Updated 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Mass Communication, B.S. major

Required Credits: 57
Required GPA: 2.50

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• MASC 1100 Mass Media and Society (3 credits)
• MASC 1500 Making Media (1 credit)
• MASC 2243 Video Editing (3 credits)
• MASC 2250 Video Production (3 credits)
• MASC 2460 Digital Photography (3 credits)
• MASC 2850 Media Writing I (3 credits)
• MASC 3270 Media and Social Change (3 credits)
• MASC 3450 Advanced Field Production (3 credits)
• MASC 3480 Advanced Audio Production (3 credits)
• MASC 3500 Media Design (3 credits)
• MASC 3600 Social Media Marketing (3 credits)
• MASC 3720 Media Writing II (3 credits)
• MASC 3850 Media Ethics and Law (3 credits)
• MASC 4303 Final Media Showcase (3 credits)
• MASC 4840 Portfolio (3 credits)

Complete the following course for 3 credits:

• MASC 4970 Internship (1-12 credits)

Select two of the following courses:

• MASC 3111 FM-90 Radio Practicum (1 credit)
• MASC 3112 KBSU-TV Practicum (1 credit)
• MASC 3350 Northern Student Magazine Practicum (1 credit)

II REQUIRED ELECTIVES

Select 9 semester credits of electives from the
following courses:

• MASC 2600 Advertising and Culture (3 credits)
• MASC 2925 People of the Environment: Mass Media Perspectives (3 credits)
• MASC 3110 Media Content Creation (3 credits)
• MASC 3150 Photojournalism (3 credits)
• MASC 3260 Public Relations (3 credits)
• MASC 3330 Performance and Production (3 credits)
• MASC 3510 Podcasting 101 (3 credits)
• MASC 3650 Media Production for Social Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
• MASC 3670 Documentary Film (3 credits)
• MASC 3790 Screenwriting (3 credits)
• MASC 3900 Topics in Mass Communication (1-3 credits)
• MASC 4220 Multimedia Marketing (3 credits)
• MASC 4330 Engineering for Electronic Media (3 credits)
• MASC 4340 Digital Cinema (3 credits)
• MASC 4900 Topics in Mass Communication (1-3 credits)

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR MASS COMMUNICATION, B.S. MAJOR

The following is a list of required Mass Communication, B.S. major courses by year.  This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Freshman

• MASC 1500 Making Media (1 credit)
• MASC 2243 Video Editing (3 credits)
• MASC 2460 Digital Photography (3 credits)
• MASC 2850 Media Writing I (3 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements (MASC 1100 Mass Media and Society fulfills Goal Area 9)
  

Sophomore

• MASC 2250 Media Production I (3 credits)
• MASC 2780 Culmination (3 credits)
• MASC 3111 Student Media Practicum I (1 credit)
• MASC 3251 Media Production II (3 credits)
• MASC 3450 Advanced Field Production (3 credits)
• MASC 3720 Media Writing II (3 credits)
• Choose from
    MASC 1100 Mass Media and Society (3 credits)
    MASC 2600 Advertising (3 credits)
    MASC 3260 Public Relations (3 credits)
• MASC Required Electives
• Liberal Education Requirements
  

Junior

• MASC 3270 Media and Social Change (3 credits)
• MASC 3850 Media Ethics and Law (3 credits)
• MASC 3112 Student Media Practicum II (1 credit)
  
• MASC 3150 Photojournalism (3 credits)
• MASC 3480 Advanced Audio Production (3 credits)
• MASC 3330 Performance and Production (3 credits)
• MASC 3500 Media Design (3 credits)
• MASC 3600 Social Media Marketing (3 credits)
• MASC 4970 Internship (1-12 credits)
• MASC Required Electives
• Liberal Education Requirements
  

Senior

• MASC 4333 Multi-Platform Storytelling (3 credits)
• MASC 4450 Multimedia Production (3 credits)
• MASC 4303 Final Media Showcase (3 credits)
• MASC 4312 Production Company (3 credits)
• MASC 4840 Portfolio (3 credits)
• MASC 4970 Internship (1-12 credits)
• MASC Required Electives
• Liberal Education Requirements