Communication

At UHart’s School of Communication, you get hands-on experience before you graduate. The dedicated faculty and small classes create a collaborative and friendly learning environment where you can explore your interests and practice what you’re learning in the classroom as early as your first semester.

We offer three undergraduate programs, and one graduate programs:

Our Bachelor of Arts in Cinema program offers two tracks: Film/Video Production and Cinema Studies. You'll learn how to write, produce, and direct your own films and videos with professional training in cinematography, lighting, sound design, editing, and screenwriting. We offer coursework in narrative filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, commercial production, and animation. You can work on professional sets and see your vision come to life on the big screen at our department-run Hartford Film Fest.

If you’re interested in working as a reporter or sports journalist, our Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media and Journalism gives you the opportunity to broadcast news from our new TV studio set or produce live sports programming for ESPN3 from our mobile broadcast studio.

In the Bachelor of Arts in Communication program you create advertising, public relations, and social media campaigns for real clients, all while learning how to effectively communicate with different target audiences.

We also offer minors in Cinema, Communication, and Digital Media and Journalism to enhance your storytelling skills and give you a greater understanding of communication theory and research. These minors and complement other programs of study like English, politics and government, history, or sociology.

The 100% online Master of Arts in Integrated Communication program is focused on helping you become a skilled communicator and leader across all organization levels and media platforms. The program connects students with cutting edge industry-standard resources and professionals and provides a launching pad for success in a wide variety of businesses and organizations.

There are plenty of opportunities to apply the skills you learn in the classroom:

You can participate in student-run organizations like the Student Television Network (STN), the Informer UHart student newspaper, two on-campus radio stations, and the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and the Ad Club. You can broadcast live UHart sports events for ESPN3 from our mobile broadcast studio and cover Hartford Yard Goats minor league baseball in a sports journalism class.

Some students work for non-profit or government agencies like Connecticut Public Television, RealArt Ways, or the Connecticut State Legislature. Others find opportunities at area insurance companies, public relations firms, advertising agencies or media outlets.

We have placed student interns at ESPN, Mintz and Hoke Advertising, Inc., The Hartford Courant and Radio Disney, to name a few. There are even career-relevant internships available on campus such as in the Sports Center and the Office of Marketing and Communication. Students may work at an internship in the Hartford area during the academic year, or away from the University during the summer. Examples of summer internships include Universal Records and MTV Networks in New York City, and CBS/WBZ News Radio 1030 and WLVI-TV 56 in Boston, as well as at companies in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Rhode Island and more.

Where our graduates are working

School of Communication graduates are working at media companies like ESPN, ABC and NBC News, iHeartRadio, Hartford Business Journal, and The Hartford Courant. Others have gone on to careers at companies such as Amazon, Lego Systems Inc., Pratt & Whitney, and Revlon, as well as at Connecticut communication agencies like McDowell Communications Group, Mintz & Hoke, and Cashman & Katz Integrated Communications.

Meet the Communication Department Faculty and Staff