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B.A. in Communication (Media Studies) - Option: Media & Culture

Course Requirements (126 Credit Hours)

A. General Educaton Requirements (54 - 57 credit hours)

 

 

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Plus:

B. Department Core (7 - 9 credits)

 

COM 103

Freshman Seminar in Communication

OR

 

 

other Freshman Seminar Course (1 - 3 cr. hrs.)

 

COM 201

Introduction to Media Studies

 

COM 228

Introduction to Communication Studies

C. Media & Culture Core (30 credit hours)

 

COM 225

Intro to Rhetoric & Social Influence

 

COM 236

Media & Culture

 

COM 250

Mass Communication & Society

 

COM 318

Principles of Persuasion

 

COM 327

International Communication

 

COM 330

Theories of Mass Communication

 

COM 426

Ethnicity & Communication

OR

 

COM 475

Ethnic Identity in Film

 

COM 448

Applied Mass Media Research

 

COM 463

Mass Media Criticism

 

COM 470

Women in the Media

D. Choose 5 of the following Communication courses (15 credits)

 

COM 352

Mass Communication Law

 

COM 403

Communication Ethics

 

COM 418

Communication & Gender

*

COM 426

Ethnicity & Communication

*

COM 475

Ethnic Identity in Film

 

ENGL 286

The Movies

 

ENGL 310

Introduction to Popular Culture

 

ENGL 355

African American Literature

 

ENGL 396A

Sexual Identity in Literature

 

ENGL 414

Studies in Literature & Culture

 

ETHN 201

The Hispanic-American Exp

 

ETHN 202

The African-American Exp

 

ETHN 390

Topics in Ethnic Studies

 

HIST 349

Introduction to Jewish Studies

 

POL 312

American Political Thought

 

SOC 330

Culture, Arts, Society

 

WOST

(above 200 level)

E. Electives (15 - 20 credit hours)

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