Available in Fall 2024, the major in Media Studies introduces students to an academic field that focuses on the history, impact, and content of mass media. The Media Studies program aims to promote critical thinking at all levels of media production and consumption, develop students' command of media literacy, cultivate greater awareness of issues of diversity and representation in mass media, and enhance analytical and research skills as well as professional skills that today's media industry requires. A broad selection of elective courses enables students to focus on specific areas of interest, while a required internship and a senior capstone experience help to prepare students for complete the 41-credit plan of study1. During the capstone, students will develop their own creative and business proposals and prototypes of digital media content distribution.
1Credit total is based on a 3-credit internship (DMJ490 or DMJ461) and corequisite 1-credit Internship Seminar (DMJ491).
General Requirements:
- Grades of at least C- are required for courses to count toward majors in the Department of Digital Media & Journalism.
- A 2.0 average in Department of Digital Media & Journalism courses is required for degree application.
Required Core Courses.....................................24 credits
DMJ101 Media and Society (3)
DMJ211 Media Theory (3)
DMJ215 Digital Storytelling (4)
DMJ224 Media Industries (3)
DMJ310 Media and Diversity (3)
DMJ350 Media Research Methods (4)
DMJ432 Media & Popular Culture (4)
Required Electives................................................9 credits
Select three additional DMJ courses (or designated related courses), of which two (6 credits) must be upper division and Liberal Arts.
DMJ210 Investigating the News (3)
DMJ221 Intro to Advertising (3)
DMJ230 Journalism 1 (4)
DMJ293 Digital Media/Journalism Selected Topics (3)
DMJ300 Photojournalism (3)
DMJ305 Being Digital (4)
DMJ314 Feature Writing (3)
DMJ319 Writing for Digital Media (3)
DMJ321 Milestones in Documentary (3)
DMJ331 History of American TV (3)
DMJ333 Podcasting (3)
DMJ334 The Literature of Journalism (3)
DMJ343 Media Criticism and Aesthetics (3)
DMJ347 Media Ethics (4)
DMJ373 Reel Women: Women in Film (3)
DMJ390 90 Minutes to Die: Film Noir (4)
DMJ393 Digital Media/Journalism Selected Topic (3)
DMJ452 Mass Media Law (3)
DMJ434 Global Media (4)
DMJ470 Ottaway Seminar (1-3)
DMJ475 Picture Culture (4)
Required Capstone................................................4 credits
DMJ444 Seminar in Media Studies (4)
Required Internship...............................................4 credits
DMJ490 Internship in Digital Media & Journalism (3) or DMJ461 Legislative Gazette (3)
DMJ491 Internship Seminar (1)
