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Communication and Media Studies

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A major in Communication, Media and Culture provides a rigorous degree that prepares students for graduate professional programs in business and public administration, public relations, journalism, as well as for academic graduate programs in fields such as communication studies, media studies, American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs. As a terminal degree, the major prepares highly desirable and competent professional consultants, business and government communications specialists, freelance or writers for journals, magazines, or other media outlets.

Programs and Degrees

  • B.A. Communication and Media Studies
  • Communication Minor
  • Certificate in Multimedia Communication

Major Requirements in Communication and Media Studies

Required: Take All Five (15 credits)

  • COMM 110 Intercultural Communication
  • COMM 200 Mass Comm. and Society
  • COMM 251 Intro. to Cultural Theory
  • COMM 360 Comm. Theory and Method
  • COMM 490 Senior Seminar

Major Elective: Choose Six (18 credits)

  • COMM 211 Media Writing
  • COMM 280 Gender, Race and Culture
  • COMM 301 The Internet and Society
  • COMm 305 Comm. & Popular Culture
  • COMM 326 Issues in Global Communication
  • COMM 353 Organizational Communication
  • COMM 399R Internship in Communication
  • COMM 410 Political Communication
  • COMM 420 Media and Culture
  • COMM 430 Media Law and Ethics

Other Electives: Choose Two (6 credits)

  • ANTH 105, 391, 445, 460
  • COMM 323 Multimedia Production
  • FILM 102, 3XX
  • HIST 423
  • HUM 151, 251, HUM 3XX

* No grades lower than C- will be accepted. A student must leave the major after failing to obtain at least a C- grade for the same major course two times, and no major courses may be repeated more than once.

* “XXX” refers to course numbers. e.g.. HUM 3XX refers to any HUM 300 classes.

Minor Requirements in Communication

Required: Take All Three (9 credits)

  • COMM 110 Intercultural Communication
  • COMM 200 Mass Comm. and Society
  • COMM 251 Intro. to Cultural Theory

Electives: Choose Two (6 credits)

  • COMM 280 Gender, Race and Culture
  • COMM 301 The Internet and Society
  • COMM 305 Comm & Pop Culture
  • COMM 326 Issues in Global Communication
  • COMM 353 Organizational Communication
  • COMM 360 Communication Theory and Method
  • COMM 410 Political Communication
  • COMM 420 Media and Culture
  • COMM 430 Media Law and Ethics