Courses & Requirements

Required Minor
All communication and media studies majors must complete a minor in another discipline. The specific minor will be determined in consultation with the student’s academic advisor, and will usually be chosen in the student’s junior year. Recommended minors include African and African American Studies, American Studies, Art History, Music, Computer Science, Information Science, Economics (includes Business Administration), English, History, Latin American and Latino Studies, Literary Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Studies, Visual Arts, and Women’s Studies (but any minor is acceptable). Students are encouraged to complete a minor that contains a research methods course.

Students who are completing a double major are not required to complete an additional minor. (This requirement will be modified, as appropriate, for students who have been admitted to the University with transfer credits from another institution, so that the completion of a minor would not necessitate completing more than the 124 credits normally required for graduation.)

Program Requirements

Introductory Courses
Majors are required to take both introductory courses by the end of the first semester of the junior year; preferably, CM*U 1010 should be taken prior to CM*U 1011. Minors are required to take at least one of the introductory courses (a second may count as one of the minor's free electives).

CM*U1010	Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
CM*U1011	Introduction to Media Industries

Media, Culture and Society Requirement
All majors are required to take two courses from the media, culture and society concentration (see below) to fulfill this requirement. Those majors who wish to concentrate in media, culture and society must take three additional courses from the media, culture and society concentration, for a total of five media, culture and society courses to fulfill this requirement. Minors are required to take at least one course from the media, culture and society concentration.

Ethics, Law and Policy Requirement
Both majors and minors are required to take one of the following ethics, law and policy courses:

CM*U3103	Versions of Censorship and Freedom of Expression
CM*U3106	International Communication
CM*U3109	Critical Issues in Electronic Communication
CM*U3110	Peace, Justice and the Media
CM*U3112	Media Law
CM*U3205	The Journalist and the Law
CM*U3476	Ethical Issues in the Media

Concentration Requirement
Majors are required to specialize in one of the program's five concentrations by taking that concentration's introductory course and two additional courses in the same concentration. Students may choose from the following five concentrations:

Media, Culture and Society	CM*U2000	Theories of Media, Culture and Society required, plus two additional courses from the concentration.
Journalism	CM*U2082	Introduction to Journalism required, plus two additional courses from the concentration.
Film	CM*U2471	Introduction to Film required, plus two additional courses from the concentration.
Television/Radio	CM*U2330	Introduction to Electronic Media required, plus two additional courses from the concentration.
New and Digital Media	CM*U2500	Introduction to New Media required, plus two additional courses from the concentration.

Free Electives Requirement
Majors are required to take three free electives in the program, or in appropriate related programs, in consultation with an adviser from the department. Students should consider taking electives that will complement their concentration.

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Program Concentrations

Media, Culture and Society Concentration				Journalism Concentration
CM*U2000		Theories of Media, Culture and Society		CM*U2082		Introduction to Journalism
CM*U2010		Communication and Technology		CM*U2202		Writing Workshop
CM*U2011		Mass Communication: Theory and Research		CM*U2204		Analytical and Critical Writing
CM*U2504		History and Culture of Advertising		CM*U2206		Basic Feature Writing
CM*U2525		Digital Media and Cyberculture		CM*U2211, 2212,2213, 2214		Journalism Workshop
CM*P2602		Myths and Symbols of the American Character		CM*U2221		Graphics for Publication
CM*U2603		Media and the Arts		CM*U3010		Writing Television and Radio News
CM*P2610		Mass Communication and Society		CM*U3080		First Person Journalism
CM*U2701		Persuasion and Attitude Change		CM*U3081		Interviews and Profiles
CM*U3102		Orality and Literacy		CM*U3082		Arts Journalism
CM*U3103		Versions of Censorship and Freedom of Expression		CM*U3084		Writing for Magazines
CM*U3104		Mass Opinion: Its Measures and Meanings		CM*U3085		Science Journalism
CM*U3106		International Communication		CM*U3099		Advanced Internet Reporting
CM*P3108		Movies and the American Experience		CM*U3101		Newsmaking: Interpreting and Reconstructing Reality
CM*U3111		Gender Images in Media		CM*U3103		Versions of Censorship and Freedom of Expression
CM*U3112		Media Law		CM*U3204		Profile and Biographical Writing
CM*U3309		Children and the Media		CM*U3205		The Journalist and the Law
CM*U3310		Television Comedy and American Values		CM*U3206		First Person Writing
CM*U3332		Understanding Television		CM*U3302		Radio News Techniques
CM*U3401		Hollywood Genres		CM*U3303		Television News Techniques
CM*U3407		The Science Fiction Genre		CM*U3304		Broadcast News Operations
CM*U3566		Media Effects		CM*U3321		History of Television/Radio News
CM*U3570		Aesthetics and the Media		CM*U3322		Television News Innovators
CM*U3571		Popular Music as Communication		CM*U3323		The Murrow Years: 1938-65
CM*P3601		Class, Taste, and Mass Culture		CM*U3331		The Broadcast Newsroom
CM*G3681		Mass Media and National Identity		CM*U3333		Television News and Today's World
CM*V4001		Films of Moral Struggle		CM*U3334		Video Documentary
CM*V4002		Values in the News		CM*U3335		Television News
CM*V4003		Dissent and Disinformation		CM*U3350		Sports Communication
CM*V4004		Social Ethics in Telecommunications		CM*U3405		Screenwriting I
CM*V4005		Digital Media and Public Responsibility		CM*U3408		The Documentary Idea
CM*U4601		Television and Society		CM*U3409		Screenwriting II
CM*U4603		Media and Popular Culture		CM*U3501		Public Relations
CM*P4604		Multiculturalism: Diversity and Media		CM*U3545		Topics in Writing and Journalism
				CM*U3650		Inside the New York Times
				CM*U3941		Writing for the Media
				CM*U3978		Online Journalism
				CM*V4002		Values in the News
				CM*U4201		Magazine Article Writing
Film Concentration				Television/Radio Concentration
CM*U2471		Introduction to Film		CM*U2330		Introduction to Electronic Media
CM*U2222		Digital Video Design		CM*U2222		Digital Video Design
CM*P3108		Movies and the American Experience		CM*U2301		The Broadcast Industry
CM*U3401		Hollywood Genres		CM*U2302		Introduction to Radio
CM*U3403		American Film Comedy		CM*U2303		Audio Production
CM*U3405		Screenwriting I		CM*U2522		Multimedia Production
CM*U3407		The Science Fiction Genre		CM*U3010		Writing Television and Radio News
CM*U3409		Screenwriting II		CM*U3222		Projects in Digital Video
CM*U3410		International Cinema		CM*U3301		Television Studio Production
CM*U3420		Contemporary Filmmakers		CM*U3302		Radio News Techniques
CM*U3422		History of Film 1890-1950		CM*U3303		Television News Techniques
CM*U3425		History of Film 1950-Present		CM*U3304		Broadcast News Operations
CM*U3431		Contemporary Hollywood Film		CM*U3305		Writing Television Drama
CM*U3432		French Film		CM*U3310		Television Comedy and American Values
CM*U3451		The Films of Alfred Hitchcock		CM*U3321		History of Television/Radio News
CM*U3461		Fiction into Film		CM*U3322		Television News Innovators
CM*U3462		Shakespeare into Film		CM*U3323		The Murrow Years: 1938-65
CM*U3470		Film Theory		CM*U3331		The Broadcast Newsroom
CM*U3482		Women in Film		CM*U3332		Understanding Television
CM*U3483		Women Filmmakers in Europe		CM*U3333		Television News and Today's World
CM*U3492		Documentary Film		CM*U3334		Video Documentary
CM*U3525		Topics in Film and Video Production		CM*U3335		Television News
CM*U3535		Topics in Film Studies		CM*U 3342		Advanced Television Production
CM*V4001		Films of Moral Struggle		CM*U3344		Audio: Concepts and Methods
				CM*U3343		Television: Concepts and Methods
				CM*U3350		Sports Communication
				CM*U3525		Topics in Video and Film Production
				CM*U3555		Topics in Television and Radio
				CM*U3941		Writing for the Media
				CM*U4601		Television and Society
New Media Concentration
CM*U2500		Introduction to New Media
CM*U2010		Communication and Technology
CM*U2222		Digital Video Design
CM*U2303		Audio Production
CM*U2522		Multimedia Production
CM*U2523		Digital Design for New Media
CM*U2525		Digital Media and Cyberculture
CM*U2527		Hypertext: Theory and Practice
CM*U2528		Digital Media II
CM*U3099		Advanced Internet Reporting
CM*U3222		Projects in Digital Video
CM*U3307		Interactive Media
CM*U3978		Online Journalism
CM*V4005		Digital Media and Public Responsibility

Free Electives
Any of the above courses not serving as an Ethics, Law, and Policy requirement; a Media, Culture, and Society requirement; or a Concentration requirement can serve as a free elective. In addition, the following courses are free electives:

CM*U2101	Speech Improvement
CM*U2501	Effective Speaking
CM*U3500	Marketing and the Media
CM*U3502	Principles of Advertising
CM*U4701	Internship Seminar

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