PLACEHOLDER — insert a quote from a student who added the Multimedia Communication minor to another major, describing how the media skills shaped their work.
Multimedia Communication
Minor
Add Media Skills to Whatever You Study
Whatever your major, communication shapes what you can do with it.
The Multimedia Communication minor at Goshen College is an undergraduate credential that equips students in any major with practical skills in journalism, digital media, film, and public relations.
Courses include Digital Media Production, Digital Design, Typography, Journalism Essentials, Marketing Management, Creating for the Web, and Motion Design. You’ll have access to the Center for Communication, where production suites, a TV studio, and digital editing labs sit alongside the offices of three working student media organizations.
Choose a Focus Area in the Minor
Work in Real Media, Starting Now
The equipment is professional. The deadlines are real. The bylines are yours.
Minor students plug into four working media organizations in the Center for Communication:
- The Record — Goshen’s independent student newspaper.
- 91.1 The Globe / WGCS — named Best College Radio Station in the Nation five times and Best in Indiana eleven times.
- Globe TV — a campus broadcast studio producing original video content.
- FiveCore Media — a student-staffed professional video production company serving real clients.
When you produce a story for The Record or shoot for FiveCore Media, that work appears in the world.
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Paying For Goshen
A degree in multimedia communication is an investment, and Goshen works to keep it within reach. Every traditional student receives financial aid, and the Communication Department adds to that. Each year it awards more than $50,000 in scholarships, with individual awards from $500 to $2,000. You can also apply for the Communication and Media Scholarship, given to students with strong potential in media-related fields. And the experience can pay you back directly. FiveCore Media, the student-staffed production company, offers paid video work right on campus. To see your own price after aid, run the net price calculator and talk with a real person in the financial aid office.
Common Questions About the Multimedia Communication Minor
The minor draws from courses including Digital Media Production, Digital Design, Typography, Creating for the Web, Marketing Management, Journalism Essentials, and Motion Design. For the full list of required and elective credits, see the Multimedia Communication catalog page.
The minor complements almost any major. Business, Nonprofit Leadership, Music, English, Peace Studies, and Social Work students frequently add it to sharpen their communication output. Science and pre-professional students use it for science-communication and advocacy. The focus areas, Journalism, Film/Video, and Broadcasting, travel across fields.
Yes. The Communication Department awards more than $50,000 annually through the Geigley, Gorsline, Smith, and Joel Kauffmann scholarships. These are available to Communication majors and, in some cases, minor students with demonstrated involvement in the department. Talk to your advisor or visit Financial Aid for details.
Goshen Communication alumni work in news media and journalism, film and video production, public relations and marketing, radio and podcasting, social media management, and nonprofit and faith-based communications. The minor gives you a practical portfolio alongside your primary degree, which matters to employers across nearly every sector.
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Anna Groff
Associate Professor of Communication
Kyle Hufford
Professor of Communication
Department Chair
