Departments & Programs

The Media School

B.A. in Media
Media Specializations—Requirements and Course Lists
Purpose

The Media School Specializations combine advanced training in related professional and creative skills from courses taught across the entire curriculum of The Media School. Specializations will allow students to develop specific transcriptable skill sets. Some concentrations specify appropriate specializations and others allow students to choose any one of the listed specializations. The specializations will allow students to explore areas of media studies from across The Media School, and we anticipate that certain skill sets and course clusters will allow for further collaboration with other units.

  • Media School specializations consist of 9 credit hours at the 300–400 level.
  • Students must earn at least a C– in each course to satisfy a specialization requirement.
  • Students must have at least a 2.000 College GPA in courses completed for a specialization.

The following specializations are available:

Please note: most specialization courses have prerequisites. Be sure to consider prerequisite coursework when selecting a specialization.

Audio Journalism

1. Students must complete one advanced writing course from this list (3 cr.):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News

2. Students must complete two additional advanced skills courses from the following (6 cr.):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News
  • MSCH-J 353 Advanced Broadcast News
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-J 362 Journalism Multimedia Storytelling
  • MSCH-J 401 Depth Reporting and Editing
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experiences in Journalism (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-P 353 Audio Production

Broadcast Journalism

1. Students must complete one advanced writing course from this list (3 cr.):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing  
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News  

2. Students must complete two additional advanced skills courses from the following list (6 cr.):

  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News
  • MSCH-J 353 Advanced Broadcast News
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics only)
  • MSCH-J 385 Television News
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experiences in Journalism (Approved topics only)
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics only)

Creative Industry Management

  • MSCH-M 330 Production Management
  • MSCH-M 411 Media Industries and Cultural Production
  • MSCH-M 446 Telecommunications Management

Digital Journalism

  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topic: Web Design)
  • MSCH-J 464 Infographics
  • MSCH-V 334 Current Topics in Media (Approved topic: Data Journalism)

Game Art

  • MSCH-G 320 Game Art and Sound
  • MSCH-G 410 Game Design II: Systems
  • MSCH-G 420 Advanced Game Art I

Game Audio

  • MSCH-P 369 Sound Design (formerly TEL-T 369)
  • MSCH-V 401 Senior Seminar in Media (Approved topic: Sounds, Images, Interactivity)
  • MSCH-V 401 Senior Seminar in Media (Approved topic: Scoring for Narrative Media)

Game Production

  • MSCH-C 220 Introduction to Media Programming (OR INFO-I 110) Upper-level programming skills needed
  • MSCH-G 300 Game Production I (formerly TEL-T 361)
  • MSCH-G 400 Game Production II (formerly TEL-T 461)

Global Media (Choose 3)

  • INTL-I 305 Advanced Topics in International Communication and the Arts (Approved topics only)
  • MSCH-F 393 History of European Films I
  • MSCH-F 394 History of European Films II
  • MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas
  • MSCH-F 413 Global Villages
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experiences in Journalism
  • MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics: Conflict, Terrorism and Humanitarianism; Muslims and the Media)
  • MSCH-M 413 Global Media Issues

Graphic Communication

1.    Students must complete one advanced writing course from this list (3 cr.):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing  
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News  

2.    Students must complete two additional advanced skills courses from the following list (6 cr.):

  • MSCH-J 362 Journalism Multimedia Storytelling
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics only)
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experiences in Journalism
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topic: Words and Pictures)
  • MSCH-J 463 Graphic Design 1
  • MSCH-J 464 Infographics  
  • MSCH-J 465 Graphic Design 2

Health Communication (Choose 3)

  • MSCI-M 440 Health Care in America
  • MSCH-S 410 Sex in the Media
  • MSCH-S 414 Public Communication Campaigns
  • MSCH-S 451 Topical Seminar in Media and Society (Approved topics: Media Violence; Media and the Body)

Media and Creative Advertising (Choose 3)

  • MSCH-A 315 Advertising and Consumer Culture
  • MSCH-A 320 Principles of Creative Advertising
  • MSCH-A 337 Electronic Media and Creative Advertising
  • MSCH-A 420 Advertising Concepts and Copywriting
  • MSCH-A 441 Advanced Advertising Strategies

Media and Diversity (Choose 3)

  • AAAD-A 330 African American Cinematic Experience
  • AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
  • AAAD-A 447 Race, Crime, and Media
  • LATS-L 302 Latinos in the Media
  • MSCH-F 326 Authorship in the Media (approved topic: Spike Lee)
  • MSCH-F 375 Race, Gender and Representation
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topic: Diversity in the Newsroom)

Media Law and Ethics (Choose 3)

  • MSCH-J 300 Communications Law
  • MSCH-J 407 Newsgathering and the Law
  • MSCH-J 410 The Media as Social Institutions
  • MSCH-L 317 Media Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  • MSCH-L 322 Telecommunications Policymaking
  • MSCH-L 424 Telecommunications and the Constitution

Media Persuasion (Choose 3)

  • MSCH-A 315 Advertising and Consumer Culture
  • MSCH-A 337 Electronic Media and Creative Advertising
  • MSCH-A 347 Promotion and Marketing
  • MSCH-J 423 Public Opinion
  • MSCH-R 429 Public Relations Campaigns
  • MSCH-S 312 Politics and the Media
  • MSCH-S 315 Media Processes and Effects

Media Psychology (Choose 3)

  • MSCH-J 470 Broadcast Media Analysis
  • MSCH-S 315 Media Processes and Effects
  • MSCH-S 317 Children and Media
  • MSCH-S 445 Sports and Media
  • MSCH-S 451 Topical Seminar in Media and Society (Approved topics: Media and Violence, The Appeal of Entertainment, Media and Morality)
  • MSCH-S 471 Applying Theory to Media Design

Media Research (Choose 3)

  • MSCH-S 315 Media Processes and Effects
  • MSCH-S 348 Audience Analysis
  • MSCH-S 471 Applying Theory to Media Design
  • MSCH-X 475 Projects in Media
  • PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques or PSY-K 310 Statistical Techniques or SOC-S 371 Statistics for Sociology

New Media Marketing (Complete all 3.)

  • MSCH-A 337 Electronic Media Advertising
  • MSCH-V 401 Senior Seminar in Media (Approved topic: Marketing and Social Networks)
  • MSCH-V 490 Capstone Seminar in Media

News Writing

1. Students must complete one advanced writing course from this list (3 cr.)

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News
2. Students must complete two advanced skills courses from the following (6 cr.)
  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 351 News Editing
  • MSCH-J 352 Magazine Editing
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Relevant topics include: Reporting The World From Home)
  • MSCH-J 401 Depth Reporting and Editing
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experience in Journalism (Approved topic: Japan and Kenya/Uganda)
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics: Story Mechanics, Words and Pictures, 812 Magazine, News Bureau, Investigative Journalism)

Photojournalism

1.  Students must complete one advanced writing course from this list (3 credit hours):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing  
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News

2.  Students must complete two advanced skills courses from the following list (6 credit hours):

  • MSCH-J 344 Photojournalism Reporting
  • MSCH-J 354 Photojournalism Editing
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experiences in Journalism (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-J 444 Advanced Photojournalism
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics)

Politics and Media (Choose 3)

  • MSCH-F 445 Media, Culture, and Politics
  • MSCH-J 410 The Media as Social Institutions
  • MSCH-J 423 Public Opinion
  • MSCH-J 470 Broadcast Media Analysis
  • MSCH-L 322 Telecommunications Policymaking
  • MSCH-S 312 Politics and the Media
  • MSCH-S 414 Public Communication Campaigns
  • MSCH-S 451 Topical Seminars in Media and Society (Approved topic: Comedic News)
  • PSY-P 449 Social Psychology of Public Opinion

Public Relations and Strategic Communication

1.  Students must also complete one advanced writing course (3 cr.):

  • MSCH-R 349 Public Relations Writing

2.    Students must complete two advanced courses in research and public relations (6 cr.):

  • MSCH-R 428 Public Relations Planning and Research
  • MSCH-R 429 Public Relations Campaigns

Sex, Gender and Media (Choose 3)

  • AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
  • GNDR-G 310 Representation and the Body
  • GNDR-G 325 Technologies of Gender
  • GNDR-G 330 Looking Like a Feminist: Visual Culture and Feminist Theory
  • INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
  • MSCH-F 375 Race, Gender, and Representation
  • MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-S 410 Sex in the Media
  • MSCH-S 451 Topical Seminar in Media and Society (Approved topic Nature, Role and Effects of Pornography)
  • SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality

Video Journalism

1.    Students must complete one advanced writing course from this list (3 credit hours):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing  
  • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
  • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News

2.    Students must complete two additional advanced skills courses from the following list (6 credit hours):

  • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
  • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-J 362 Journalism Multimedia Storytelling
  • MSCH-J 418 Field Experiences in Journalism (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics)

Web

  • CSCI-A 348 Mastering the World Wide Web
  • INFO-I 300 HCI/Interaction Design
  • INFO-I 308 Information Representation
  • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topic: The New Privacy)
  • MSCH-V 334 Current Topics in Media (Approved topics)
  • MSCH-V 401 Senior Seminar in Media (Approved topics)