Film and Media Studies Option

120 credits

The Option in Film and Media Studies enables students to explore media history, theory, criticism, and production in relation to a variety of media forms, including film, television, and emerging technologies. Students learn to effectively analyze, create, and understand the effects of media offerings of all kinds. They are also introduced, through regular course topics and screenings, to a wide range of noteworthy media offerings that have been created and disseminated in various historical eras, including both early and contemporary films, television programs, print and online artifacts, and video games. This course of study is recommended for students who plan careers or graduate study in the fields of advertising, broadcast journalism, film, marketing, media studies, media writing, online communication, print journalism, public relations, television, and related areas.

 

Degree Requirements

Credits
 
Courses required for the Option are shown in boldface. 
CM 2770 Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies (TECO) 3
CM 2910 Introduction to Communication 3
CM 3480 Global Perspectives in the Media (GACO) 3
CM 3490 History and Theory of Film and Television 3
CM 3500 Media Effects 3
CM 3640 Communication Theory (WRCO) 3
CM 3650 Communication Research Methods (QRCO) 3
Capstone - complete one of the following: 3
CM 4000 Capstone Senior Project
CM 4550 Capstone Internship
Group A - complete one of the following: 3
BU 3600 Corporate Public Relations
CM 3750 Film and Video Production Techniques
CM 3870 Introduction to Game Design and Development
EN 3090 Technical Communication (TECO) (WRCO)
EN 3120 Advanced Composition
EN 3130 Non-Fiction Workshop
EN 3670 Journalism (TECO) (WRCO)
EN 3680 Scriptwriting
MU 4110 Advanced MIDI and Film Scoring
TH 2720 Acting I
Group B - complete two of the following: 6
AH 2700 Frameworks of Art: 1900 - Present (WRCO)
AN 2210 Cultural Anthropology (GACO)
CM 3510 Approaching Communication, Media, and Wellness: Theory and Practice of Leisure (WECO)
CM 3800 Analyzing Television (INCO)
HI 3520 The Great Depression in Film, Print, and on Stage (DICO) (INCO) (WRCO)
HI 3530 US Home Fronts: The 1940s and 1950s (DICO) (WRCO)
HI 3540 Recent Times: The United States, 1960-2000 (DICO)
HI 3560 Gilded Ages? The United States: 1873-1929 (DICO)
IS 4360 Cultural Diversity and American Society (DICO) (INCO)
IS 4370 Hispanic Culture in the United States (DICO) (INCO)
PO 3100 American Political Thought
SO 3350 Sociology of Popular Culture
Group C - complete four of the following (at least three of these courses must be at the 3000/4000 level): 12
AH 1110 Survey of Art I
AH 1120 Survey of Art II
AR 2600 Photography I
BU 2450 Principles of Marketing
BU 3320 E-Commerce
BU 3340 Consumer Behavior
BU 3370 Advertising and Promotion Management
CM 2400 Public Speaking
CM 3700 Film as Popular Culture
CM 3760 Advanced Digital Video Production
CM 3770 Advanced Video Art Production
CM 3910 Topics in Film and Media Studies
CM 3920 Topics in Screenwriting and Video Production
CM 3950 Internship
CM 4700 Film and Identity Politics (DICO)
CM 4870 Advanced Game Design and Development
CM 4910 Independent Study
EN 2610 Introduction to Film
IS 3430 The Life Cycle in Film
IS 3500 Film and Society: Perspective and Conflict
PO 1030 World Politics (GACO)
PS 3030 Social Psychology
TH 3900 Acting II
General Education: 
EN 1200 Composition 3
IS 1111 The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3
MA Mathematics Foundations 3
CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6
PPDI Past and Present Directions 6
SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6-8
SSDI Self and Society Directions 6
DICO Diversity Connection 3
INCO Integration Connection 3
WECO Wellness Connection 3
Foreign Language (GACO) 8
Electives 25-23
 

The foreign language requirement for all BA degrees calls for 0-8 credits: one year of one language (6-8 credits); or one 3000/4000 level world language course (3 credits); or being a native speaker of a language other than English (zero credit).
 

CM 4550 requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.70.
 

*All course information is from the 2009-2010 Catalog.



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