Media Arts: News Writing

100 Level Courses

  • 105 Intro to Communication Studies,
  • 189 Studio TV Production

200 Level Courses

  • one or two production courses (180 Audio Production, 202 Basic Photography, 203 Intermediate Photography, 208 Photography in Communications and Art, 286 Field Video Production)
  • 213 Making Sense of Pop Culture
  • 234 Critical Analysis of Journalism
  • 237 Media Criticism
  • 257 Intercultural Communication
  • 262 Research Methods in Communication Studies, journalism and non-fiction writing courses in the English Dept (Eng 203, 206, 208, 226) (will count as elective credit within the major)
  • 290 Internship
  • 299 Applied Video Production

300 Level Courses

  • 301 Issues in Human Communication: The Information Society
  • 302 Mass Media and Social Movements at Home and Abroad
  • 312 Issues in Broadcasting and the Electronic Media (when appropriate)
  • 319 History of American Broadcasting
  • 333 Media Ethics
  • 335 International Mass Media
  • 340 Media, Politics, and Civic Engagement
  • 342 Communication Law and Regulation

Supplemental Courses

  • any course which will improve your writing skills, your knowledge of politics, or your knowledge of history

Suggested Minors

English, Political Science, History