Major Requirements

Course Requirements

• One presentation skills course from the following selection of classes:
• ORGC 201 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
• CMNS 230 PERFORMANCE: COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY AND THE BODY
• CMNS 330 TOPICS IN PERFORMANCE
• CMNS 336 STORYTELLING: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVE
• CMNS 367 PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
  
• CMNS 369 PERFORMANCE OF HUMOR
• One media analysis course from the following selection of classes:
• MCS 231 INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
• MCS 271 MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
• MCS 273 STORYTELLING & STYLE IN CINEMA
• Two elective courses (8 hours) from CMNS or ORGC 
• Two elective courses (8 hours) from JOUR, MCS or PRAD
• Four courses (20 hours) from CMNS, ORGC, JOUR, MCS, PRAD or from the DC courses listed below (maximum 2 DC courses):
• DC 200 MEDIA LITERACIES
• DC 201 INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING
• DC 210 DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I
• DC 215 INTRODUCTION TO SOUND DESIGN
• DC 220 EDITING I
• DC 271 INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION PRODUCTION
• DC 272 INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION WRITING
• DC 275 CINEMATOGRAPHY I
• DC 301 WRITING THE FEATURE SCREENPLAY
• DC 310 DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION II
• DC 371 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
• DC 372 TOPICS IN TV PRODUCTION

Internship Credit

Students in the major may take CMN 394 COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP and/or CMN 395 COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP SPECIAL TOPICS (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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