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College
College of Communication and Information
Department
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

201 Franklin Hall
Tel: 330-672-2572
E-mail: jmc@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/jmc

The Media Literacy minor gives a broad overview of the media from an information, as opposed to skills, perspective.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

MEDIA LITERACY MINOR REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
KSS/DD JMC 20001 Media, Power and Culture 3
    20005 Fundamentals of Media Messages 3
    21001 Principles of Advertising 3
    28001 Principles of Public Relations 3
    30034 Programming for Electronic Media 3
    40006 Law of Mass Communication 3
    40022 Film as Communication 3
  MINIMUM TOTAL 21

Requirement to declare minor: Minimum 2.000 cumulative Kent State University GPA; or, if a first semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing, no established Kent State University GPA is needed.

Minimum 2.700 GPA in the minor required for graduation.