Management

Take charge of your career

Navigating the world of media is a daunting prospect, but a concentration in management will give you an understanding of the broad industry-level mechanics and the specific intricacies of each field. You’ll become a proficient communicator and manager in the overlapping and complicated worlds of media and management.

Media leaders are innovators and improvers. Whether you’re managing projects at a media company or running your own, you’ll leave with a foundational understanding of the industry and the entrepreneurial spirit to advance it.

Curriculum

This program combines courses on creative content, media distribution and legal and policy issues.

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Courses

Your courses will provide you with a broad understanding of the business of media and the specific skills necessary for professional work within the creative industry. Here are a couple opportunities to look forward to.

Applied Cognitive and Emotional Psychology

Learn basic theories in psychology and consider how to apply them to create more effective media environments.

Managing the Creative Process

Master the business components of video production and creative processes, including the emphasis on the roles of production managers, focusing on organization, budgets, contracts, markets and more.

Course of study

Your two years in the program will look something like the chart shown below. Tailor your degree to your own interests with elective courses. (*Course fulfills concentration requirement.)

Sample course of study
Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3	Semester 4
T505* Media Organizations	T511* Research Methods in Audience Analysis	Media School elective	M699* Master's Capstone Project (6 credits)
T522* Managing the Creative Process	Media School elective*	Media School elective	-
-	External elective	External elective	-

Financial support for innovation

The Media School’s Kern Scholarship for Innovation in Journalism funds a graduate project each year that researches or experiments with new journalistic concepts, content and techniques. The award, funded by retired Chicago Tribune editor Gerould Kern and his wife, Jewell, was created for students interested in media management and innovation in journalism.

Read about a recent winning project

Faculty

Work with faculty who publish influential research on the media industry and its relationship to law and policy, and professors with backgrounds in media management and government, including an Emmy Award-winning public television producer and a former Federal Communications Commission executive.

Meet Media School faculty

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Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies

Center

The Center for International Media and Law and Policy Studies researches the legal protection of media rights in Indiana, the United States and the world. The center studies free expression rights, educates the public and develops opportunities for students. Its many activities include organizing and co-sponsoring seminars and events related to free expression and matching students with internships at press freedom organizations.

Visit CIMLAPS’s website

Careers

The world of media management is complex, and there’s no career template. With this flexible concentration, you’ll be ready to step into a management position when you graduate.

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If you don’t ask, you don’t get. Never be afraid to ask for something you want.
Ben Rabunski, BAJ’07, director of client strategy at Amazon