Digital Media Advising Sheet
- Students may propose other courses to their academic advisor to best meet their academic goals.
- This advising sheet is not a contract but is designed to help students track academic progress.
- A maximum of 6 credit hours total from COMM 3890, 3891, 3892 and 3893 may be counted for the major.
- Select classes carefully to meet upper-division requirements.
- Download the Digital Media Advising Sheet (Word Document).
- Information on departmental class offerings can be found on the semester-by-semester course rotation webpage, or by downloading a PDF version of the semester-by-semester course rotation schedule.
2025-26 Catalog Year
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Required for all Communication Majors (24 credits)
Course Title Credits COMM 1020 HU Principles of Public Speaking 3 COMM 1130 Media Writing OR
COMM 1140 Writing for Workplace Communication3 COMM 2110 HU CEL Interpersonal and Small Group Communication 3 COMM 3000 Communication Theory
Prerequisite for many upper-division courses and should be taken as early as possible.3 COMM 3150 Communication Research Methods 3 COMM 3650 Communication Law 3 COMM 4890 INT Communication Internship 3 COMM 4990 Senior Seminar 3 -
Required for Digital Media Emphasis (21 credits)
Course Title Credits COMM 1500 Introduction to Mass Communication 3 COMM 1560 Audio Production and Performance 3 COMM 2200 Multi-Camera Production and Performance 3 COMM 2250 HU Essentials of Digital Media 3 COMM 3740 Writing for Screen 3 COMM 3750 Advanced Cinematography and Editing 3 COMM 4760 Media Management and Distribution 3 -
Electives for Digital Media (Pick 9 credits)
Course Title Credits COMM 2010 HU Mass Media and Society 3 COMM 2400 Social Media for Communicators 3 COMM 2560 Digital Radio Production and Broadcast 3 COMM 2820 Podcast Production 3 COMM 2980 Introduction to Storytelling in Cinematic Virtual Reality 3 COMM 3060 Listening and Interviewing 3 COMM 3070 Performance Studies 3 COMM 3080 Intercultural Communication 3 COMM 3090 Gender and Communication 3 COMM 3100 Small Group Facilitation and Leadership 3 COMM 3120 Advanced Public Speaking 3 COMM 3130 News Reporting and Writing 3 COMM 3200 Live Event Production 1-3 COMM 3220 Editing 3 COMM 3350 Visual Communication 3 COMM 3400 Introduction to Public Relations & Strategic Communication 3 COMM 3440 Public Relations Writing 3 COMM 3460 Public Relations and Social Media 3 COMM 3550 Organizational Communication 3 COMM 3751 Narrative Filmmaking 3 COMM 3780 Broadcast News Writing and Production 3 COMM 3820 Persuasive Communication 3 COMM 3850 Advertising 3 COMM 3890 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with Signpost 1-3 COMM 3891 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with KWCR 1-3 COMM 3893 INT Advanced Cooperative Work Experience with Studio 76 1-3 COMM 4130 In-depth and Investigative Journalism 3 COMM 4500 Topics in Communication
Only when taught as digital media-related topic
Prerequisite: instructor permission3 COMM 4800 Special Study and Individual Projects 3 -
Non-Communication Electives for Digital Media (Pick 15 credits)
Note
Students must complete a minor approved by their academic advisor OR one of the following tracks.Entertainment Track
Course Title Credits ART 1120 Design Concepts 3 ART 2430 Introduction to Graphic Design
Prerequisite: ART 11203 ART 4420 Advanced Digital Media
Prerequisites: ART 1120, ART 2420A, ART 2420B, ART 2420C, ART 2420D or instructor permission3 ART 4440 Interaction Design
Prerequisites: ART 1120, ART 2430, ART 3430, ART 3445 or instructor permission3 ENGL 3350 Studies in Literary Genres
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 2010 or 20153 ENGL 3510 HU/EDI World Literature
Prerequisites: ENGL 1010, ENGL 2010 or 20153 ENGL 4550 American Literature – Contemporary
Prerequisites: ENGL 1010, ENGL 2010, ENGL 30803 MKTG 3010 Marketing Concepts and Practices 3 MKTG 3100 Consumer Behavior
Prerequisite: MKTG 30103 THEA 3303 History and Literature of Theater I 3 THEA 3505 Playwriting
Prerequisite: instructor permission3 Other courses pre-approved by advisor 3 Digital Media Production Track
Choose no more than three COMM Courses (9 credits total). Courses may not also be used to fill major elective requirements.
Course Title Credits ACTG 2010 Survey of Accounting I 3 ART 1120 Design Concepts 3 ART 2430 Introduction to Graphic Design
Prerequisite: ART 11203 ART 2450 Foundations of Photography: Color/Digital 3 ART 2750 Foundations of Video Art
Prerequisites: ART 2250 or ART 24503 ART 4440 Interaction Design
Prerequisites: ART 1120, ART 2430, ART 3430, ART 3445 or instructor permission3 BSAD 1010 Introduction to Business 3 BSAD 3000 Small Business Management 3 COMM 3751 Narrative Filmmaking 3 COMM 4740 Advanced Writing for Screen 3 COMM 4751 Advanced Narrative Filmmaking 3 COMM 4770 Digital Documentary Filmmaking 3 MKTG 3010 Marketing Concepts and Practices 3 THEA 1023 CA Introduction to Film 3 THEA 1513 Stagecraft 3 THEA 2032 Lighting Fundamentals 3 THEA 3103 Directing I
Prerequisite: THEA 1063, THEA 1713, and THEA 1033 or THEA 12203 WEB 2200 Image Editing 3 WEB 2410 Web Animation I 3 WEB 2500 User Experience Design
Prerequisite: WEB 14003 WEB 3300 Motion Graphics
Prerequisites: WEB 2200, WEB 2300, or approval of instructor3