The mission of the Communications Media Department is to prepare student with professional and theoretical emphasis in the area of higher learning. The Department of Communications Media of IUP is committed to the creation, preservation, expansion, and transmission of knowledge.

The department has the responsibility to include within its concern the needs of the profession as a whole and the society at large as its resources allow.

In meeting these responsibilities the department is committed to preparing students for communications professions. In doing so, it offers quality undergraduate programs in which students learn to design, produce, and evaluate media messages.