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Fall 2020 Catalog

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Fall 2020 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Communication: Media Studies, B.S.

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This major is administered by the Division of Communication .

Consists of a minimum of 41 credits in communication courses:

Communication Core

Required

Upper-level requirement, 18 credits

Eighteen credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above.

Note

COMM 101 may not be used to complete the major.

Media Studies emphasis

Required Courses (12 credits)

You must also complete an internship or externship

Electives

12 credits with 9 at the 300/400-level and a minimum of 3 total credits in each category:

Media History, Theory, Criticism

MSTU 160 - Introduction to the Art of Film 3 cr.
MSTU 190 - History of Media 3 cr.
MSTU 292 - Transmedia Storytelling 3 cr.
MSTU 325 - Media Law 3 cr.
MSTU 327 - Culinary Journalism: Food & Wines of the World 3 cr.
MSTU 329 - Topics in Journalism 3 cr. *
MSTU 357 - Media and Popular Culture 3 cr.
MSTU 359 - Topics in Media 3 cr. *
MSTU 360 - Film History: Beginning to 1945 3 cr.
MSTU 361 - Film History: 1945 to Present 3 cr.
MSTU 363 - Media Genres 3 cr. *
MSTU 367 - International Media 3 cr. *
COMM 373 - Communication and Social Change 3 cr.
COMM 390 - Seminar 3 cr. *
(The following subtitles only: Persuasion Theory and Application; Political Communication; Theory and Research; From Ancient Campfires to Touch Screens; The Evolution of Communication Technology; Networked Media Practice; Introduction to Game Design; Theory and History)

Media Writing

MSTU 221 - Introduction to Journalism 3 cr.
MSTU 320 - Multimedia Writing 3 cr.
MSTU 323 - Topics in Journalism Writing 3 cr. *
MSTU 327 - Culinary Journalism: Food & Wines of the World 3 cr.
MSTU 351 - Advanced Media Writing 3 cr. *
COMM 373 - Communication and Social Change 3 cr.

Media Production

MSTU 253 - Video Production I 3 cr.
MSTU 254 - Audio Production I 3 cr.
MSTU 322 - Introduction to Photojournalism 3 cr. *
MSTU 352 - Audio Production II 3 cr. *
MSTU 354 - Special Topics in Producing Media 3 cr. *
MSTU 356 - Video Production II 3 cr. *

Note

Courses listed above with an asterisk (*) may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.

Additional Communication electives should be taken as needed to reach required 41 credits in the major.

Communication in the Major

COMM 201 - Communication Research 3 cr.

Capstone Experience

COMM 430 - Professional Communication Capstone 3 cr.