What You Need to Know

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Opening Core

  • Communications in a Global Age (COM 1000)
  • Public Speaking (IDS 1150)
  • Inclusive Communications (COM 2000)
  • Creating Multimedia Content (COM 2200)

Majors

Cinema & Television Arts

  • Introduction to Cinema & Television Arts (CTA 2100)
  • Writing for Cinema & Television (CTA 2160)
  • Entertainment Media Business & Practices (CTA 3000)
  • Studio, Variety and Reality TV Production (CTA 3240) or Cinema Production (CTA 3260)
  • Documentary & Nonfiction Aesthetics (CTA 3550) or Narrative Aesthetics (CTA 3560)
  • Advanced Documentary & Nonfiction Production (CTA 4550) or Advanced Narrative Production (CTA 4560)
  • Complete eight hours of elective credit from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC
  • Entertainment Media Issues & Research (CTA 4975)

Communication Design

  • Fundamentals of Design (ART 1120)
  • Principles of Communication Design (CDE 2580)
  • Introduction to Intermedia & Photography (ART 2600)
  • Fundamentals of Typography (CDE 2600)
  • Writing & Research in Design (CDE 3180)
  • Web & Mobile Design (CDE 3500) or Design & Analytics (CDE 3550)
  • Design of Visual Images (CDE 3580)
  • Contemporary Practices in Design (CDE 3600)
  • Complete eight hours of elective credit from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC
  • Design Strategies and Solutions (CDE 4580)

Digital Content Management

  • Digital Content and the Creator Economy (DCM 2500)
  • Principles of Communication Design (CDE 2580)
  • Brand Identity (STC 2600)
  • Data-Driven Strategies for Digital Media (MEA 2800)
  • Persuasive Messaging (COM 3000)
  • Media Production for Digital Platforms (CTA 3230)
  • Complete 12 hours of elective credit from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC
  • Digital Content Management Capstone (DCM 4970)

Journalism

  • News Writing & Reporting (JOU 1100)
  • Journalism in a Free Society (JOU 2500)
  • Digital News Production (JOU 3150)
  • Multiplatform News Editing (JOU 3200)
  • Literary Journalism (JOU 3400) or Video & Audio News Production (JOU 3450)
  • Reporting in Practice (JOU 3980)
  • Complete four hours of JOU elective credit Complete four hours of elective credit from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC
  • Investigative Journalism: The Reporting Capstone (JOU 4970)

Media Analytics

  • Media Analytics I (MEA 2600)
  • Data-Driven Strategies for Digital Media (MEA 2800)
  • Media Analytics II (MEA 3100)
  • Advanced Media Analytics (MEA 3800)
  • Communicating Media Insights (MEA 4100)
  • Complete 10 hours of elective credit from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC
  • Media Analytics Capstone: From Data to Decision (MEA 4970)

Strategic Communications

  • News Writing & Reporting (JOU 1100)
  • Foundations of Strategic Communications (STC 2520)
  • Brand Identity (STC 2600)
  • Data-Driven Strategies for Digital Media (MEA 2800)
  • Strategic Writing (STC 3120)
  • Strategic Research Methods (STC 3620)
  • Strategic Campaigns (STC 4520)
  • Complete one of five Business courses
  • Complete four hours of elective credit from COM, CDE, CTA, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC
  • Great Ideas: Issues and Research (COM 4970)

Advanced Core

  • Media Law and Ethics (COM 4000)
  • Communications Internship (COM 3985)
  • Electives (COM, CTA, CDE, DCM, JOU, MEA or STC)

Course Prefixes

CTA – Cinema and Television Arts
CDE – Communication Design
COM – Communications Minor & Core
DCM – Digital Content Management
JOU – Journalism
MEA – Media Analytics
STC – Strategic Communications