Media + Design Degrees and Certificates
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Take Command of Your Career with Media + Design
Looking to build on your communication talents and level up your career? In the Media + Design program, you’ll refine the skills to craft creative, impactful communication solutions that drive change.
From digital marketing campaigns to motion graphics to cutting-edge app prototypes, our students learn to use public relations, digital marketing, graphic design, and interactive design to shape the world around us.
Create bold branding packages. Map out measurable campaigns. Become the public voice of a company or cause. Our workforce-aligned degree and certificate programs prepare you for the competitive, fast-paced media and design industries. In fact, they’ll give you an edge no matter what your career path.
Our faculty are pros at what they teach. Our courses are online, yet hands-on. And our students and alumni are some of the most interesting, creative people you’ll ever meet — a network you can learn from and lean on.
So if you’re passionate about designing eye-catching packaging, innovating UX/UI designs, building powerful digital strategies, or telling compelling stories that inspire action, one of our accredited online degrees or certificates could be exactly the fuel you need to ignite your career.
Degrees & Certificates
Minors
- The minor in digital media & marketing communications will give you the necessary skills to be well versed and work in the digital marketing industry! From creating digital content to CRM and content management, the minor in DMMC at Tulane SoPA offers relevant and strategic coursework to compliment your major area of study.
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- The minor in graphic design will provide you with an overview of software and design fundamentals to create engaging compositions. From learning Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign to exploring typography and layout, the minor in graphic design at Tulane SoPA offers critical design skills to enhance your major are of study.
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- The minor in interactive UX/UI design will provide you with front-end interactive design capabilities. User-experience research and user-interface solutions will be explored. A minor in interactive UX/UI design at Tulane SoPA offers an introduction to interactive technologies to enhance your major area of study.
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- The minor in public relations will provide you with expertise in the fundamentals of the P.R. profession. From writing to strategy, the minor in public relations at Tulane SoPA offers industry specific skillsets to enhance your major area of study.
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Cultivating Creative Professionals
through immersive peer and community collaboration
Student Experience
As a SoPA Media + Design student, you'll have a chance to research and create content ranging from brand identities to websites to digital ads, PR campaigns and more for brands and non-profits in the classroom.
Student Organizations
Engaging student experiences are critical to student retention and creating a sense of community from conferences to student chapters of national organizations such as the AIGA, AAF and PRSSA.
Awards and Honors
We are very proud of the regional, district and national awards our students earn annually! Since 2018, our students have won more than 135 ADDY® Awards!
Service Learning
Projects include the creation of public relations, digital marketing and advertising campaigns, as well event planning, branding and design projects and promotional materials.
Media + Design Student Spotlight
“I really appreciated the ability to learn both in and out of the classroom by getting credit for internships I've completed. I am someone who learns best by doing, and the real-world experience of working in a variety of settings with industry professionals is irreplaceable. I've been able to get credit for internships in digital marketing, web design, and a summer at IBM as a software designer, and each experience has helped me hone in what I want to do after graduation.”
Megan Calvin
Tulane SoPA class of 2020
Expert Faculty to Guide Your Path
Our diverse faculty—comprised of award-winning industry professionals and experts working in the fields of advertising, digital marketing, graphic design, interactive design and public relations—provide students with workforce-aligned curriculum. Our faculty ensure that students are taught the most up-to-date expertise and skills required of their respective industries today.
SoPA Faculty Feature
“In a society where media is so pervasive and ever-changing, I think it's vital; for students to learn the problem-solving skills necessary to create strategic, innovative, cultural, and socially significant communications solutions.”
Tamar Gregorian, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Professor of Practice
Engaging & Flexible Student Experience, On-Campus & Online
Partnerships that translate into industry certifications, credit for experience, & career advancement opportunities.
Never watch a boring PowerPoint. We’ve developed the most interactive courses around.
Our courses are constantly refreshed and informed by what leaders in the media + design field expect from graduates.
Navigate degree requirements and prepare for the workforce with help from our academic advisors and career counselor.
Meet the Advisory Board
The Media + Design curriculum is guided by experienced faculty and a knowledgeable advisory board that helps ensure the most up-to-date and relevant skillsets are being taught to our students.
Featured Members
Senior Director of Global Customer Marketing, Reddit
President & Chief Creative Officer, Deep Fried Advertising
Vice President of External Affairs and Chief of Staff of the Port of New Orleans and Media Instructor
Founder & Strategist, Sol Agency
Facts at a Glance
Tulane SoPA accepts students on a rolling basis, year-round. Start dates every August, January, and May. We never require test scores or recommendations. Visit our Admissions Process page to learn more.
All tuition is charged by the credit hour and we have minimal fees. Visit our tuition page to see our current tuition rates and use our net price calculator.
We strive to make a Tulane SoPA education affordable for all students. Learn about financial aid, discounts and scholarship opportunities here.
Earn credit for your work experience through a portfolio assessment. Undergraduates can earn up to 24 portfolio credits. Graduate students can earn up to 6 portfolio credits.
SoPA offers career advising to all enrolled students.
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