School of Communication and Culture | Columbia College Chicago

School of Communication and Culture | Columbia College Chicago
School of Communication and Culture
The School of Communication and Culture offers programs that provide you with the knowledge, skills, and real-world experience that are essential for a wide range of careers. Whether you’re drawn to journalism, creative writing, or other forms of communication, you’ll gain hands-on experience to develop your craft, find your voice, and shape contemporary culture. Join the teams behind our award-winning publications, podcasts, and broadcasts, and explore internships in the nation’s third-largest media market. At Columbia, you’ll learn from creatives working in their fields and be part of a community that uses communication to embrace diversity and leverage inclusivity
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Undergraduate Programs
Journalism and Communication Bachelor's Degree (BA)
Concentrations
Communication
Journalism
Creative Writing Bachelor's Degree (BA)
Creative Professional Studies Bachelor's Degree (BA)
Graduate Degrees
Media for Social Impact Master's Degree (MA)
Minors
ASL Studies
Columbia College Chicago's ASL Studies minor offers an opportunity to learn American Sign Language while broadening your understanding of Deaf culture and the resources available to the Deaf community. It also provides invaluable transferrable skills as you prepare for a career in your profession of choice.
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Black World Studies
Columbia College Chicago’s Black World Studies minor challenges you to question the notion of “blackness” by looking at the term as an identity construct, a political signifier, and a metaphor for social marginalization. You’ll examine patterns of activism that characterize the creative expression, social fabric, political movements, and the scholarship of the black world.
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Broadcast Media
The Broadcast Media minor offers students a comprehensive understanding of the skills and principles needed to succeed in the dynamic world of digital media production and broadcast journalism. Through hands-on experience and coursework, students will develop expertise in storytelling and technical production, preparing them for roles in television, radio, digital media and live production.
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Creative Writing
Columbia College Chicago's Creative Writing minor allows you to combine your major field of study with a sequence of workshop classes and elective writing courses that will improve reading, writing, listening, speaking and problem-solving skills—a natural boost for any creative professional.
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Feminism and Queer Studies
With the Feminism and Queer Studies, you’ll learn feminist theory and engage in exhilarating debates on gender and sexuality in historical, social, and global contexts. You’ll take advantage of a wide range of courses to explore issues of gender and sexuality in an interdisciplinary and cohesive way.
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Journalism
Explore an interest in journalism and discover more career options and freelance opportunities with a journalism minor. It’s a great fit if you’re studying fashion, management, public relations, graphic design, or nonfiction. The program focuses on the fundamentals of writing and reporting and teaches you how to use technology and social media in the service of good journalism. The Journalism minor will help you become a better writer and digital storyteller and a more sophisticated news consumer.
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Latino and Latin American Studies
The minor in Latino and Latin American Studies offers courses in the history and culture of Hispanic/Latin American people through an interdisciplinary study of language, literature, media, and the visual and performing arts. You’ll study the transcultural complexity of this population, as well as the ethnic experience of the Hispanic population in America and their contributions to American society.
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Literature
This minor offers a wide range of literature courses exploring fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, and film. As you engage literary writers from the US, Britain, and the world, you will gain valuable career skills in critical thinking, research, idea development, and analytical writing.
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Media Activism
The Media Activism minor offers students the opportunity to develop practical communication skills specific to social services, arts, culture, and governmental entities. This minor complements skills Columbia students develop in many majors (e.g. Fashion Studies, Business and Entrepreneurship, Cinema and Television Arts, Dance, Theatre, Design, Photography, Cultural Studies). It includes both foundational Communication courses and courses specific to nonprofit and public affairs organizations.
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Photojournalism
The Photojournalism minor aims to provide students with valuable photography, video, audio and new media skills. The curriculum draws upon the expertise of the college’s Journalism and Photography programs, and students will have the opportunity to learn to report and document news and features on various multimedia platforms. Faculty practice award-winning photo and video journalism.
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Professional Writing
The Professional Writing minor at Columbia College Chicago is designed to help you gain practical skills in writing for the workplace, with a focus on writing effectively for and about the arts and media. You’ll explore the rhetorical, ethical, and cultural dimensions of communication and find opportunities to learn, research, create, and distribute content for print and digital environments.
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Radio
The Radio minor gives you the opportunity to study radio in a way that complements your major. It also prepares you for a global multimedia environment by enabling you to craft a diverse body of work that enhances your portfolio.
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Voiceover
The minor in Voiceover provides students with the skills and knowledge required for the art and practice of voiceover copy interpretation and performance. This minor provides basic skills in the appropriate and effective communication of information. Students learn to interpret, mark and deliver text for commercials, animation, film narration, audiobooks, eLearning, Internet entertainment, training videos, mobisodes, webisodes, tour audio and more.
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April Events at Columbia College Chicago
Mar 31, 2026
A range of performances and experiences showcasing student and faculty artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines.
'The Columbia Chronicle' Wins College Media Association Awards
Mar 13, 2026
Columbia College Chicago’s top-notch student-led media outlet recognized again for excellence in collegiate journalism.
'Columbia Chronicle' Dominates Illinois College Press Association Awards
Feb 24, 2026
The “Chronicle,” Columbia College Chicago's student-run media outlet, brings home 34 awards — including nine first-place honors and the division sweepstakes title.
Upcoming Events
Apr
23
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series with
The Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series at Columbia College Chicago is one of the most dynamic, aesthetically diverse events of its kind in the city. Hosted by the School of Communication and Culture, the series attracts prestigious, award-winning fiction writers, poets, and nonfiction writers who perform, engage, and educate on a myriad of topics and...
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Apr
23
6:30PM - 9:00PM
Drowned Land Screening
Join us for a screening of Drowned Land, a documentary directed by Choctaw filmmaker Colleen Thurston. The film follows Indigenous water protectors fighting to save the ecologically diverse Kiamichi River in Oklahoma. Thursday, April 23rd, 6:30PM at Film Row Cinema, 1104 S Wabash Ave, 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60605.

Plus, enjoy a post-screen discussion with...
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Apr
29
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Join the Neurodiversity Alliance! - Information Session
The Neurodiversity Alliance is the largest online community and national network of neurodiversity clubs in the country for students who learn differently and their allies.

Do you identify as neurodivergent or an ally?

The Neurodiversity Alliance Club at CCC is seeking two leaders and interested members.

Please contact hsarat-stpeter@colum.edu if you are interested!
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