Media and Communications (B.A.)
Degree Requirements
In addition to the requirements below for the B.A. in Media and Communications, students need to satisfy the general requirements for a bachelor’s degree.
To graduate with a major in Media and Communications, students must complete 48 credits of course work from the list below, including at least 4 credits from the Department of Literature and at least 4 credits from the Department of Art.
Required Courses (28 credits)
In the required courses, students develop foundational business strategy and implementation skills, and narrative communication skills. They also gain skills in video/audio production, music, digital arts, or professional writing, which they further develop as they build their portfolios in the capstone Media Project course.
- MGT 200 Principles of Business Success (4 credits)
- MC 250 The Power of the Word (4 credits)
- MC 300 Narrative (4 credits)
- MC 380 Media Projects 1 or MC 433 RED ONE™ Camera Projects (4 credits)
- A concentration, from the electives listed below, consisting of one of the following:
- 12 credits of film-related classes
- 12 credits of Creative Musical Arts classes
- 12 credits of digital arts classes
- 12 credits of non-fiction or media-related writing classes
Electives (20 credits)
Elective courses develop the student’s knowledge and skills in speaking and writing, in the visual arts, or in the business and technological aspects of filmmaking, video, computer animation, professional writing, graphic design or Web design. Courses that may fulfill elective requirements in this major include the following.
Film-related classes
All students use high-definition video cameras.
- MC 285 Advanced Video Production
- MC 313 Documentary Filmmaking
- MC 316 Creative Filmmaking
- MC 317 Creating Documentaries from the Inside Out
- MC 323 Advanced Video Editing
- MC 330 Radio and Web Broadcasting
- MC 282 Video Production
- MC 284 Video Editing
- MC 421 Feature Film Production I
- MC 422 Feature Film Production II
- MC 423 Feature Film Production III
- MC 431 Cinematography with the RED ONE™ Camera
- MC 432 Lighting and the RED ONE™ Camera
- MC 433 RED ONE™ Camera Projects
Classes in Creative Musical Arts
- MUS 205 A Different Approach to Music Theory
- MUS 210 The Artistry of Songwriting
- MUS 215 Music, Consciousness and the Veda
- MUS 220 Music Appreciation
- MUS 225 Creative Music Technology
- MUS 230 Musicianship Across Cultures
Digital arts classes
- MC 260 Digital Arts for Sustainable Living
- MC 337 Advanced Digital Photography
- MC 366 Graphic Design for Media and Communications I
- MC 367 Graphic Design for Media and Communications II
- MC 368 Graphic Design for the Web
- FA 335 Digital Photography
- MC 363 Web Design Studio
- MC 365 Next Generation Web Design
- MC 370 Interactive Graphic Design for Online Publishing: Connecting Every Part to the Whole
- MGT 575 Internet Marketing
Writing classes (non-fiction or media-related)
- MC 345 Creative Process
- MC 347 New Media: From Blogs to Books
- MC 410 Advanced Narrative
- WTG 315 Writing Literary Nonfiction
- WTG 323 Memoir of Transcendence
- WTG 320 The Personal Essay
- WTG 360 Writing and Photography
- WTG 364 Screenwriting
- WTG 370 Writing for Fun and Profit
- WTG 373 Graphic Narrative
- WTG 410 Travel Writing
Additional electives
- MC 308 Documentary Filmmaking and Digital Arts Rotating University
- MC 336 Digital Photography Rotating University
- FA 201 Principles of Design
- FA 201 Understanding Art and Media
- FA 331 Photography 1
- FA 332 Photography 2
- FA 338 Photography and New Media
- MC 341 Social Entrepreneurship for Media and Communications
- FA 488 Advanced Studio in Digital Media
- LIT 265 The Evolution of Film
- LIT 363 The Art of Film
- LIT 366 The Peace Film
- LIT 364 The Science Fiction Film
- LIT 372 Media and Literature
- MGT 425 Marketing
- MGT 484 Mediation and Negotiation
- MGT 474 Marketing Research
- MGT 478 Advertising
- WTG 201 Poetry of Transcendence
- WTG 210 Poetry Writing
- WTG 313 Fiction Writing I
- WTG 314 Fiction Writing 2
- WTG 322 Writing the Personal Memoir
- WTG 323 The Memoir of Transcendence
- WTG 340 Writers on Writing
- WTG 350 Advanced Creative Writing
The above information is subject to change any time. Students already enrolled at the University should contact the graduation director for their degree requirements. The content of this page was reviewed in August 2011.
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