Media Communications
SOUTHERN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
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As a Media Com major at SWU, you will explore and understand your role in today’s media-saturated world. Become a media expert and learn the dynamics of journalism, writing, videography, and web design within a professional and faith-integrated context. Dive deep into video production and photojournalism with a concentration in Media Production, or immerse yourself in the theories and philosophies of modern media with a concentration in Mass Media Studies.
Required Media Communication Core Courses:
COMM 1003 Intro to Communication Studies
COMM 1203 Media History
COMM 2603 Persuasion & Rhetoric
COMM 3063 Media/Communication Theory
COMM 3703 Communication and the Christian Faith
COMM 4703 Communication Ethics & Law
COMM 4903 Communication Capstone
Media Production Concentration:
COMM 1503 Multi-Media Production
COMM 2503 Introduction to Digital Media
COMM 3153 Reporting
COMM 4603 Documentary/Investigative (Long Format) Reporting
One of the following:
COMM3713 Special Topics in Media Communication
Or COMM4981 Communication Independent Study
Mass Media Studies Concentration:
COMM 2403 Introduction to Popular Culture
COMM 3403 Media Criticism
COMM 4453 Seminar in Media & Society
COMM 4803 Strategic Communication
One of the following:
COMM3713 Special Topics in Media Communication
Or COMM4981 Communication Independent Study
The Media Communication Minor:
Students pursuing a minor in Media Communication must earn 18 hours, 12 of which must be 3000 level or higher, chosen from the following:
COMM 1203 Media History
COMM 1503 Multi-Media Production
COMM 2403 Introduction to Popular Culture
COMM 2503 Introduction to Digital Media
COMM 2603 Persuasion & Rhetorical Theory
COMM 3063 Media/Communication Theory
COMM 3153 Reporting
COMM 3703 Communication and the Christian Faith
COMM 4453 Seminar in Media & Society
COMM 4703 Communication Ethics & Law
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