Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125
First Year - Credits: 32
- Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Media Explorations Elective (Cr: 3)
- Elective (Cr: 3)
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CMM 106 - Media and Culture I (Cr: 3)
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CMM 107 - Media and Culture II (Cr: 3)
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CMM 115 - Social Media: Theory and Practice (Cr: 3)
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INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
Sophomore - Credits: 32
- Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- General Education Elective (Cr: 3)
- Media Making Elective (Cr: 3)
- Media Writing Elective (Cr: 3)
- Elective (Cr: 3)
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DM 111 - Introduction to Multimedia Narrative (Cr: 3)
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INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
Junior - Credits: 31
- Media Explorations Elective (Cr: 6) (One must be 300/400 level)
- Media Making Elective (Cr: 3)
- Media Writing Elective (Cr: 3)
- General Education Electives (Cr: 9) (Two must be above the 100 level)
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CMM 306 - Social Impact of the Media (Cr: 3)
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CMM 370 - Communication Research Methods (Cr: 3)
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CMM 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
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CMM 400 - Contemporary Explorations in Communication (Cr: 3)
Senior - Credits: 30
- Media Explorations elective (Cr: 3) (Must be 300/400 level)
- Elective (Cr: 3)
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CMM 380 - Media Ethics (Cr: 3)
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CMM 415 - Creative Portfolio Development (Cr: 3)
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CMM 416 - Professional Communication Portfolio (Cr: 3)
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CMM 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
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CMM 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
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CMM 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
Media Explorations Electives
Students choose four from the following list. Two must be 300 or 400 level.
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CMM 206 - Race, Ethnicity, and the Media (Cr: 3)
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CMM 315 - Global Mass Communication (Cr: 3)
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CMM 345 - Media and Cultural Studies (Cr: 3)
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CMM 363 - Women in Media (Cr: 3)
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CMM 372 - Documentary Modes (Cr: 3)
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CMM 400 - Contemporary Explorations in Communication (Cr: 3)
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DM 230 - The Contemporary Television Industry (Cr: 3)
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DM 300 - Contemporary Issues in Journalism (Cr: 3)
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DM 322 - Voice and Articulation (Cr: 3)
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DM 325 - Politics, People & The Press (Cr: 3)
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MCA 103 - Advertising Fundamentals (Cr: 3)
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MCA 203 - Public Relations (Cr: 3)
Media Making Electives
Students choose two from the following list:
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MCA 335 - Social Media and Marketing (Cr: 3)
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DM 110 - Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (Cr: 3)
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DM 227 - Multimedia Journalism (Cr: 3)
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DM 260 - Broadcast Journalism (Cr: 3)
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DM 281 - TV Studio Production I (Cr: 3)
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DM 360 - Podcast and Radio Journalism (Cr: 3)
Media Writing Electives
Students choose two from the following list:
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MCA 204 - Promotional Writing and Editing (Cr: 3)
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DM 211 - Fundamentals of Journalism (Cr: 3)
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DM 225 - Sports Journalism (Cr: 3)
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DM 226 - Newsroom (Cr: 3)
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DM 255 - Writing for the Screen (Cr: 3)
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DM 338 - Feature Writing (Cr: 3)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the communication program, students will:
- Demonstrate an ability to access, analyze and create media.
- Illustrate critical thinking appropriate to contemporary communication principles and ethics.
- Communicate effectively within the conventions of the communication discipline.
- Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the Communication discipline.
- Analyze the central theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts in the Communication discipline.
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