Electronic Media - B.S. Program Requirements

• Electronic Media Management Concentration
• Electronic Media Production Concentration
• Electronic Media Sports Production Concentration
  

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (19 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	JMC	20003	Introduction to Mass Communication	3
		20004	Media Writing*	3
		20008	Audience Analysis and Research	3
		22002	Videography Basics	1
		30004	Writing for Electronic Media	2
		40006	Law of Mass Communication	3
WIC		40010	Ethics and Issues in Mass Communication**	3
		40192	Internship in Radio/Television	1
III.	ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (60 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ENG	30064 30065	Argumentative Prose (3) or Expository Prose Writing (3)	3
KHU DD	HIST	12070	History of the United States: Formative Period	3
KHU DD		12071	History of the United States: Modern Period	3
KMC	MATH	11009 11010	Modeling Algebra (3) or Algebra for Calculus (4)	3-4
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			3
	Kent Core Basic Science (must include one laboratory)			6-7
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Fine Arts			3
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			3
	Liberal Studies Requirement Electives			27
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (44 credits)
	Electronic Media Management (44)
	Electronic Media Production (44)
	Electronic Media Sports Production (44)
MINIMUM TOTAL				124

*A minimum B- (2.70) grade must be earned within two attempts in order to move forward in the major.

**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

 

Electronic Media Management Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	JMC	21001	Principles of Advertising	3
		23031	Basic Electronic Media Audio Production	3
		30034	Programming for Electronic Media	3
		34038	Media Sales and Sales Management	3
		34050	Promotions for Electronic Media	3
		40015	Media Management	3
		41004	Broadcast Copywriting	3
	Upper-division JMC Elective			3
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (20 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KSS	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
KAD		22061	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	MKTG	25010	Marketing	3
	MIS	24163	Principles of Management	3
	General Elective (minimum 6 credits of a Non-JMC elective)			8
MINIMUM TOTAL				44

 

Electronic Media Production Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	JMC	22003	Videography Basics II	1
		23030	Basic Electronic Media Video Production	3
		23031	Basic Electronic Media Audio Production	3
	Choose from the following:			6
	JMC	33032	Audio Studio Production (3)
		33033	Audio Field Production (3)
		33042	Video Studio Production (3)
		33043	Video Field Production (3)
	Choose from the following:			6
	JMC	30034	Programming for Electronic Media (3)
		33036	Basic Media Engineering (3)
		34050	Promotions for Electronic Media (3)
		40037	Scriptwriting for Video and Film (3)
		40095	Special Topics:Sports Production (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Non-Linear Editing (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Historical TV Documentary (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Lighting for Video (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Photoshop for Video (3)
		40095	Special Topics: After Effects Graphics (3)
	Choose from the following:			6
	JMC	40095	Special Topics: Audio for Video (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Advanced Narrative Production (3)
		40095	Special Topics:TV Post Production (3)
		46054	Broadcast Documentary (3)
		49021	Corporate Video (3)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (29 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			3
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			3
	General Elective (lower or upper division)			13
MINIMUM TOTAL				44

 

Electronic Media Sports Production

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	JMC	22003	Videography Basics II	1
		23030	Basic Electronic Media Video Production	3
		23031	Basic Electronic Media Audio Production	3
		40013	Television Sports Production	3
		44042	Live Sports Production	3
		44043	Sports Field Production	3
		45000	Television Sports Graphics Production	3
	Choose from the following:			6
	JMC	33036	Basic Media Engineering (3)
		40036	Non-Linear Video Editing (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Editing with AVID (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Lighting for Video (3)
		40095	Special Topics: Motion Graphics (3)
		44045	Promotions for Electronic Media (3)
		44054	Audio for Video (3)
		49021	Corporate Video (3)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (19 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	SPAD	25059	Sport in Society	3
	Choose from the following:			9
	SPAD	45023	Sports Marketing (3)
		45024	Sport in Global Perspective (3)
		45026	Sport and the Media (3)
		45027	Public Relations and Promotion in Sport (3)
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			3
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			3
	General Elective (lower or upper division)			1
MINIMUM TOTAL				44