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Oct 08, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Media and Entertainment, Interdisciplinary Media, B.S.
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College of Media and Entertainment
615-898-2695
Zeny Panol, program coordinator
Zeny.Panol@mtsu.edu
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: Majors must complete all major course requirements with a grade of C (2.00) or better.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
45 hours* |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
16-22 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (45 hours)
History (3 hours)
Choose one:
Media Technology (9 hours)
Choose three:
Advanced Writing (3 hours)
Choose one:
Media and Society (3 hours)
Area of Emphasis (15 hours)
Choose five courses, including electives. No more than 6 credit hours or two courses may be chosen in one prefix.
Choose Your Own Path
- Five courses
- Must follow prerequisites (or have permission of instructor)
- Only one course at the 1000/2000 level
- No more than 9 credit hours/3 courses in one prefix
- Internship from 1 to 3 credit hours is an option for this path.
Note:
*Courses selected from required course lists may not be reused for area of emphasis.
Minor (15-18 hours)
Students may minor any University-approved minor. However, minors in journalism, advertising, public relations, visual communication, animation, video/film production, interactive media, media management, photography, or mass communication are recommended.
Curriculum: Media and Entertainment, Interdisciplinary Media
Freshman Spring
- Media Technology 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
- Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Sophomore Spring
- Advanced Writing 3 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Minor course 3 credit hours
Junior Fall
- History 3 credit hours
- Minor course 3 credit hours
- Media Technology 3 credit hours
- Area of emphasis 3 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- Elective 3 credit hours
- Minor courses 6 credit hours
- Area of emphasis 3 credit hours
- Media and Society 3 credit hours
Senior Spring
- Area of emphasis 3 credit hours
- Electives 7 credit hours
- Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
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