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B.S. in Communication, Mass Media Concentration

Students in the mass media concentration receive a broadbased education on the way our media system works and how they may best contribute to that field. Graduates of this concentration now work in network television operations, programming and production; all aspects of radio; major audio and video production companies; satellite delivery systems; and a vast array of other positions many of which did not even exist when they entered college.

All Communication majors must complete:
COM 1040 Media Writing
COM 1220 Introduction to Communication
COM 1211Television Workshop I
Either COM 2140 Race and Gender in Media OR
COM 2260 Mass Media in Society
3 literature credits beyond ENG 205

In their senior year one of the following:
COM 4850 Senior Project
COM 4710 Senior Seminar
COM 4810 Communication Internship

In addition, Mass Media concentrators must filfill the following requirements:
COM 2050 Introduction to Film Studies 3-15 cr.
COM 2212 Television Workshop II: Electronic News Gathering
COM 2170 Radio Programming and Production
COM 2260 Mass Media and Society

And one of the following courses:
COM 2250 History of Mass Media
COM 3020 Television Documentary Workshop
COM 3040 Special Topics in Mass Media
COM 4020 Television Drama Workshop

All Communication majors must then take 15 additional credits from any Communication classes offered other than those required above. All students must complete a total of 48 credits in the major, and complete an 18 or more credit minor or related concentration approved by the faculty advisor and Department Chairperson. The minor may not be within a Communication concentration nor may it include any courses the student applies to the major requirements. Should the major and minor require the same course, a relevant substitution is required in one or the other.