Electronic Media - B.S. Program Requirements
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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 | |
ELR | 40092 | Internship | 1 | |
III. | ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (57 credits) | |||
Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
KAD | COMM | 15000 | Introduction to Human Communication | 3 |
KHU DD |
HIST | 12070 | History of the United States: The Formative Period | 3 |
KHU DD |
12071 | History of the United States: The Modern Period | 3 | |
LIS | 10010 30010 |
Information Fluency or Information Fluency in the Workplace and Beyond |
3 | |
KMC | MATH | 11009 11010 |
Modeling Algebra (4) or Algebra for Calculus (3) |
3-4 |
VCD | 14001 | Visual Design Literacy | 3 | |
Choose from the following: | 3 | |||
ENG | 30064 | Argumentative Prose (3) | ||
30065 | Expository Prose Writing (3) | |||
30066 | Writing in the Public Sphere (3) | |||
Kent Core Composition | 6-8 | |||
Kent Core Fine Arts | 3 | |||
Kent Core Basic Science (must include one laboratory) | 6-7 | |||
Non-JMC General Electives (Electronic Media Management Concentration-1 hour must be upper division) | 21 | |||
IV. | CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (47 credits) | |||
Electronic Media Management (47) | ||||
Electronic Media Production (47) | ||||
Electronic Media Sports Production (47) | ||||
MINIMUM TOTAL | 124 |
* No grade lower than a C- (1.700) in a JMC course will be counted toward graduation or as a prerequisite for a subsequent class.
** Students who successfully complete JMC 20001 prior to declaring a JMC major may use it as a substitute for JMC 20003.
***A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement. Students declaring the combined degree program with the master's in journalism and mass communication will satisfy the writing-intensive requirement with JMC 60003 Ethics in Mass Communication.
Special Major Note:
Students who pass 15 credits of non-remedial academic coursework each fall and spring semester and the 1-credit First Year Experience course will accumulate 121 credits in four years. This major requires 124 credits for graduation. Students can stay on track for graduation by:
- Declaring their major as freshmen and completing all courses in sequence (bear in mind that switching majors may cause a delay in graduation);
- Prioritizing required courses above electives;
- Meeting regularly with their academic advisors to stay on track;
- Passing each required course the first time attempted and maintaining the minimal GPA for the major;
- Successfully completing more than 15 credit hours of relevant coursework (field-based work, internship) during academic semesters; and/or
- Completing relevant coursework (field-based work, internship) during summer sessions.
Electronic Media Management Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.
I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA | ||||
Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
JMC | 21001 | Principles of Advertising | 3 | |
23031 | Basic Audio Production | 3 | ||
30034 | Programming for Electronic Media | 3 | ||
34038 | Media Sales and Sales Management | 3 | ||
40015 | Media Management | 3 | ||
41004 | Broadcast Copywriting | 3 | ||
44045 | Promotions for Electronic Media | 3 | ||
Upper-division JMC Elective | 3 | |||
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (23 credits)
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Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
KSS | ECON | 22060 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
KAD | 22061 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
MKTG | 25010 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
MIS | 24163 | Principles of Management** | 3 | |
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) | 3 | |||
General Electives (upper-division)* | 8 | |||
MINIMUM TOTAL
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47 |
*Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA.
**BMRT 11009 is equivalent to MIS 24163
Electronic Media Production Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.
I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits) Courses count in major GPA | ||||
Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
JMC | 22003 | Videography Basics II | 1 | |
23030 | Basic Video Production | 3 | ||
23031 | Basic 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) | ||
33032 | Audio Studio Production (3) | |||
33033 | Audio Field Production (3) | |||
33036 | Basic Media Engineering (3) | |||
33042 | Video Studio Production (3) | |||
33043 | Video Field Production (3) | |||
40013 | Television Sports Production (3) | |||
40035 | Television Graphics (3) | |||
40036 | Non-Linear Video Editing (3) | |||
40037 | Scriptwriting for Video and Film (3) | |||
44045 | Promotions for Electronic Media (3) | |||
45000 | Television Sports Graphics Production (3) | |||
45001 | Lighting for Video Production (3) | |||
45005 | Historical Television Documentary Production (3) | |||
46057 | Motion Graphics for Video Editing (3) | |||
Choose from the following: | 6 | |||
JMC | 44050 | Audio for Video (3) | ||
45010 | Digital Film Preproduction (3) | |||
45013 | Digital Film Postproduction (3) | |||
46054 | Broadcast Documentary (3) | |||
49021 | Corporate Video (3) | |||
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (22 credits) | ||||
Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) | 3 | |||
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) | 6 | |||
General Electives (5 credit hours Non-JMC, minimum 9 hours upper division)* | 13 | |||
MINIMUM TOTAL
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47 |
*Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA. Minimum 72 credit hours taken outside JMC.
Electronic Media Sports Production Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.
I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits) Courses count in major GPA | ||||
Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
JMC | 22003 | Videography Basics II | 1 | |
23030 | Basic Video Production | 3 | ||
23031 | Basic 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) | |||
44045 | Promotions for Electronic Media (3) | |||
44050 | Audio for Video (3) | |||
45001 | Lighting for Video Production (3) | |||
45020 | AVID Editor Certification (3) | |||
46054 | Broadcast Documentary (3) | |||
46057 | Motion Graphics for Video Editing (3) | |||
49021 | Corporate Video (3) | |||
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (22 credits) | ||||
Type | Course | Title | Credits | |
SPAD | 25000 | 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) | 6 | |||
General Electives* | 1 | |||
MINIMUM TOTAL
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47 |
*Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA. Minimum 72 credit hours taken outside JMC.
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