Undergraduate Catalog

Communication: Digital Media Production

Major in Digital Media Production - 45 credits*

* 45-credit total is based on a 3-credit internship (DMJ490).


GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
- A 2.8 GPA is required for entry into the major.
- Grades less than B- are not accepted in Communication & Media courses (CMM, DMJ).


 
Required prerequisites
................................................10 credits (must be completed with no less than a B- in any course by the time the student has earned 60 credits. A 2.8 GPA is required to continue into the major courses.)
DMJ101 Media and Society (3) or DMJ205 Intro to Media Criticism (3)
DMJ215 Digital Storytelling (4)
DMJ319 Writing for Digital Media (3)

Required courses, to be taken sequentially...........16 credits
DMJ320 Audio Production (4)
DMJ340 TV Studio Production (4)
DMJ440 Field Production (4)
DMJ445 Seminar in Digital Filmmaking (4)

plus a Performance course...........................................3 credits
DMJ203 Radio-Television Performance (3) or THE230 Introduction to Acting (3)

and a Career Development course..............................3 credits
DMJ224 Introduction to Media Programming & Management (3)

Required elective courses1.........................................9 credits, including 6 credits of upper-division courses

Required internship......................................................4 credits (minimum)
DMJ490 Internship (3 credits minimum; credits may vary)
DMJ491 Internship Seminar (1)

 

1In addition to DMJ and CMM courses by advisement, the following courses will also be accepted for elective credit toward the Digital Media Production major:
ANT407 Visual Anthropology (3)
ARS334 Digital Video (3)
ENG348 Dramatic Writing for the Stage and Screen (3)
ITA375 Italian Cinema (4)


Digital Media Production majors are strongly encouraged to minor in a discipline in the arts, sciences, or humanities. Such minors would include but are not limited to Anthropology, Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, Black Studies, Communication Studies, Economics, History, English, Geography, History, International Relations; Languages, Literatures & Cultures (French, German, Italian Studies, Spanish); Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, or Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.