The Boston University College of Communication (COM) is the communication school of Boston University (BU), a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it was the first in the United States to offer a degree in public relations (PR). COM's AdLab is the first and largest student-run advertising agency. COM houses the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in advertising, film and television, journalism, media science, and public relations.
The Boston University College of Communication (COM) is the communication school of Boston University (BU), a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it was the first in the United States to offer a degree in public relations (PR). COM's AdLab is the first and largest student-run advertising agency. COM houses the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in advertising, film and television, journalism, media science, and public relations.
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The Boston University College of Communication (COM) is the communication school of Boston University (BU), a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1947, it was the first in the United States to offer a degree in public relations (PR). COM's AdLab is the first and largest student-run advertising agency. COM houses the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in advertising, film and television, journalism, media science, and public relations.
Academics
Boston University's College of Communication comprises three academic departments: Journalism; Film and Television; and Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations. It also has two cross-department divisions: Emerging Media Studies and Communication. The college offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Degree Programs
Boston University's College of Communication offers five Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree programs: Advertising, Film and Television, Journalism, Media Science and Public Relations. It offers 13 graduate degree programs: Advertising (Master of Science), Emerging Media Studies (Master of Arts and PhD), Television (MS), Film and Television Studies (Master of Fine Arts), Screenwriting (MFA), Media Ventures (MS), Journalism (MS), Media Science (MS), Media Science: Marketing Communication Research (MS), Public Relations (MS), Strategic Integrated Communication (MS), and Human Centered Design (MS). It offers a combined BS/MS program in Branded Content Production and a certificate program in Civic Science Communication.
Accolades
Boston University's College of Communication is well regarded among communication colleges in the United States, listed on the Public Relations Education A-List by PR News and among Top Film Schools by Variety, and ranked by industry sources:
Chet Simmons (1952) – first ESPN president, ABC Sports executive, NBC Sports president, USFL commissioner, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010, helped build ABC Sports into a leader in sports programming, developed Wide World of Sports
Jean Firstenberg (1958) – President and CEO of the American Film Institute (1980–2007), only woman to serve
Donald Lambro (1962) – chief political correspondent of The Washington Times
Nina Totenberg* – correspondent for National Public Radio, one of NPR's "Founding Mothers"
David Doubilet (1970) – National Geographic photographer
Joe Roth (1971) – Chairman, Walt Disney Studios (1994–2000); Chairman, 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and founder of major American film studio, Morgan Creek Entertainment
Bonnie Hammer (1971), Chairman, NBCUniversal
Lauren Shuler Donner (1971) – X-Men film series franchise producer, films have grossed around $5.5 billion
Carmen Fields (1973) – Emmy-winning journalist, Channel 7
Joseph Nocera (1974) Pulitzer Prize for Commentary finalist, columnist, New York Times
Joan Vennochi (1975) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Boston Globe, 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Mark Thompson (1975) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Howard Stern (1976) – host of The Howard Stern Show
Ted Harbert (1977), Chairman, NBC Broadcasting, President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, and Chairman of ABC Entertainment
Bonnie Arnold (1978) – Academy Award-nominated producer, prominent figure in initial wave of computer-animation, producer of Toy Story, Tarzan, and How to Train Your Dragon
Jim Donovan (1978), news anchor, play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports's NFL coverage (1987–1997), radio voice of the Cleveland Browns Radio Network since 1999
Michael Williams (1979) – Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producer, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Queer Eye
Brian Bedol (1980) – creator of ESPN Classic, founder and CEO, CBS Sports Network
Deborah Liebling (1981) – Emmy Award-nominated producer, President of Production at Universal Pictures, responsible for South Park
Kevin Burns (1981) – Emmy Award-winning producer of A&E's Biography series, also Ancient Aliens, America's Book of Secrets
Anthony Radziwill (1982) Emmy Award-winning NBC anchor and reporter, Peabody Award for an investigation on the resurgence of Nazism in the United States, son of Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield, nephew of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, spouse of Carole Radziwiłł
Richard Gladstein (1983) – Academy Award-nominated producer, Pulp Fiction, She's All That, The Bourne Identity
Scott Rosenberg (1985) – writer, producer, Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds, Beautiful Girls, High Fidelity
Joseph Hallinan (1984) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Indianapolis Star, 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Don Van Natta Jr. (1986) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The New York Times and The Miami Herald, 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, 1999 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Andy Cohen (1990) – Primetime Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning host, executive producer of the Real Housewives franchise
Nancy Dubuc (1991), CEO, Vice Media, CEO and President, A+E Networks
Tyler Hicks (1993) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Bill Simmons (1993) – ESPN columnist, CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer, The Bill Simmons Podcast
Hong Chau (2001) – Academy Award-nominated actress, Best Supporting Actress for The Whale, starred in Netflix's The Menu, Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, A24's Showing Up, Ngoc Lan Tran in Downsizing, Netflix's The Night Agent
Nora Grossman (2005) – Academy Award-nominated producer, Best Picture for The Imitation Game
Josh Safdie (2007) – co-director of A24's Uncut Gems, Palme d'Or-nominee Good Time, Heaven Knows What
Benjamin Safdie (2008) – co-director of A24's Uncut Gems, Palme d'Or-nominee Good Time, Heaven Knows What, starred in Licorice Pizza, Are You There God? It's Me, Marg
