Bachelor degrees in Mass Communication + Media Studies: A program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.
English/Mass Communications
1. Completion of the general studies requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
2. Completion of these core English courses:
ENG 210 The Study of Literature 3
ENG 226 Basic Grammar and History of English 3
Two 300 or 400 level English Literature courses 6
3. Completion of the core Communications requirements (15 hours):
JOUR 255 The Media and America 3
JOUR 275 Basic Media Writing 3
JOUR 290 Newspaper Practicum...
How do we use messages to generate meaning, and how do these meanings subsequently
influence us? These are among the questions that students will explore in the
Media Studies concentration. This concentration spans both human (e.g. interpersonal,
organizational, public and intercultural) and mass communication. An exciting
new area in Media Studies involves understanding how emerging technologies are
shaping and transforming everyday life. This...
The Mass Mediated Studies Program within the Department of Communication is an interdependent, pre-professional academic unit that provides students with the opportunity to prepare for careers that require critical decision making abilities. Examples of careers that fit this group include Media Management, Media Consultants, Political Advisors, Media Critics, Corporate Media Experts, and those preparing to enter Graduate Programs in Communication...
Communication Studies Major with an emphasis on the Mass Media
* A minimum of nine units in communication studies, including: 101, 241, 322;
one course from 202, 207, 313; one course from 203, 301, 306, 351; two courses
from 205, 207, 306, 365; two courses from 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 245,
301, 306, 311, 312, 313, 325, 341, 351, 365.
Communication majors take 21 hours of core communication courses, with additional hours in one of three communication concentrations. The communication core includes COM 101, 111, 211, 301, 315, 332 and 403.
The media studies emphasis includes core communication courses, electives, English, media literacy, introduction to mass communication, photography, and nine additional credits that reflect a balance of art, design, and technical courses. An internship in the area of media is required....
* KCB 101 Media in the New Economy
* KCB 103 Strategic Speech Communication
* KCB 203 Consumer Cultures
* AMB 222 Media Planning
* KCB 302 Political Communication
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