Major Requirements

Course Requirements

One presentation skills course from the following selection of classes:

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
ORGC 201	BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION	4
CMNS 230	PERFORMANCE: COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY AND THE BODY	4
CMNS 302	PERFORMANCE OF RITUAL	4
CMNS 330	TOPICS IN PERFORMANCE	4
CMNS 336	STORYTELLING: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVE	4
CMNS 339	PERFORMANCE OF GENDER & SEXUALITY	4
CMNS 365	ARGUMENTATION, ADVOCACY, AND DELIBERATION	4
CMNS 367	PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE	4
CMNS 369	PERFORMANCE OF HUMOR	4
CMNS 371	PERFORMANCE OF RITUAL	4

One media analysis course from the following selection of classes:
Course List

Course Title Quarter Hours

MCS 231 INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES 4

MCS 271 MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES 4

MCS 273 STORYTELLING & STYLE IN CINEMA 4
Two elective courses (8 hours) from CMNS and/or ORGC²
Two elective courses (8 hours) from JOUR, MCS, PRAD and/or SPRTCMN²

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
MCS 231	INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES	4
MCS 271	MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES	4
MCS 273	STORYTELLING & STYLE IN CINEMA	4

Four courses (16 hours) from CMN, CMNS, ORGC, JOUR, MCS, PRAD, SPRTCMN and/or the College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) courses listed below (maximum 2 CDM courses)^{1, 2}:

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
DOC 324	DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION II (FORMERLY DC 371	4
FILM 110	DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I (FORMERLY DC 210)	4
FILM 210	CINEMA PRODUCTION II (FORMERLY DC 310)	4
FILM 245	MEDIA LITERACIES (FORMERLY DC 200)	4
FILM 250	CINEMATOGRAPHY I (FORMERLY DC 275)	4
POST 110	EDITING I (FORMERLY DC 220)	4
POST 124	SOUND DESIGN I (FORMERLY DC 215)	4
SCWR 100	INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING (FORMERLY DC 201)	4
SCWR 250	INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION WRITING (FORMERLY DC 272)	4
SCWR 302	WRITING THE FEATURE SCREENPLAY (FORMERLY DC 301)	4

Students may take up to 4 hours of credit in CMN 397 RESEARCH PRACTICUM and CMN 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY toward graduation requirements.

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

Internship Credit

Students in the major may take CMN 394 and/or CMN 395 (when work relates to the major). In order to take CMN 394 or CMN 395, students must have completed two of the four communication core classes (CMN 101, CMN 102, CMN 103, CMN 104), two courses in the chosen major and have fulfilled internship program eligibility requirements.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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Undergraduate

Major Requirements