As a new media and digital design major, you’ll join the next generation of digital leaders in a new interdisciplinary program at Fordham. Our program combines the forces of multiple departments: communication and media studies, visual arts, English, computer and information science, and business. You’ll develop innovative technical capabilities. You’ll examine the new modes of information-gathering, collaboration, democratic participation, and self-expression. You’ll gain a deep social, historical, and ethical understanding of new media. And you’ll graduate ready to skillfully navigate an ever-evolving media environment. But you’ll learn more than new media and digital design here. You’ll also study philosophy, theology, history, mathematics, languages, and the performing arts through Fordham’s common core curriculum, the centerpiece of our liberal arts education. As a major in new media and digital design, you have three concentrations to choose from: New Media and Information Art, Text and Design New Media and Commerce You take 11 classes—four core courses, an ethics, new media and digital design course, and six electives.

You’ll graduate with a deep understanding of how new media functions, how it makes meaning, and how to use it practically (and wisely) in a wide variety of professional settings. Fordham’s ties with more than 2,600 companies. We offer: Post-graduation career search Resume development, Interviewing practice Networking skill development Hands-on case-study sessions with industry executives Field-specific advising/coaching You also get access to our powerful (and Fordham-loyal) alumni network, who want to see you succeed as they have.