The Next Big Idea Starts with You
Digital media is more than just "going viral." It's every site and every app. It’s the medium that shapes the way the modern world works, learns, communicates, and plays. It's a fast-growing profession that seamlessly blends sophisticated technology into everything we read, watch, and hear every day.
Fuse your creativity with the latest technical skills to tell compelling stories. It happens with a degree in Digital Media from Belhaven University.
It's all about reaching the right people with the right message. Let's get started.
Why You’ll Love Digital Media at Belhaven
High Demand in a Growing Field
Employers in nearly every industry are hiring digital media specialists to reach their audiences.
Career Connections
You learn from experienced professionals with credentials in their respective fields, as well as extensive contacts within numerous industries.
Internships
As part of your program, you complete a communications internship—a structured experience working in a professional environment.
Christian Worldview
You are challenged to think critically and analytically about who God is — and who you are — as we equip you to fulfill your calling to glorify God and be a blessing to the world.
13:1 Student/Faculty Ratio
Small class sizes mean big opportunities
Thousands
Challenging careers with established and emerging industries
Collaborate
Design and innovate with classmates in the Belhaven Maker Campus
What Can You Do with a Digital Media Degree?
- Web analytics
- Visual journalist
- Digital entrepreneur or influencer
- Video editor
- Digital photographer
- Manage social media accounts
- Public relations, marketing or advertising
- Search marketing specialist
- Design multimedia experiences
- Content strategy
- Digital consultant
- Develop and structure online content
The Skill to Communicate
Careers in digital media and communications require:
- Exceptionally strong oral and written communications;
- An understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of digital media;
- The ability to research and understand audiences;
- An aptitude for working in teams; and
- Time management skills.
Oh — and a lot of creativity and broad thinking. A degree in Digital Media from Belhaven puts you in high demand for jobs in advertising/public relations agencies, e-commerce businesses, and multimedia design firms.
Influence and Impact
Experts in digital media shape the way the modern world works, learns, communicates, and plays.
Why Study Digital Media at Belhaven?
The Digital Media major at Belhaven brings together courses from our excellent film production, graphic design, public relations, and business programs.
You graduate with an understanding of foundational media competencies, the ability to use media to articulate a point or demonstrate a concept, and a personal vision for original multimedia content.
It’s a synthesis of learning that gets you noticed in the competitive marketplace.
Your core classes are the foundation of skills essential for success in the digital world: writing for news media and public relations, producing well-designed materials for publication, and producing and editing video.
The electives you choose help you those apply critical thinking skills to practical work and tell stories in creative, effective ways.
Professionals with knowledge and expertise in digital media work in a variety of organizational settings that vary from advertising and public relations agencies to nonprofit organizations, churches, government agencies, and corporations.
Whether you’re striving to be a journalist, a graphic designer, a videographer, a public relations professional, or any one of hundreds of other careers involving digital communication, you’re prepared for a rewarding career.
Why Study Digital Media at Belhaven?
The Digital Media major at Belhaven brings together courses from our excellent film production, graphic design, public relations, and business programs.
You graduate with an understanding of foundational media competencies, the ability to use media to articulate a point or demonstrate a concept, and a personal vision for original multimedia content.
It’s a synthesis of learning that gets you noticed in the competitive marketplace.
Your core classes are the foundation of skills essential for success in the digital world: writing for news media and public relations, producing well-designed materials for publication, and producing and editing video.
The electives you choose help you those apply critical thinking skills to practical work and tell stories in creative, effective ways.
Professionals with knowledge and expertise in digital media work in a variety of organizational settings that vary from advertising and public relations agencies to nonprofit organizations, churches, government agencies, and corporations.
Whether you’re striving to be a journalist, a graphic designer, a videographer, a public relations professional, or any one of hundreds of other careers involving digital communication, you’re prepared for a rewarding career.
Double Major & Get Your 5th Year Free
Fuel your academic passions and expand your career options. Belhaven offers our freshmen a unique deal: double major, and we’ll pay the tuition if you need a fifth year in school. Double major in two arts programs, pair a business degree with a STEM major … the possibilities are endless!
Majoring in Digital Media: What You Need to Know
- Complete a required 135-hour communications internship after your junior year. This is a structured experience working in a professional environment.
- Develop your digital portfolio to showcase your best work for employers.
- Network with professionals working in related fields.
- Participate in the Public Relations Association of Mississippi-Belhaven chapter.
Meet Our Faculty
Associate Professor of Public Relations, Chair of the Communications Department
Bill Moak
Associate Professor of Public Relations, Chair of the Communications Department
Chair and Associate Professor of Film Studies
Richard Negron
Chair and Associate Professor of Film Studies
Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Art+Design
Jon Micah Tyson
Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Art+Design
Contact Us
Office of Admission
Phone: 601-968-5940Mailing Address:
1500 Peachtree Street, Box 153
Jackson, MS 39202
For campus visit:
Jimmy Hood Welcome Center
855 Riverside Drive
Jackson, MS 39202
Fax: 601-300-2932
Verse of the Year
God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.
Philippians 2:13