Communications - B.A.

The Communications Major allows the student to design a program in Multimedia, Public Affairs or Broadcast Journalism. For the major, students complete the core requirements and the concentration of their choice. Not all classes are offered every semester.

Core Requirements

 
 
COURSE TITLE
UNITS
JOUR 100 News Reporting
4
JOUR 166 Introduction to Mass Media
4
JOUR 460 Law and the Mass Media
4
JOUR 467 Ethics of Mass Media - Print and Electronic
4
JOUR 497 Internship
1-4
JOUR 499 Senior Seminar
4
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Multimedia Concentration

 
 
COURSE TITLE
UNITS
TV 225 Fundamentals of Video Production
4
PHOT 230 Documentary Photography
4
JOUR 317 Graphic Production Processes & Design for Publication
4
JOUR 318 Survey of Multimedia
4
JOUR 319 Designing Multimedia Web Pages
4
TV 340 Television Graphics
4
JOUR 408 Advanced Media Design
4
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Public Affairs Concentration

 
 
COURSE TITLE
UNITS
JOUR 220 Newspaper Production
2
JOUR 317 Graphic Production Processes and Design for Publications
4
JOUR 318 Survey of Multimedia
4
JOUR 319 Designing Multimedia Web Pages
4
JOUR 325 Magazine Production
2
JOUR 328 Media Sales
4
JOUR 330 Theory and Principles of Public Relations
4
JOUR 430 Public Relations Practices
4
PHOT 230 Documentary Photography
4
RDIO 230 Radio Production OR
4
RDIO 112 Radio and TV Audio Controls and Techniques
4
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Broadcast Journalism Concentration

 
 
COURSE TITLE
UNITS
TV 225 Fundamentals of Video Production
4
RDIO 230 Radio Production
4
TV 235 Intermediate Video Production
4

TV 305

Radio and TV Newswriting and Editing
4
RDIO 306 Radio News Production
2
TV 307 TV News Production
2
TV 320 Advanced Video Production
2
JOUR 315 Syntax & Grammar for the Professional Writer
4
  TV 307 or JOUR 220
2
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