{"id":155,"date":"2026-06-16T12:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:00:46","slug":"experiential-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/experiential-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiential learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-media-culture-and-the-arts-b-a\">Media, Culture, and the Arts, B.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu 2\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Menu<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/experiential-learning\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Experiential learning<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-experiential-learning\">Experiential learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/Threads-of-Us-12.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors view photography in the student exhibit at the Train Center.\" class=\"wp-image-158\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The media, culture, and the arts major is built around hands-on, project based experiences. From the Creative Intermedia Seminars \u2014 each of which culminates in a public demonstration of student work \u2014 to internships, community journalism, and independent production projects, your creative and critical work will gain context and meaning through engagement with an audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-public-facing-work\">Public-facing work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-creative-intermedia-seminars\">Creative Intermedia Seminars<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Every Creative Intermedia Seminar has a public dimension. Students have produced podcasts, short films, interactive theater pieces, animations, and multimedia installations \u2014 work that is shared beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element is-style-default has-yellow-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/community-journalism.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">MCA 181<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-urban-community-journalism\">Urban Community Journalism<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn the world of digital news in a course based on the workings of a daily newspaper website (Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette). Students will hear from working reporters, photographers, and editors as they explore the steps that lead to a reader clicking on a headline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-media-arts-computing-and-design\">Media arts, computing, and design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to close collaboration with the interactive media: game design and development program Clark has become an innovator in media arts, computing, and design. Media, culture, and the arts students have natural pathways into collaborative work with game design, interactive media, and computer science students \u2014 the adjacent fields where hybrid creative practice is expanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-dark-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d743a33f62c5980d8f10b178ac0b9862 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-internships\">Internships<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"h-internshipsmedia-culture-and-the-arts-students-have-interned-in-audio-and-video-production-marketing-journalism-and-other-media-fields-with-organizations-including-the-documentary-group-macmillan-and-unite-america-internships-can-be-taken-for-credit-through-mca-298-and-with-program-director-approval-may-count-toward-major-requirements\">Media, culture, and the arts students have interned in audio and video production, marketing, journalism, and other media fields with organizations including The Documentary Group, Macmillan, and Unite America. 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