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Communication Professional Track
Through the professional track you can learn about media criticism, writing for the media, and video and documentary production by having the opportunity to:
- Understand and critically examine the media from various social, cultural, political and economic perspectives.
- Learn and apply relevant theoretical frameworks for analyzing media texts
- Evaluation of cultural products and consideration of theoretical frameworks
- Gain hands-on experience and build skills focused on print, such as writing for the media, or in digital video or documentary production.
Professional Track Requirements
You need to complete 60 credits, which must include a minimum of 20 credits of upper-division courses. You must earn a total of 180 quarter credits, or 225 quarter credits for a double degree, in order to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in your chosen major.
In order to fulfill the Professional track, you must earn a total of 180 quarter credits (or 225 quarter credits for a double-degree). The total 180 credits must breakdown in the following way:
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60 credits must be in Communication
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20 credits must be upper-division courses in Communication
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The remaining 100 credits should be in General Requirements
Communication Foundation: 5 credits, one of the following theory and methods courses
Optional Communication Capstone: 5 credits
Professional Track students may choose to complete a Senior Project (as part of the List B credits). The Senior Project has two main components: students perform a 5-credit internship in the communication industry and write a 10-15 page academic paper. The project is designed to allow senior professional track students to gain needed professional experience while placing this professional experience in a broader theoretical framework. Senior project internships and academic paper topics will vary and must have faculty advisor approval.
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25 CREDITS, MINIMUM OF 10 UPPER DIVISION CREDITS (300-400 LEVEL) REQUIRED
- TCOM 101 Critical Media Literacy
- TCOM 201 Media and Society
- TCOM 220 Social Media
- TCOM 230 Media Globalization and Citizenship
- TCOM 247 Television Studies
- TCOM 250 Media Activism
- TCOM 254 Communication History (formerly TCOM 354)
- TCOM 257 Ethical Issues in Mass Communication
- TCOM 258 Children and Television
- TCOM 310 Contemporary Environmental Issues and the Media
- TCOM 312 Ecology, Inequality, and Popular Culture
- TCOM 340 Global TV: Format, Genre, and Reception
- TCOM 343 Global Music Video
- TCOM 380 Political Economy of the Media (formerly TCOM 480)
- TCOM 430 Global Networks, Local Identities
- TCOM 440 Advertising and Consumer Culture
- TCOM 444 Gender, Ethnicity, Class, and the Media (only if not used toward the foundation requirement)
- TCOM 453 Critical Approaches to Mass Communication (only if not used toward the foundation requirement)
- TCOM 454 Communications Law
- TCOM 460 Communication and National Development
- TCOM 461 Media and Identity in Asia
- TCOM 465 Contemporary Free Speech Issues
- TCOM 470 Documentary Production and Critique
- TCOM 480 Critical Media Industry Studies
- TCOM 481 Communication Regulations & Policy
- TCOM 495 Communication Capstone Thesis
- TCOM 499 Special Topics in Communication
- TFILM 201 Introduction to Film Studies (formerly TFILM 272)
- TFILM 220 Film and the Arts
- TFILM 377 Spanish Film (formerly THISP 377)
- TFILM 386 Silent Cinema
- TFILM 387 World Film 1927-1959
- TFILM 388 World Film 1960-2000
- TFILM 434 Disability in Film
- TFILM 436 Feminist Perspectives in Film and Literature
- TFILM 438 Gender and Sexuality in Film
- TFILM 444 Crime Narratives and Society
- TFILM 481 Film Theory and Aesthetics
- TFILM 483 Film Directors
- TFILM 485 Media Genres
- TFILM 499 Special Topics in Film Studies
- TGH 302 Global Imaginations *
- TLAX 250 Images of Latinos/as in the Movies (formerly THISP 250)
- TLAX 355 Migration and the Transnational Family in Latino Literature and Film (formerly THISP 355)
- TLAX 376 Latin American Film (formerly THISP 376)
- TLAX 441 Mexican Cinema and Society (formerly THISP 441)
(* denotes courses restricted to Global Honors students)
30 Credits - A maximum of two non TCOM courses may be used in this requirement.
- TCOM 275 Writing/Reporting/Editing for the Mass Media
- TCOM 320 Principles of Web Design
- TCOM 330 Mobile Communication and Social Practice
- TCOM 347 Television Criticism & Application
- TCOM 348 Nonfiction Writing for Television
- TCOM 349 News Writing
- TCOM 350 Editing and Design for Print Media
- TCOM 351 Video Production
- TCOM 387 Writing for Public Relations
- TCOM 420 Advanced Web Design
- TCOM 470 Documentary Production and Critique
- TCOM 471 Advanced Video Production
- TCOM 482 Investigative Reporting
- TCOM 484 Opinion Writing for the Mass Media
- TCOM 486 Feature Writing for Print Media
- TCOM 490 Communication Capstone Internship
- TFILM 350 Screenwriting
- TFILM 450 Advanced Screenwriting: Writing the Feature
- TFILM 489 Screendance
- TWRT 287 Writing Creative Non-Fiction (formerly TWRT 387)
- TWRT 350 Principles of User Centered Design
- TWRT 353 User Experience Writing
- TWRT 365 Literary Editing and Publishing
- TWRT 440 Cross-Cultural Communication Design
- TWRT 487 Advanced Creative Nonfiction
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