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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

 

 

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