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School of Social Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Storytelling - Online Collaborative
Degree Requirements
Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Digital Media and Storytelling degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:
- General Education Core (30 cr.)
- Digital Media and Storytelling Core (25 cr.)
- Digital Storytelling or Public Relations Track (15 cr.)
- Electives as needed to complete 120 total credit hours
- A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400- level
- Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C or higher
- Courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted
- A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required
Digital Media and Storytelling Core (25 cr.)
- Complete one of the following:
- ENG-W 203 Creative Writing
- ENG-W 206 Introduction to Creative Writing
- Complete one of the following:
- ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills
- ENG-W 234 Technical Report Writing
- ENG-W 270 Argumentative Writing
- JOUR-J 200 Reporting, Writing & Editing I
- NEWM-N 260 Script Writing
- Complete one of the following:
- JOUR-J 210 Visual Communication
- COMM-M 215 Media Literacy
- Complete one of the following:
- FINA-D 210 Digital Art: Survey and Practice
- COMM-M 210 Media Message Design
- NEWM-N 202 Digital Storytelling
- JOUR-S 200 Sophomore Seminar Digital Media Storytelling
- Complete one of the following:
- JOUR-J 307 Media Career Planning (1 cr.)
- JOUR-J 400 Careers in Public Relations (1 cr.)
- Complete one of the following:
- JOUR-J 300 Communications Law
- CMCL-C 328 Digital Responsibilities and Rights
- Complete one of the following:
- FINA-A 477 History of Photography
- COMM-M 370 History of Television
- COMM-M 373 Film and Video Documentary
- JOUR-J 495 Digital Media & Storytelling Capstone
Select One Track
Tracks Offered
Digital Storytelling (15 cr.)
- Complete one of the following:
- ENG-W 301 Writing Fiction
- ENG-W 302 Introduction to Screen Writing
- ENG-W 303 Writing Poetry
- ENG-W 305 Writing Creative Nonfiction
- ENG-W 311 Writing Creative Nonfiction
- ENG-W 315 Writing for the Web
- ENG-W 318 Finding Your E-Voice
- ENG-W 323 Digital Writing
- FINA-S 303 Lens-Based Narrative Construction
- Complete one of the following:
- JOUR-J 301 Social Media Strategies
- JOUR-J 303 Online Journalism
- NEWM-N 4XX Social Media Content, Analytic
- Complete one of the following:
- CMCL-C 315 Advertising and Consumer Culture
- CMCL-C 324 Persuasion
- COMM-C 462 Media Theory & Criticism
- COMM-M 462 Television Aesthetics/Criticism
- COMM-R 321 Rhetoric, Culture & Society
- SPCH-S 303 Propaganda and Persuasion
- JOUR-J 410 Media as Social Institutions
- Complete one of the following:
- COMM-C 316 Human Communications & Internet
- SPCH-S 333 Public Relations
- JOUR-J 390 Public Relations Writing
- JOUR-J 349 Public Relations Writing
- ENG-W 315 Writing for the Web
- ENG-W 318 Finding Your E-Voice
- ENG-W 323 Digital Writing
Public Relations (15 cr.)
- Complete one of the following:
- COMM-J 321 Principles of Public Relations
- JOUR-J 321 Principles of Public Relations
- SPCH-S 233 Intro to Public Relations
- Complete one of the following:
- JOUR-J 349 Public Relations Writing
- JOUR-J 390 Public Relations Writing
- SPCH-S 333 Public Relations
- COMM-C 349 Public Relations Writing
- Complete one of the following:
- COMM-C 429 Public Relations Campaigns
- JOUR-J 429 Public Relations Campaigns
- JOUR-J 403 Public Relations Research
- Complete one of the following:
- CMCL-C 315 Advertising and Consumer Culture
- CMCL-C 324 Persuasion
- CMCL-C 405 Communications Theories
- COMM-R 321 Persuasion
- COMM-C 462 Media Theory & Criticism
- COMM-M 462 Television Aesthetics/Criticism
- JOUR-J 410 Media as Social Institutions
- SPCH-S 303 Propaganda and Persuasion