COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA ARTS
Curriculum
Total Degree Credits: 64.5
First Year, Fall Semester
CA 120 - Introduction to Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3
EN 110 - College Composition Credit Hours: 3 Note 1
EN 290 - Introduction to Mass Media Credit Hours: 3
LA/General Education Elective Credit Hours: 3
MT __ - Mathematics Credit Hours: 3-4 Note 2
First Year, Spring Semester
CA 121 - Communication Theory Credit Hours: 3
CA 220 - Introduction to Broadcasting Credit Hours: 3
CS 101 - Computer Literacy Credit Hours: 3
EN 111 - Composition and Interpretation of Literature Credit Hours: 3
LA/General Ed. Elective Credit Hours: 3
LA/General Ed. Elective Credit Hours: 3 Note 3
Second Year, Fall Semester
CA 210 - The Language of Vision and Sound Credit Hours: 3
EN 205 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3
TE 222 - Television Production Credit Hours: 4
Film Analysis Elective Credit Hours: 3*
LA/General Education Credit Hours: 3 Note 4
Second Year, Spring Semester
CA 221 - Writing for Media Credit Hours: 3
EN 114 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
Image Making Elective Credit Hours: 3**
LA/General Education Credit Hours: 3-6 Note 4
LA/General Education Credit Hours: 3 Note 4
*Students must select at least one of the following courses to fulfill the Film Analysis Elective:
- EN 280 - Literature and Film Credit Hours: 3
- EN 285 - Introduction to Film Credit Hours: 3
- EN 286 - Contemporary Cinema Credit Hours: 3
**Students must select at least one of the following courses to fulfill the Image Making Elective:
- CA 295 - Video Postproduction Credit Hours: 3
- CA 299 - Internship Credit Hours: 3 (permission of Department Chairperson required)
- AT 200 - Art Drawing I Credit Hours: 3
- AT 210 - Painting I Credit Hours: 3
- AT 220 - Photography I Credit Hours: 3
- AT 222 - Digital Photography Credit Hours: 3
- AT 260 - Computer Art and Design Credit Hours: 3
Note:
- Student placement in an appropriate English course depends upon academic advisement and the results of a reading and writing placement test.
- MT 112, MT 116, MT 125 or higher will fulfill the math requirement. Student placement in an appropriate mathematics course depends upon academic advisement and the results of a mathematics pretest. Remedial mathematics courses cannot be used for degree credit.
- Social Science: Anthropology (AN), Social Science (SS), Sociology (SO), Economics (EC), Geography (GP), Government (GO), History (HI), Psychology (PS), Human Service (HU).
- Humanities and Arts: (EN 210 or above, EN 297-299), Music (MU), Dance (DA), Drama-Theatre (DT), Art (AT), Philosophy (PY), French (FR), Spanish (SP). Natural Sciences: Astronomy (AS), Biology (BI), Chemistry (CH), Physics (PH), American History/Western Civilization (HI).