Media Studies Major

39 credit hours

Required Courses: 30 credit hours

COMM 210	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
ART 313	Art Since 1945	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 115/ENGL 115	News Reporting and Writing	3
JOUR 243	Editorial Skills II: Newspaper Layout and Design	3
JOUR 245	Photojournalism	3
JOUR 255	Multimedia Storytelling

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/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.