Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Communication Studies (Media Studies Concentration), BA

SUMMARY

Core Curriculum Requirements42
Major Requirements (30 hours)
COMM 130Introduction to Communication Studies3
COMM 200Intro to Media Research Tech3
COMM 220Media Literacy3
COMM 221Intercultural Communication3
COMM 232INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION3
COMM 330PROFFESS DEVELOPMENT & ETHIC3
COMM 331Persuasion3
COMM 336Comm Research Design3
COMM 332Computer Applications in Communication3
COMM 430Experiential Learning3
Media Studies Concentration Courses (27 hours)
COMM 337Media Criticism3
Choose 24 additional hours of concentration courses from the approved list 24
Comm, Globalization & Int'l Me
Soc Media Campaigns Analytics
Computer Applications in Communication
Perf. Theory & Methods
Media, Power & Society
History of African American Film and Television
Theories of Pop Cultural Comm
Special Topic in Media Studies
Or "COMM 324 Media and African Diaspora"
Or "COMM 341 Gender and Media"
Or "COMM 427 Sports Media and Gender"
Or "COMM 437 Afrofuturism Speculative Art and Media"
Electives
FS 102Freshman Seminar/ first Year Experience1
20 hours of electives Transfer students do not take FS 102. They will take 21 SCH of electives20
Total Hours120
Plan of Study Grid
First Year
First SemesterHours
ENGL 1301 Freshman English I 3
MATH 1314 College Algebra 3
BIOL 1308 Survey of Life Science 3
HIST 1301 Soc & Pol Hist US to 1877 3
ARTS 1315
Intro African Art
or Intro African Art
or Introduction to Theatre
or Introduction To Music
3
 Hours15
Second Semester
ENGL 1302 Freshman English II 3
GEOL 1303 Introduction To The Earth 3
POLS 2305 American Government 3
COMM 1315
Public Address
or Business & Professional Comm
3
PSYC 2301
General Psychology
or Introduction To Sociology
or Contemporary Social Issues
3
 Hours15
Second Year
Third Semester
Select one of the following: 3
American Literature
African-American Literature
World Literature I
World Literature II
HIST 1302 Soc & Pol Hist US Since 1877 3
POLS 2306 Texas Government 3
COMM 130 Introduction to Communication Studies 3
COMM 232 INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION 3
 Hours15
Fourth Semester
COSC 1301 Intro To Compr Science I 3
COMM 200 Intro to Media Research Tech 3
COMM 220 Media Literacy 3
COMM 221 Intercultural Communication 3
Elective 3
 Hours15
Third Year
Fifth Semester
COMM 332 Computer Applications in Communication 3
COMM 336 Comm Research Design 3
COMM 337 Media Criticism 3
Concentration Course 3
Elective 3
 Hours15
Sixth Semester
COMM 330 PROFFESS DEVELOPMENT & ETHIC 3
COMM 331 Persuasion 3
Concentration Course 3
Concentration Course 3
Elective 3
 Hours15
Fourth Year
Seventh Semester
COMM 430 Experiential Learning 3
Concentration Course 3
Concentration Course 3
Elective 3
Elective 3
 Hours15
Eighth Semester
Concentration Course 3
Concentration Course 3
Concentration Course 3
Elective 3
Elective 3
 Hours15
 Total Hours120