Dec 11, 2024

2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog

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2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Communication Major: Communication & Media Studies Concentration, B.A.

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Required Communication Core (24 hours):

COM 220 - Foundations of Mass Communication 3-0-3
COM 250 - Digital Storytelling I 2-2-3
COM 270 - Visual Rhetoric 3-0-3
COM 303 - Digital Storytelling II 3-0-3
COM 305 - Multimedia Production 2-2-3
COM 415 I - Theories of Communication 3-0-3
COM 416 I - Media Law 3-0-3
COM 450 - Senior Seminar in Contemporary Media Issues 3-0-3

Additional Requirements:

All COM majors must also complete at least six additional hours of either communication courses or a course selected from the following:

ANT 325 - Anthropology of Popular Culture 3-0-3
ART 327 - Web Design 3-0-3
ART 351 - Digital Imaging 2-2-3
CRT 101 - Introduction to Prototyping 2-2-3
CSC 103 - Creative Computing 3-0-3
CSC 245 - Web Technologies and Programming 2-2-3
ENT 340 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3-0-3
MKT 301 - Principles of Marketing 3-0-3
MKT 425 - International Marketing 3-0-3
MUS 390 - The Music Industry 2-0-2

Note:

Majors are strongly encouraged to use COM 496 to satisfy this requirement.

Communication Concentration Requirements

Majors select only one concentration. To complete a concentration, students must complete at least nine hours from the indicated courses.

Concentration Requirements (9 hours)

Research Methods Course (3 hours)

Select one course from the following:

COM 304 - Rhetorical Criticism 3-0-3
COM 417 - Methods of Audience Analysis 3-0-3

Media Studies Courses (6 hours)

Select two courses from the following:

COM 205 - Sports Communication 3-0-3
COM 302 - Visual Media Criticism 3-0-3
COM 310 - Argumentation and Debate 3-0-3
COM 314 - Oral Interpretation 3-0-3
COM 355 - Sport, Culture & Media 3-0-3
COM 418 - Gender, Race, and Class in Media 3-0-3
COM 429 - Seminar in Communication 3-0-3

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