Media Arts: Creative Writing

100 Level Courses

Intro to Communication Studies

200 Level Courses

  • one or two production courses (180, 189, 202, 203, 208, 286; Art 204*, Art 206*--*can be counted toward the major)
  • 200 World Cinema
  • 213 Making Sense of Popular Culture
  • 237 Media Criticism
  • 256 Human Communication
  • 262 Research Methods in Communication Studies
  • 233 Dramatic Writing for Film and Television
  • creative writing courses in the English or Theatre Depts (Eng 202, 226, The 232)
  • 290 Internship
  • 299 Applied Video Production

300 Level Courses

  • 307 Special Topics in World Cinema
  • 312 Issues in Broadcasting and the Electronic Media (when appropriate)
  • 317 The Documentary Tradition
  • 318 Film History
  • 319 History of American Broadcasting
  • 333 Media Ethics

Supplimental Courses

  • advanced writing courses in the English or Theatre Depts ( Eng 305, 306, 307, 315, The 332)
  • any course which will improve your writing skills and your understanding of human nature and the human condition (history, sociology, psychology courses, for instance)

Suggested Minors

English, Theatre, Psychology