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Our Mission

The School of Media & Strategic Communications (SMSC) at OSU has a proud tradition of preparing students for successful careers and for providing them with a well-rounded foundation of skills and appreciation for the importance of mass communication in American society. We are proud of what we have accomplished and of what we will accomplish in the future.

 

The mission of SMSC is:

 

  • To provide thorough, broadly-based professional education for the mass media professions
  • To encourage liberal and cultural background in the arts, literature, languages, and social, biological and physical sciences
  • To promote scholarly research and professional performance
  • To provide media leadership and assistance in extension and public service through high school and college educators and professional communication associations
  • To emphasize high standards of ethics and responsibility in mass communication

Accreditation

The SMSC at OSU has been continuously accredited through the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) since 1928. Accreditation provides a solid foundation of assurance that the program is properly administered, that the curriculum is relevant and valuable and that faculty have significant professional experience upon which to base their instruction. Further, accreditation also assures students, parents, faculty and alumni that degrees awarded from the SMSC are of the highest value to the recipient and the public.

 

SMSC Graduation/Retention Data
Number of Students
Program Spring 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2018 Spring 2019 Spring 2020 Spring 2021 Spring 2022 Spring 2023
Multimedia Journalism (MMJ) 113 81 95 91 82 89 70 68
Sports Media (SPM) 148 150 153 126 124 115 120 138
Strategic Communications (SC) 352 330 277 250 227 219 179 177
Total 613 561 525 467 433 423 369 369
Graduation Data (su/fa/sp)
Program Spring 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2018 Spring 2019 Spring 2020 Spring 2021 Spring 2022 Spring 2023
Multimedia Journalism (MMJ) 40 26 29 16 24 30 18 19
Sports Media (SPM) 53 35 42 38 37 41 34 38
Strategic Communications (SC) 117 127 98 102 80 78 58 52
Total 210 188 169 156 141 149 110 109
Retention Rates
Students declare major as sophomores Major 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
% Sophomores Returned to SMSC MMJ 73.7 69.7 56.7 41.9 60 57.6 52.8  
  SPM 73 71.2 76.1 68.3 68 75.9 69.1  
  SC 83.2 86.5 84.4 78.7 81.9 86.7 75  
% Juniors Returned/Graduated MMJ 90 80.8 76.3 72.2 79.3 57.9 78.8  
  SPM 86.8 90.8 78.2 87.8 83.7 76 86.6  
  SC 85.5 91.5 89.7 88.1 92.3 90.4 84.9  
% Seniors Graduated/Returned MMJ 87.5 95 87.5 88.4 95 100 92  
  SPM 89.8 88.4 89.8 90 94.3 100 90  
  SC 93.2 86.2 94.3 95.6 93 95.7 95.1  
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