Communication & Media Studies

Location(s): On-Campus

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Students who pursue Communications & Media Studies complete a major that includes the core courses below in communication & media studies and 6 courses from another field. These pre-approved tracks are listed below. Tracks presently available are Graphic & Interactive Design, Photography & Media, Sociology, Marketing, and Writing for Public Audiences. Students who wish to create a track that does not include one of these tracks must submit an interdepartmental major application to the Academic Standards Committee.

Required Courses in the Major

The six-course core in communication and media studies is composed of the following courses:

Select One of the Following:

Students then must complete one of the following tracks:

Graphic and Interactive Design:

Two of the following:

Photography/Digital Media:

One of the following:

Marketing

ECON 156 - Econ & Business Stats
MGMT 251 - Marketing Management
MGMT 227 - Consumer Behavior
MGMT 228 - Telling/Selling Your Brand
MGMT 311 - Marketing Research (WI)
MGMT 386 - Internship

Sociology

One of the following:

Writing for Public Audiences

One of the following:

ENGL 211 - WI: Creative Non-Fiction
ENGL 242 - Environmental Writing
ENGL 263 - Topics in Writing as Activism
other writing courses as deemed suitable (to be approved by the Director of Writing)

Note:

*whichever was not taken in Communication and Media Studies core