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Electronic Media Major Requirements

The Electronic Media major will prepare students for entry-level positions in radio, television, cable and corporate video. The program emphasizes those skills which are necessary for work in both the commercial and non-commercial broadcast areas, as well as corporate uses of the electronic media.

Requirements

36 credit hours

  • COMM 101 - Oral Communication
  • COMM 123 - Survey of Mass Media
  • COMM 206 - Writing for the Media
  • COMM 211 - Media Literacy
  • COMM 250 - Screenwriting and Story Craft
  • COMM 254 - Television Studio Production
  • COMM 354 - TV, Video and Film Production
  • COMM 452 - Aesthetics and Techniques of Post-Production
  • COMM 459 - Senior Seminar in Electronic Media: Advanced Production

One Elective

3 hours, selected from:

  • COMM 247 - Understanding New Media
  • COMM 322 - Media Theory and Criticism
  • COMM 323 - Race, Class, Gender and the Media
  • COMM 329 - Audience Survey and Research
  • COMM 334 - Issues in Advertising
  • COMM 385 - Media, Democracy and the Public
  • COMM 426 - Media Law and Policy

Two Additional Electives

6 hours

  • Selected from any COMM courses.
  • (Only one of the two electives in this category could be 398 or 498)

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