Masters Degrees (Visual Communications)

The new MA in Documentary Practice draws from our 30 years of experience teaching film and television in the School of Communications. Read more

Train for a career in the growing and competitive market of communications relating to science and healthcare. This course prepares you with the knowledge and skills required to join a growing international workforce within world-leading companies in the science and healthcare communication industries. Read more

Co-op/Internship Encouraged 100% Outcome Rate of RIT Graduates from this degree  A medical illustrator is a professional artist with advanced education in the biomedical sciences, cutting edge digital media, and the principles of visual communication. Read more

The MA in Music, Sound, Culture and Media is primarily designed for students wishing to engage in a programme that reflects increasingly interdisciplinary spheres of music, sound and cultural and media production and engagement in contemporary societies. Read more

Address the image world, find out how images create meaning, and discover what you can do with what you see on this eclectic MA programme If this degree were a film we’d be watching the beginning and the end. Read more

This programme introduces you to recent debates on gender in the disciplines of sociology and media, as well as to the interdisciplinary domains of feminist social and cultural theory. Read more

Contemporary Journalism is a three-semester, Graduate Certificate program that explores new tools, trends and directions in journalism while maintaining an emphasis on sourced, credible and verifiable storytelling. Read more

The Master of Arts in Professional Communication (MAPC) provides the knowledge and training for superior oral, written, and visual communication skills. Read more

This program applies multidisciplinary approach that combines competencies and skills of (a) journalism, (b) emerging media technologies and (c) content (text, audio-visual, VR, AI) creation with informed analysis and problem solving of evolving societal questions. Read more

Gain advanced knowledge and skills in digital marketing and social media management  Learn how social media and digital platforms are used in contemporary… Read more

Photography is a key medium of the 21st century. We record every aspect of our lives with smartphone cameras, consume knowledge through image flows, are exposed to constant surveillance via security cameras while feeding computer databases with our social media images. Read more

Global Media and Communication MA takes an interdisciplinary and critical approach to the exponential growth of global media. Read more

This MA will enhance your narrative skills as an editor of fiction for film and television. This Masters is a pathway of  MA Filmmaking , so that in addition to your specialised training you will collaborate with students across all specialisms on a variety of film projects. Read more

‘Culture is a paradoxical commodity. So completely is it subject to the law of exchange that it is no longer exchanged; it is so blindly consumed in use that it can no longer be used. Read more

The PGCert in Film and Screen Studies offers a unique combination of critical and creative approaches to the past and the future of audiovisual media. Read more