Media Studies Major

39 credit hours

Required Courses: 30 credit hours

COMM 210W	Rhetorical Criticism	3
COMM 260	Persuasion	3
COMM 290	Communication Research	3
COMM 395	Internship	3-4
MDST 110	Media and Society	3
MDST 150	Introduction to New Media	3
MDST 220	History of Electronic Media	3
MDST 230	Media Aesthetics and Production	3
MDST 380	Mass Media Effects	3
MDST 390	Critical Media Studies	3

Interdisciplinary Electives: 9 credit hours

Choose one course from the Aesthetics category: 3 credits

ART 112/HIST 112	Art History I: Prehistory to the Renaissance	3
ART 113/HIST 113	Art History II: Renaissance through the 20th Century	3
EDUC 355	Human Relations in Education	3
ENGL 140	Contemporary Film Aesthetics	3
ENGL 150	American Cinema	3
ENGL 168	Criminal Behavior in Society and Media	3
ENGL 289	Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory	3
MDFL 152	Central and West-African Cinema	3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Choose one course from the Production category: 3 credits

ART 120	Design I: Two-Dimensional Design	3
ART 180	Photography I: Introduction	3
ART 190	Graphic Design I	3
COSC 180	Web Site Development and Design	3
JOUR 115W/ENGL 115W	News Reporting and Writing	3
JOUR 243	Editorial Skills	3
JOUR 245	Photojournalism	3
JOUR 255	Multimedia Storytelling	3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Choose one course from the Social Influence category: 3 credits

BSAD 310	Principles of Marketing	3
BSAD 413	Marketing Promotions	3
GOVT 335/COMM 335/JOUR 335	Elections, Public Opinion and The Media	3
JOUR 302	Ethics and Law of the Press	3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Media Studies Sample Plan of Study

Following is one possible way to complete the major.  

Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim.  Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.

First Year

Fall Semester

FYS 110	First Year Seminar I	4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Spring Semester

FYS 111

First Year Seminar II

4

Second Year

Fall Semester

Interim

Spring Semester

Third Year

Fall Semester

Interim

Spring Semester

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Interim

Spring Semester