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Major Requirements

We offer the Communication and Media BA in two modalities: on-campus and fully online.

Major requirements for each modality are unique. On-campus major requirements are listed below, and online major requirements are listed in t​he Academic Catalog.

View online requirements in the Catalog

On-Campus Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

One presentation skills course from the following selection of classes:

Course Title Quarter Hours
ORGC 201BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION4
CMNS 230PERFORMANCE: COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY AND THE BODY4
CMNS 330TOPICS IN PERFORMANCE4
CMNS 336STORYTELLING: COMMUNICATION AS NARRATIVE4
CMNS 339PERFORMANCE OF GENDER & SEXUALITY4
CMNS 365ARGUMENTATION, ADVOCACY, AND DELIBERATION4
CMNS 367PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE4
CMNS 369PERFORMANCE OF HUMOR4
CMNS 371PERFORMANCE OF RITUAL4

One media analysis course from the following selection of classes:

Course Title Quarter Hours
MCS 231INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES4
MCS 271MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES4
MCS 273STORYTELLING & STYLE IN CINEMA4

Two elective courses (8 hours) from CMNS and/or ORGC2

Two elective courses (8 hours) from JOUR, MCS, PRAD and/or SPRTCMN2

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 Title Quarter Hours
DOC 324DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION II (FORMERLY DC 371)4-4.5
FILM 110DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I (FORMERLY DC 210)4-4.5
FILM 210CINEMA PRODUCTION II (FORMERLY DC 310)4-4.5
FILM 245MEDIA LITERACIES (FORMERLY DC 200)4-4.5
FILM 250CINEMATOGRAPHY I (FORMERLY DC 275)4-4.5
POST 110EDITING I (FORMERLY DC 220)4-4.5
POST 124SOUND DESIGN I (FORMERLY DC 215)4-4.5
SCWR 100INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING (FORMERLY DC 201)4-4.5
SCWR 250INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION WRITING (FORMERLY DC 272)4-4.5
SCWR 302WRITING THE FEATURE SCREENPLAY (FORMERLY DC 301)4-4.5

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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