Media Studies Minor

The Media Studies program combines theory and practical application to help students become effective speakers, articulate leaders, and eloquent storytellers. Students create media messages using industry-driven techniques and standards and practice critically analyzing the media environment we exist in as human beings and citizens.

Example Courses

• COM 1023: Introduction to Mass Communication
  

  An introduction to the field of mass communications that includes historical development of media, current practices, and media literacy. Effects of mass media on society and critical analysis of the media are included.
• COM 3043: Media Law and Ethics
  

  This course focuses on the legal and ethical framework defining media freedoms and constraints in the United States, including copyright and trademark issues and historical context on the evolution of constitutional, statutory, judicial, and ethical standards.
• COM 2093: Art of Watching Film
  

  A course designed to encourage the development of the student’s awareness and appreciation of film form and theory. Students are required to write and think critically about films viewed in class.