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Film and Media Arts Degree Requirements
Major Requirements:
- 39-42 credit hours with grade C or better within the School of Communication, including introductory courses, professional courses, six credit hours of media studies courses, three credit hours of internship and independent study courses.
- Related course requirements taken outside the School of Communication with grades of C or better.
Subject to the approval of an adviser, a maximum of 12 credit hours in communication transferred from another university may be substituted for required communication courses.
Related Course Requirements
Students must complete the following with grades of C or better:
- Three credit hours in United States history (HIST-xxx)
- Three credit hours in economics (ECON-xxx) or marketing (MKTG-250)
- A minor or second major outside the School of Communication
Communication Course Requirement (39-42 credit hours)
Core Courses (9 credit hours)
- COMM-100/COMM-100G: Understanding Mass Media 4:2 (3)
- COMM-105/COMM-105G: Visual Literacy 1:1 (3)
- COMM-200: Writing for Mass Communication (3)
Basic Courses (9 credits)
- COMM-330: Principles of Photography (3)
- COMM-331: Film and Video Production (3)
- COMM 350: Digital Imaging (3)
At least 6 credit hours from the following:
- COMM-434: Film and Video Production II (3)
- COMM-435: Introduction to Studio Television (3)
- COMM-454: Motion Graphics and Effects I (3)
- COMM-523: Intermediate Photography: Photojournalism (3); Fine Arts Photography (3)
Media Studies (6 credit hours)
- COMM-503: Broadcast Operations and Management (3)
- COMM-511: History of Documentary (3)
- COMM-512: Social Documentary
- COMM-513: Producing Film and Video (3)
- COMM-514: Censorship and Media (3)
- COMM-516: Special Topics in Visual Media and Culture (3)
- COMM-517: History of Cross Cultural Cinema (3)
- COMM-520: History of Animation (3)
- COMM-527: History of Photography (3)
- COMM-550: Financing and Marketing Independent Productions (3)
- COMM-558: Survey of American Cinema (3)
Additional credit hours may be selected from the following to bring the total to 39-42 credit hours.
- COMM-438: Production Practicum (1)
- COMM-456: Dramatic Production (3)
- COMM-464: Directing for Camera (3)
- COMM-486: Documentary Production (3)
- COMM-491: Senior Professional Internship (3)
- COMM-529: Large Format Photography/Commercial Photography (3)
- COMM-561: Advanced Writing for Film (3)
- COMM-562: Advanced Writing for Television (3)
- COMM-565: Advanced Visual Media Portfolio (3)
