This curriculum provides students with flexibility plus knowledge and skills to pursue careers in digital media production, journalism and public relations.
Majors in Mass Communications are required to complete core courses, one of the three concentrations (Digital Media Production Concentration , Journalism Concentration , Public Relations Concentration ), and cognate courses in Communication Studies. Students are advised to include additional MCOM courses among their general electives. Majors may, but are not required to complete a minor.
Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in all courses in the major, including required COMM courses and CMST courses taken for the cognate. If a “D” or “F” is earned in a course that is a prerequisite, the course must be repeated until a “C” or better is earned before attempting the course for which it is a prerequisite.
A departmental writing skills exam is administered several times throughout the semester as part of MCOM 2010 - Writing for Media . All students must pass the exam with a score of 60 or better in order to pass the course and advance in the MCOM major.
Mass Communications majors must take at least 80 hours of coursework outside the major, of which 65 hours must be in the College of Arts and Science.
Cognate: Six hours of the cognate must be chosen from one of the two groups listed below. The remaining three hours must be chosen from the alternative group.
COGNATE GROUP I: CMST 1001 , CMST 1002 , CMST 1010 , CMST 1018 , CMST 2001 , or CMST 2060 .
COGNATE GROUP II: CMST 3002, CMST 3010 , CMST 3011 , CMST 3030 , CMST 3041 , CMST 3044 , or CMST 4050 .
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