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Major: Cinema, Television, and Emerging Media, B.A. (0699), 45 Credits

General Education: 42 Credits; Major: 45 Credits; Elective Credits: 33 Credits

Communication and Media Arts Division Goals

  • Demonstrate knowledge of how communication affects individuals, society, and/or diverse public/professional groups.
  • Produce oral, written, or mediated communication that engages with culturally relevant and/or social justice issues.

Cinema, Television, and Emerging Media Major Goals

  • Demonstrate knowledge of cinema, television, and/or emerging media aesthetics and forms.
  • Explain the relationship between media texts and industrial, technological, and/or social forces.

Required Courses: (24 credits)

COMM 107PRIN/THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION
COMM 112STORYTELLING ACROSS MEDIA
COMM 131INTRO TO CINEMA STUDIES
COMM 227STYLES & GENRE IN CIN & TV
COMM 230CULTURAL HISTORY OF MEDIA
COMM 305RACE, CLASS, GNDR IN MEDIA
COMM 312DIGITAL CULTURES
COMM 450RESEARCH SEMINAR

Select an additional seven courses. (21 credits)

Please note that 4 of the 7 courses MUST be at the 300 level or higher:

COMM 205JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTUR
COMM 216DIGITAL SOUND WORKSHOP
COMM 218PUBL REL & STRAT COMMUNICATIO
COMM 222TV STUDIO PRODUCTION
COMM 225NEW MEDIA TECHNIQUES
COMM 233VIDEO FIELD PRODUCTION
COMM 299INTERNSHIP
COMM 304GLOBAL MEDIA STUDIES
COMM 308ST: COMMUNICATION
COMM 309ARTS&MEDIA REPORT & CRITICISM
COMM 320AMERICAN TELEVIS INDUSTRY
COMM 321COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
COMM 322WRITING FOR TV
COMM 328SPECIAL TOPICS: LIT & MEDIA
COMM 330FILM AND HISTORY
COMM 335MUSIC AS MEDIA
COMM 338BROADCAST JOURNALISM
COMM 342ADVANCE TV STUDIO PRODUCTION
COMM 353SCREENPLAY WRITING
COMM 357CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
COMM 395MEDIA, LAW & ETHICS

NOTES:

COMM 299: Students may take up to 15 credits of Internships and Independent Studies combined. A maximum of 3 Internship credits can be applied towards the major. Independent Studies cannot be applied towards the major.

COMM 308, COMM 321: Can be repeated with different topics.

For course descriptions please refer to the Communication Arts section.