Apr 19, 2024  
2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Media and Entertainment, Interdisciplinary Media, B.S.


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College of Media and Entertainment  

An interdisciplinary concentration across the College of Media and Entertainment, Interdisciplinary Media uses the college core and then provides students with options across the college in history, writing, technology, aesthetics, and digital literacy. Students choose an area of emphasis that reflects their professional interests.

NOTE: Students must earn a C (2.00) or better in each course in the college in order to graduate.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in Media and Entertainment who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Media and Communication may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program. The program allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in a compressed time frame. Participating undergraduate students may count up to 12 graduate credit hours toward both degrees and obtain a non-thesis master’s degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the bachelor’s degree or obtain a thesis-based master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the bachelor’s degree. For more information about the ABM program, see the Graduate Catalog.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses

Media and Entertainment, Interdisciplinary Media, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


General Education (41 hours)


General Education requirements include Communication, History, Humanities, and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following course is required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education requirement:

  • RIM/JOUR/EMC 1020 (Soc/Beh Sci)

Major Requirements (42 hours)


Area of Emphasis (15 hours)


Gender and Media

Choose Your Own Path

  • Five courses
  • Must follow prerequisites (or have permission of instructor)
  • Only one course at the 1000/2000 level
  • Students who qualify may consider this program as part of the Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s program (ABM).
Note:

*Courses selected from required course lists may not be reused for area of emphasis.

Minor (15-18 hours)


Electives


  • To make 120 hours

Total hours in program: 120


Curriculum: Media and Entertainment, Interdisciplinary Media


Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Junior Fall


  • Media history 3 credit hours
  • Minor course 3 credit hours
  • Introduction to Technology 3 credit hours
  • Area of Emphasis 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours


Junior Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • Elective 6 credit hours
  • Minor courses 6 credit hours
  • Media Aesthetics and Literacy 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Spring


  • Area of Emphasis 3 credit hours
  • Electives 7 credit hours
  • Minor course 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 Hours


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