2025-2026 Undergraduate General Catalog

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Media Studies Major

39 credit hours

Required Courses: 30 credit hours

COMM 2100Persuasion

3
COMM 2400Communication Research

3
COMM 3400Rhetorical Criticism

3
MDST 1400Media and Society

3
MDST 2420Media Aesthetics and Production

3
MDST 2430History of Electronic Media

3
MDST 2500Introduction to Digital Media

3
MDST 3410Mass Media Effects

3
MDST 3510Critical Media Studies

3
MDST 3950Internship

3

Interdisciplinary Electives: 9 credit hours

Choose one course from the Aesthetics category: 3 credits

EDUC 3110Human Relations in Education

3
ENGL 1610American Cinema

3
ENGL 1650Contemporary Film Aesthetics

3
ENGL 1750Criminals and Their Nemeses in Literature and Media

3
ENGL 3550Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory

3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Choose one course from the Production category: 3 credits

 

ARTS 1200Design I: Two-Dimensional Design

3
ARTS 1700Photography I

3
ARTS 1800Graphic Design I

3
CMIS 1300Web Site Development and Design

3
JOUR 1110News Reporting and Writing

3
JOUR 2220Editorial Skills

3
JOUR 2230Photojournalism

3
JOUR 2240Multimedia Storytelling

3

Topics courses as approved by the department chair.

Choose one course from the Social Influence category: 3 credits

GOVT 2100Elections, Public Opinion and The Media

3
JOUR 3270Law of the Press

3
MDST 2410Gender, Race, & Class in the Media

3
MRKT 2110Principles of Marketing

3
MRKT 3110Marketing Promotions

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.]