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