48 Required credit hours in the Major (16 courses)
36 General Education credit hours (12 courses)
44 Elective credit hours (15 courses)
Portfolio Review
Required Courses
JOUR 1030 Fundamentals of Reporting, or
MEDC 1050 Introduction to Media Writing
MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications
MEDC 1020 Introduction to Media Production
MEDC 1630 Media Literacy
MEDC 2200 Ethics in the Media
MEDC 3190 Introduction to Media Research
MEDC 4100 The Law and the Media
MEDC 4620 Senior Overview, or
MEDC 4950 Professional Media Practicum
Two of the following:
MEDC 1500 Applied Media Aesthetics
MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media
MEDC 3260 International Communications
SPCM 1280 Interpersonal Communication
One of the following:
ADVT 1940 Introduction to Marketing Communications
AUDI 1930 Audio Production I
PHOT 1000 Photo I
VIDE 1810 Video Production I
INTM 1600 Introduction to Interactive Media
BJRN 2410 Introduction to Radio-TV Journalism
MEDC 2900 Scriptwriting
PBRL 2920 Writing for Public Relations
Plus an additional 15 credits (5 courses) in the School of Communications, with at least 9 of those credits at the 3000 or 4000 level. Six of the 9 upper-level credits must be in a single area.
Portfolio Review
Students pursuing the Media Communications major must be accepted into the School of Communications through the portfolio review process. The portfolio review is a formal presentation of the student’s best work to a panel of faculty. It is a review of intermediate work, not senior level work.
Students must submit their portfolios after successfully completing the following courses:
MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications
MEDC 1020 Introduction to Media Production
Two production courses (e.g., JOUR 1030, JOUR 3300, VIDE 1810, PHOT 1000, MEDC 2900)
One Media Theory course