📖Program Curriculum
Core Curriculum (Areas A-E) - 42 hours
Refer to Core Curriculum (Areas A-E)
Area A1: No exceptions
Area A2: No exceptions
Area B: No exceptions
Area C: No exceptions
Area D: No exceptions
Area E: No exceptions
Area F: Courses Appropriate to the Major - 18 hours
No grade below a “C” will be accepted in the major or minor area, including any classes offered by the department
Required Courses - 12 hours
COMM 2900 - Introduction to Media Studies
MDST 2100 - Writing for Media
MDST 2500 - Production I
Choose one:
COMM 2050 - Media, Culture, and Society
MDST 1110 - Film Appreciation
MDST 1500 - Seminar on the Film and Digital Media Industry
Electives - 6 hours
Any non-English language course numbered 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002 or other courses relevant to the student’s plan of study, chosen in consultation with an advisor. Modern language courses at the 1000- and 2000-levels are highly encouraged.
Major Requirements - 60 hours
Required for all Majors - 18 hours
COMM 4300 - Media Law & Ethics
MDST 3301 - Film History I
MDST 3302 - Film History II
MDST 4600 - Film Theory
MDST 4620 - Cinema Aesthetics
MDST 4900 - Senior Capstone
Media Studies Concentration
Required Courses - 15 hours
COMM 3740 - Communication Research
COMM 4800 - Communication & Media Theory
MDST 3350 - Media History
MDST 3600 - Television Studies
MDST 4200 - Diversity in the Media
Media Studies and Communication Electives - 9-15 hours
Must be chosen from the following list or from the Production concentration:
COMM 3720 - Computer Mediated Communication
COMM 3730 - Social Media
JOUR 4100 - Literary Journalism
JOUR 4903 - Seminar in Mass Communication
MDST 2150 - Literature and Film
MDST 2350 - World Cinema
MDST 2400 - Introduction to Game Studies
MDST 3310 - East Asian Cinema
MDST 4220 - Sports and Media
MDST 4310 - American Film History
MDST 4320 - Animation History
MDST 4330 - Japanese Anime
MDST 4340 - Japanese Cinema
MDST 4350 - Korean Cinema
MDST 4390 - Topics in Moving Image History
MDST 4590 - Topics in Film & Digital Media
MDST 4610 - Film as Literature
Other CMJ courses may be chosen, subject to approval of the Department Head
Minor or Electives - 15-18 hours
Media Studies majors may take a minor or a selected group of electives outside the department, to acquire a broader knowledge of a subject area beyond the field of media. These will be chosen with the assistance of an advisor.
Other Requirements
US and Georgia History Requirements
US and Georgia Constitution Requirements
Regents’ Skills Program Requirements
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