Every industry needs skilled communicators, especially in the world of entertainment and media. Media communications professionals
may report the news, direct a film or produce a record, but their common thread is
knowing how to create and distribute messages to various audiences.
As society continues to integrate new media at a rapid pace,it’s key to understand how to communicate through print, audio, video and the web.Grossmont College’s Media Communications Department prepares students with the skills
for success in the fields of journalism and audio/video production. As students gain
technical skill, they also explore the relationship between evolving technology and
cultural changes in government, business and entertainment.
Grossmont’s MCOM department enjoys astatewide and national reputation for excellence, and has won several awards on both levels. It’s also the home Grossmont’s award-winning
student news media, including Griffin Radio, the campus radio station, andThe Summit, its news magazine.
As a student in our department, not only will you learn how media is produced, but
you will alsogain an understanding of how media shapes your daily life, from advertising to propaganda. Our curriculum prepares you to both manage fast-paced
technological changes and market yourself to prospective employers.
Come join us, aswe train tomorrow’s professionals today.
The mission of the Media Communications program at Grossmont College is to enable
students to think critically while developing an understanding of basic skills, concepts,
and impact of media communications. These will lay the foundation for a professional
media mindset, university transfer, and meaningful careers.
All students should have access to the most effective educational resources needed
at the appropriate moments in their academic experience, regardless of race, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, language, religion, cultural background,
or socio-economic status.
Students in the program will:
Receive an education that combines practical and theoretical skills as currently defined
and practiced by media communication industries;
Be guided by dedicated faculty with the proper qualifications in both academia and
media professions to ensure excellent instruction;
Experience an internship program which provides them opportunities to work with industry
professionals;
Train with technology that emulates the changing and converging world of media communications;
Be enriched by faculty who are involved in professional and academic activities that
equip students with current information, trends, and practices found in media professions.
MCOM Curriculum Statement
The Media Communications curriculum serves three purposes for students:
To bring an awareness about the impact of communications technology and programming
in our daily lives and in society.
To foster a working knowledge of concepts, values, theoretical understanding, operational
skills, and rapidly developing technology.
To provide experience necessary to succeed as competent professional communicators
in media fields.
MCOM Land Acknowledgment Statement
We are on the traditional territory of the Kumeyaay.
The Kumeyaay people have been a part of the land that has nourished, healed, protected
and embraced them for many generations. As members of the Grossmont College Media
Communications Department, we acknowledge and promote their legacy. We find inspiration
from this land; the land of the Kumeyaay.
