Requirements for the Communication Major - 45 Credits
Required Major Core - 27 Credits
- COMM 0101 - Introduction to Mass Communication
- COMM 0102 - Introduction to Human Communication
- COMM 0201 - Introduction to Communication Technology
- COMM 0204 - Writing for the Media
- COMM 0207 - Communication Ethics
- COMM 0209 - Global Communication
- COMM 0221 - Communication Theory
- COMM 0307 - Communication Law
- COMM 0320 - Foundations of Communication Research
Note:
STUDENTS MUST ELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONCENTRATIONS. In addition to the required courses for each concentration, students are required to take electives, one of which must bear a COMM designation. If the concentration requires three or more electives, one of the remaining electives may be chosen from the approved elective list from any of the other concentrations.
Media Arts and Analysis - 18 Credits
Required - 9 Credits
In each of the three required categories (Writing, Production, and Social Context), choose one class.
- Writing (choose one of these)
- COMM 0332 - Writing for the Interactive Media
- COMM 0308 - Multimedia Journalism
- COMM 0309 - Broadcast Journalism
- Production: (choose one of these)
- COMM 0106 - Video Production I
- COMM 0202 - Introduction to Photography
- COMM 0223 - Web Page Design and Construction I
- COMM 0230 - Audio Production I
- Social Context: (choose one of these)
- COMM 0216 - Issues in Advertising
- COMM 0312 - Media Criticism
- COMM 0330 - Issues in the Media Industries
- COMM 0339 - Journalism and Society
Electives - choose three - 9 Credits
In addition to the courses appearing in the Electives list below, courses appearing in the Required section may be used as electives: no class in the Required section may count for both required and elective credit, but once students have fulfilled a Required category, additional courses listed for that category may be taken for elective credit.
- COMM 0108 - Introduction to Film or
- ENGL 0108 - Introduction to Film
- COMM 0206 - Video Production II
- COMM 0212 - Film and Gender
- COMM 0213 - Global Film Studies
- COMM 0233 - Documentary Film
- COMM 0245 - The Silent Film
- COMM 0310 - Digital Video Editing
- COMM 0316 - Special Topics in Communication (when applicable)
- COMM 0325 - Photojournalism
- COMM 0329 - Crime and the Media or
- CRJU 0329 - Crime and the Media
- COMM 0328 - Audio Production II
- COMM 0331 - Web Page Design and Construction II
- ENGL 0285 - Basics of Film Writing
- ENGL 0385 - Screenwriting for Feature Film
- COMM 0319 - Media Literacy
- COMM 0318 - Social Media, Social Context
Additional Graduation Requirements
All students must meet the
