Communication, BA, Creative Film and Television Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

COMM 1510 - WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA ^††
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1010) ² Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

COMM 2600 - FIELD VIDEO PRODUCTION AND EDITING ^††
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1020) ² Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH

Total Credit Hours: 13

Second Year

Fall Semester

COMM 2570 - INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION PRODUCTION ^††
COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING ^†† ^G
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2010) ² Credits / Units: 3
MATH from MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING LIST ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

COMM 2560 - INTRODUCTION TO AUDIO PRODUCTION ^††
COMM 3150 - PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF CINEMATOGRAPHY ^††
MATH 2410 - ELEMENTARY STATISTICS ^G
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2020) ² Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

COMM 3200 - SCREENWRITING ^††
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

COMM 4280 - NARRATIVE FILM PRODUCTION ^††
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 3730 - FILM CRITICISM
or ENGL 3740 - LITERATURE AND FILM
or ENGL 3800 - CREATIVE WRITING: DRAMA

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

COMM 4980 - PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR IN COMMUNICATION ^††
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
COMM ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if not specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^††Major course; Grade of “C” or better required.

¹A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

²Twelve semester hours in one foreign language are required.

³Students must choose 27 credit hours of communication electives in each of the three categories, with at least 15 hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Total Semester Hours Required: 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^††Major course; Grade of “C” or better required.

²Twelve semester hours in one foreign language are required.

³Students must choose 27 credit hours of communication electives in each of the three categories, with at least 15 hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Communication: Theory Communication Electives

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Content Creation and Production Communication Electives

Select five courses from:

Media Strategy Communication Electives

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