Communications Media, Technical Theater Concentration, B.S.

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Communications Media

Chairperson
Jeff Warmouth

Professors	Associate Professors	Assistant Professors
Robert Carr	Jonathan Amakawa	Rachelle Dermer
Robert Harris	Mary Baker	J Flynn
Randy Howe	Kyle Moody	Andres Gonzalez
Jon Krasner	Britton Snyder	Xiaoying Meng
Viera Lorencova	John (J.J.) Sylvia
M. Zachary Lee	Mary Vreeland
Kevin McCarthy
Kelly Morgan
Charles Roberts
Charles Sides
Donald Tarallo, Jr.
Samuel Tobin
Jeff Warmouth

Objectives for the Program in Communications Media

The aim of the Communications Media Department is to educate media professionals who are technically and aesthetically competent and ready for employment in their areas of emphasis. Graduates from the Communications Media Department will have an understanding of the dynamic relationship between the needs of clients, the needs of audiences, and the capabilities of the medium they use to create their messages.

Student Learning Outcomes

B.S. in Communications Media

Students should demonstrate proficiency in the core tools and skills of their discipline.
Students should be able to apply aesthetic principles to their work by developing and defending a portfolio that demonstrates craftship and meets professional standards for their discipline.
Students should be able to explain how their work fits in the historical and theoretical context of their discipline.
Students should apply core theoretical principles to the analysis and critique of media.
Students should recognize and apply ethical perspectives to their work.

Requirements for the Major in Communications Media

The Bachelor of Science degree in Communications Media requires 54 semester hours in its major requirements. Course requirements are organized into four phases.

Phase I: Freshman Introductory Requirements: Phase I exposes students to the foundations, concepts, and practices used in the preparation, delivery, evaluation, and research of verbal and visual messages.
Phase II: Applied Concentration: Phase II enables students to become involved with an in-depth investigation of an area in communications which is most closely aligned with individual talents and interests. Students must select and complete one concentration with the consent of their advisor. A minimum of five required courses must be taken within a concentration.
Note: Only students who have completed the requirements of a second concentration can formally declare this concentration to have it recognized on their transcript. Students interested in Communication Studies as a second concentration may formally declare it at any time.

Note: For some concentration courses, students are expected to pay for supplies that may range in cost from $100 to $300 per course.
Phase III: Departmental Electives: In consultation with their advisor, students select four courses from GAME, COMM, TETA, or THEA:
- Four additional courses in the same concentration
- Four courses in other concentrations
- Any course which a student is using to fulfill either a General Education Program Requirement or a Minor may NOT be counted toward Phase III Requirements for the major
- Four courses from a combination of concentrations, including additional theory, conceptual, or methodological courses
Phase IV: Upper-Level Theory/Conceptual/Methodological Requirements: For students in their junior/senior year

General Education Requirement

SOC 1100 - Introduction to Sociology 3 Credit(s)

Phase I: Freshman Introductory Requirements

COMM 1205 - Introduction to Communication and Media Studies 3 Credit(s)
COMM 1220 - Message Design 3 Credit(s)

Phase II: Applied Concentration

See concentration requirements below.

Phase III: Departmental Electives

Take 12 additional credits in COMM, GAME, TETA, or THEA.

Phase IV: Upper-Level Theory/Conceptual/Methodological Requirements

Choose ONE course from Junior/Senior Writing Electives:
COMM 1860 - Public Relations 3 Credit(s)
COMM 2800 - Journalism 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3400 - Contemporary Cinema 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3440 - Documentary Development 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3500 - Writing for Film and Video 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3825 - Writing for Advertising 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3835 - Client Project Production 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3845 - Marketing Communication 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3860 - Writing for Organizations 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4201 - Writings in Aesthetics 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4210 - Information Design 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4240 - Media Criticism 3 Credit(s)
THEA 2750 - Playwrighting 3 Credit(s)
Choose TWO courses from Advanced Electives:
COMM 3205 - Critical Making 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3206 - Creative Coding 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3207 - Data & Society 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3208 - Rhetoric in Greece 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3280 - Intercultural Communication 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3281 - Gender and Communication 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4200 - Human Communication 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4205 - Seminar in Communication Theory 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4206 - Media and Society 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4220 - Organizational Communication 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4230 - Communication Law and Ethics 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4250 - Research Seminar 3 Credit(s)
THEA 3720 - Dramaturgy 3 Credit(s)

Technical Theater Concentration

Media History Requirement

Communications Media students are required to complete a media history course, prior to their capstone internship, selected from the following list. Dual concentration students need only take one media history course from either of their concentrations to fulfill the requirement.

COMM 2405 - World Cinema I 3 Credit(s)
COMM 2415 - World Cinema II 3 Credit(s)
COMM 2420 - History of TV 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3400 - Contemporary Cinema 3 Credit(s)
THEA 2730 - History of the Theater I 3 Credit(s)
THEA 2740 - History of the Theater II 3 Credit(s)

Required Courses

COMM 4880 - Internship 12 Credit(s)
TETA 1100 - Stage Makeup 3 Credit(s)
TETA 1400 - Production Implications 3 Credit(s) *
TETA 1700 - Theatrical Design Skills 3 Credit(s)
TETA 2300 - Fundamentals of Stage Lighting Design 3 Credit(s)
TETA 2400 - Scene Design 3 Credit(s)

Elective Courses

TETA 1400 - Production Implications 3 Credit(s) *
TETA 2500 - Costume Design 3 Credit(s)
TETA 3100 - Stage Management 3 Credit(s)
TETA 3300 - Advanced Stage Lighting Design 3 Credit(s)
TETA 3400 - Advanced Scene Design 3 Credit(s)
TETA 4200 - Portfolio Presentation 3 Credit(s)
TETA 4900 - Independent Study 3 Credit(s)
*This is a required class that may be taken twice for credit.