Mass Communications B.A., with Video and Documentary Production - 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
• SGEM - General Education Core Mathematics  (STA 2023 - Introductory Statistics I  Credit(s): 3 recommended) 
• SGEN - General Education Core Natural Sciences  Credit(s): 3
• SGES - General Education Core Social Sciences  Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

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 2100 - Media Writing Credit(s): 3
• VIC 3001 - Visual Literacy Credit(s): 3
• TGEC - Creative Thinking  Credit(s): 3
• Foreign Language I Credit(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 13

Semester 5 (Spring)

• MMC 3472 - Audience Engagement and Analytics Credit(s): 3
• MMC 4211 - Communication Law and Democracy Credit(s): 3
• Foreign Language II Credit(s): 4
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 13

Semester 6 (Summer)

• MMC 4203 - Communication Ethics Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Semester 7 (Fall)

• JOU 2370 - Mobile Storytelling Credit(s): 3
• RTV 2100 - Writing For Radio and TV Credit(s): 3
• Concentration Elective Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 8 (Spring)

• RTV 3321 - Electronic Field Production Credit(s): 3
• RTV 4542 - TV Production and Direction Credit(s): 3
• TGEE - Ethical Reasoning & Civic Engagement  Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Concentration Elective Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 9 (Summer)

• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 3​​​​​​​

Semester 10 (Fall)

• RTV 4202 - Promotional Video Production Credit(s): 3
• RTV 3543 - Multi Camera Field Production Credit(s): 3

• OR RTV 4332C - Documentary Production  Credit(s): 3 

• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Elective Credit(s): 3
• Upper-Level Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

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