYU’s.</p>
<p>For communications and film theory Wisconsin has excellent programs and the largest film library outside California and second largest in the US.</p>
<p>Follow-up question because I’m looking for something like this for my daughter… how about schools in the southeast?</p>
<p>Answer to poster… have you considered Emerson in Boston? My daughter loved it when she visited. It’s very much on her radar screen.</p>
<p>For film only: North Carolina School of the Arts. Combining communications and film look at UNC-G.</p>
<p>For the southeast I would say Tulane, UMiami, UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Wilmington.</p>
<p>Oh and Elon.</p>
<p>Missouri, Syracuse, and Northwestern are the three biggest names for journalism in the country. I believe they all have general communications majors too.</p>
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<p>The bad thing about Emerson, though, is that it’s strictly a communications and fine arts school. Which leaves very little room for exploring other options. It could be good for grad school, but why limit yourself as an undergrad?</p>
<p>[Learn</a> About Our School, School of Communication, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/learn/]Learn”>http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/learn/) shows what programs northwestern offers in their school of communications. their journalism is a separate school.</p>
<p>Top undergrad programs identified by The Hollywood Reporter:
[Film</a> schools a maze of varied opportunities](<a href=“http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/features/e3ia5be1da221ff0087f2bed07a93221af5]Film”>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/features/e3ia5be1da221ff0087f2bed07a93221af5)</p>
<p>American U
Boston U
California Institute of the Arts
Loyola Marymount U
NYU
Northwestern
Rhode Island School of Design
UCLA
USC
UT Austin</p>
<p>You can persue majors, minors, double-majors, double-minors and more in Communication and Film at USC. Both programs are extremely strong and unparalleled. </p>
<p>USC Annenberg School for Communication: [USC</a> Annenberg School for Communication](<a href=“http://annenberg.usc.edu/]USC”>http://annenberg.usc.edu/)
USC School of Cinematic Arts: [USC</a> Cinema](<a href=“http://cinema.usc.edu/]USC”>http://cinema.usc.edu/)</p>
<p>^USC film may be unparalleled but not communication.</p>
<p>Anybody interested in Communications should check out Webster University. It has one of the best departments in the Midwest, if not the country. It offers and amazing array of majors, including film, audio production, and animation. Also, since it’s on the smaller side (about 3,000) students get involved in their major right away.</p>
<p>[Webster</a> University - School of Communications](<a href=“http://www.webster.edu/depts/comm/about_gate.html]Webster”>http://www.webster.edu/depts/comm/about_gate.html)</p>
<p>Ithaca College has a good communications program, too.</p>