2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog

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Media Studies Major

39 credit hours

Required Courses: 30 credit hours

COMM 210Rhetorical Criticism (W)

3
COMM 260Persuasion

3
COMM 290Communication Research

3
MDST 110Media and Society (SS)

3
MDST 150Introduction to Digital Media

3
MDST 220History of Electronic Media (US)

3
MDST 230Media Aesthetics and Production

3
MDST 380Mass Media Effects

3
MDST 390Critical Media Studies

3
MDST 395Internship

3-4

Interdisciplinary Electives: 9 credit hours

Choose one course from the Aesthetics category: 3 credits

ART 313Art Since 1945 (W)(US)

3
EDUC 355Human Relations in Education

3
ENGL 140Contemporary Film Aesthetics

3
ENGL 150American Cinema (US)

3
ENGL 168Criminals and Their Nemeses in Literature and Media

3
ENGL 289Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory

3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Choose one course from the Production category: 3 credits

 

ART 120Design I: Two-Dimensional Design (A)

3
ART 180Photography I: Introduction (A)

3
ART 190Graphic Design I (A)

3
CIS 180Web Site Development and Design

3
JOUR 115/ENGL 115News Reporting and Writing (W)

3
JOUR 243Editorial Skills

3
JOUR 245Photojournalism

3
JOUR 255Multimedia Storytelling

3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Choose one course from the Social Influence category: 3 credits

MDST 260Gender, Race, & Class in the Media

3
BSAD 310Principles of Marketing

3
BSAD 413Marketing Promotions

3
GOVT 335/COMM 335/JOUR 335Elections, Public Opinion and The Media

3
JOUR 302Law 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.

The three elective courses must include an Aesthetics course, Production course and a Strategy course. 

Media Studies Sample Plan of Study [This will open a Google Sheet, which you can view as well as make and save a copy of.]