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Major Requirements

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Major Requirements

Four Required Courses (16 hours)

Course Title Quarter Hours
CMNS 280INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS4
CMNS 349DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS4
CMNS 366COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY4
or MPOP 366 COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
WRD 201DIGITAL WRITING4

Six Additional Courses (24 hours)

A minimum of three of these additional classes (12 hours) but no more than five classes (20 hours) must be from the Professional Skills category. A minimum of one class (4 hours) but no more than three classes (12 hours) must be from a focus area in either the Social Media, Cultural Impact of Technology, or Communication, Technology, and Ethics categories. No more than four of these courses (16 hours) can be taken outside of the College of Communication.

Professional Skills (at least 12 hours but no more than 20 hours)

Course Title Quarter Hours
CMN 292
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD WORKSHOP 2
CMN 295
ADOBE INDESIGN (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 296
ADOBE AUDITION (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 297
ADOBE PREMIERE VIDEO EDITING (2.0 quarter hours) 2
CMN 397
RESEARCH PRACTICUM 1
CMNS 346
SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH METHODS
JOUR 276
PHOTOJOURNALISM
JOUR 355
NEWSCAST PRODUCING
JOUR 370
ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA REPORTING
JOUR 376
TOPICS IN JOURNALISM
JOUR 377
SPECIAL TOPICS IN JOURNALISM (Data Journalism or Journalism by Numbers)
JOUR 382
ADVANCED PHOTOJOURNALISM
MPOP 389
TOPICS IN MEDIA PRODUCTION
PRAD 352
DIGITAL ADVERTISING
PRAD 393
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING (Department approval required contingent on topic)
DOC 324
DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION II
FILM 101
FOUNDATIONS OF CINEMA FOR MAJORS
FILM 102
FOUNDATIONS OF CINEMA FOR NON-MAJORS
FILM 110
DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I
GD 200
GRAPHIC DESIGN: FORM
IT 231
WEB DEVELOPMENT I
IT 232
WEB DEVELOPMENT II
POST 110
EDITING I
POST 124
SOUND DESIGN I
UXD 210
INTRODUCTION TO USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
UXD 220
PROTOTYPING METHODS I
WRD 204
TECHNICAL WRITING
WRD 286
WRITING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
WRD 290
WRITER'S TOOLS WORKSHOP (Department approval required contingent on topic)
WRD 322
WRITING AND METADATA
WRD 372
DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Focus Area (at least 4 hours but no more than 12 hours)

Social Media
Course Title Quarter Hours
CMN 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
CMNS 311
TOPICS IN RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 341
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS IN A DIGITAL AGE
JOUR 342
SOCIAL MEDIA & THE NEWS
CSC 270
FROM FIREFLIES TO FACEBOOK: THE SCIENCE OF NETWORKS
GAM 208
VIRTUAL WORLDS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES
Cultural Impact of Technology
Course Title Quarter Hours
CMN 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
CMNS 307
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
CMNS 308
TOPICS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
CMNS 342
LIVING ONLINE
CMNS 350
TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
MPOP 231
INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
MPOP 349
TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES
MPOP 352
TOPICS IN NEW MEDIA
WRD 205
HISTORY OF LITERACIES AND WRITING
WRD 261
DIGITAL CULTURE
WRD 362
SEMIOTICS
WRD 363
VISUAL RHETORIC
Communication, Technology, and Ethics 
Course Title Quarter Hours
CMN 399
INDEPENDENT STUDY 1
CMNS 345
THE DARK WEB
JOUR 361
JOURNALISM LAW AND ETHICS
MPOP 343
MEDIA ETHICS
PRAD 334
ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ETHICS
WRD 282
ETHICS OF PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
1

Students may take up to 4 hours of credit in this course toward graduation requirements. 

2

A maximum of 8 credits from two credit College of Communication courses may be applied to major requirements. 

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