Mass Communications B.A., with News and Content Creation Concentration - 4 Year Plan of Study

Semester 1 (Fall)

• ✳️  ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit(s): 3
• ✳️  MMC 3602 - Media and Society Credit(s): 3
• SGEH - General Education Core Humanities  Credit(s): 3
• TGED - Human & Cultural Diversity  Credit(s): 3
• 6AMT - State Computation Requirement  Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 2 (Spring)

• ✳️  ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit(s): 3
• MMC 2100 - Media Writing Credit(s): 3
• MMC 3472 - Audience Engagement and Analytics Credit(s): 3
• VIC 3001 - Visual Literacy Credit(s): 3
• SGEM - General Education Core Mathematics  (STA 2023 - Introductory Statistics I  Credit(s): 3 recommended)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 3 (Summer)

Please consider pursing High Impact Practice opportunities this semester such as Education Abroad, Internship Opportunities, Community Engagement, or Research Opportunities.

Questions about opportunities? Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor.

Semester 4 (Fall)

• ✳️  MMC 4203 - Communication Ethics Credit(s): 3
• MMC 4211 - Communication Law and Democracy Credit(s): 3
• SGEN - General Education Core Natural Sciences  Credit(s): 3
• Foreign Language I Credit(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 13

Semester 5 (Spring)

• ✳️  JOU 2370 - Mobile Storytelling Credit(s): 3
• ✳️  RTV 2100 - Writing For Radio and TV Credit(s): 3
• SGES - General Education Core Social Sciences  Credit(s): 3
• TGEC - Creative Thinking  Credit(s): 3
• Foreign Language II Credit(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 16

Semester 6 (Summer)

• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Semester 7 (Fall)

• ✳️  RTV 3301 - Broadcast News Credit(s): 3
• JOU 2100 - Beginning Reporting Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Concentration Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 8 (Spring)

• MMC 3127C - Radio and Podcasting Credit(s): 3
• TGEE - Ethical Reasoning & Civic Engagement  Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Concentration Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Semester 9 (Summer)

• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Semester 10 (Fall)

• JOU 3131 - Accountability Reporting and Fact Finding Credit(s): 3
• RTV 4304 - TV News Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Semester 11 (Spring)

• MMC 4120 - Media Convergence Credit(s): 3

• OR RTV 4544 - Advanced Studio Production - Vu II  Credit(s): 3 

  OR RTV 4942C - TV Practicum - Newsbreak  Credit(s): 3 

• TGEH - High Impact Practice  Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 4
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 13