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Department of Communication and Media Studies
The Department of Communication and Media Studies aims to educate students in all aspects of human communication. Our goal is to produce graduates who can think critically, reason morally, write and speak with precision and impact, and present performances in a variety of media to audiences of all types. We offer majors and minors in Communication and Mass Communication/Journalism (with concentrations in Public Relations and in Broadcasting) and majors in Speech Education and Performance Studies. Our Mass Communication degrees are complemented by lab work on the Bells, the UMHB student newspaper, and on the Bluebonnet, the university yearbook, as well as internships at a variety of local newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. Our Communication and Speech Education degrees are supported by a growing and successful inter-collegiate forensics and speech competition team. Our Performance Studies program produces short films as well as one-person stage performances and internet webcasts.
Major in Mass Communication/Journalism, B.A. degree with an emphasis in Public Relations and Advertising
A major in Mass Communication/Journalism is 30 semester hours.
Required Support Courses
| BADM 2312 Communicating in Business | 3 |
| BCIS 1301 Technological Solutions for Personal Productivity | 3 |
| BCIS 3350 Desktop Publishing and Print Preparation | 3 |
| ARTS 2375 Computer Imaging and Design I | 3 |
| ARTS 3370 Advertising Graphic Design | 3 |
| COMM 1320 Public Speaking | 3 |
| COMM 1350 Business Speech | 3 |
| COMM 3310 Persuasion | 3 |
| Total | 24 |
Required Courses
| COMM 2320 Introduction to Mass Media | 3 |
| COMM 2360 Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
| COMM 3330 Photojournalism | 3 |
| COMM 3365 Advanced Journalism | 3 |
| COMM 3368 Broadcast Writing | 3 |
| COMM 3390 Introduction to Film Studies | 3 |
| COMM 4310 Introduction to Public Relations | 3 |
| COMM 4340 Law and Regulation of the Mass Media | 3 |
| COMM 4360 Editing | 3 |
| Total | 27 |
Choose 3 for Internship
| COMM 4195 Internship in Print Communication | 1 |
| COMM 4196 Internship in Broadcasting | 1 |
| COMM 4197 Internship in Public Relations/Advertising | 1 |
| COMM 4198 Internship in Online Journalism | 1 |
Academic Foundation
| ENGL 1321 & 1322 | 6 |
| English Literature | 6 |
| COMM 1320 | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts | 3 |
| Social Sciences | 12 |
| Foreign Language (one language) | 14 |
| Mathematics (MATH 1306 or higher) | 3 |
| Mathematics and/or Laboratory Science | 3-4 |
| CSBS 1311 & 1312 | 6 |
| Exercise and Sport Science (two activity courses) | 2 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 64-65 |
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