Apr 04, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Media and Entertainment Arts (Video Arts) BS Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs. or
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs.
CMS 101 - Introduction to Communication Studies 3 hrs. or
MCJ 101 - Media Literacy 3 hrs.
UNV 101 - Academic Support I 3 hrs.
COM 110 - Careers and Skills in Communication 1 hr.
COM 210 - Introduction to Digital Skills 2 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

MEA 230 - Introduction to Audio Production 3 hrs.
MEA 240 - Introduction to Video Production 3 hrs.
ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
COM 310 - Digital and Social Media 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs. (SI)
MEA 201 - Media and Entertainment Arts Business & Industry 3 hrs.
MEA 340 - Digital Imaging Technology & Theory 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
General Electives 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

MEA 341 - Intermediate Video and Post Production 3 hrs.
MEA 310 - Scriptwriting for Media and Entertainment Arts 3 hrs.
Select an additional 3 hours from CMS, MEA, COM, MCJ or FLM (COM 429 or MCJ 312 recommended)

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
HUM 201 - Colloquium on the Pre-Modern World 3 hrs.
HUM 202 - Colloquium on the Modern World 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs. (strongly recommended)
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (15 hours)

MEA 441 - Advanced Post Production 3 hrs.
or
MEA 442 - Multicamera Production 3 hrs. or
MEA 443 - Directing and Producing in Media 3 hrs. or
MCJ 304 - Broadcast Reporting 3 hrs.
General Electives 6 hrs.
MEA 480 - Legal Aspects of the Media and Entertainment Arts Industries 3 hrs. or
MCJ 454 - Media Law and Ethics 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

2nd semester (15 hours)

MEA 441 - Advanced Post Production 3 hrs. or
MEA 442 - Multicamera Production 3 hrs. or
MEA 443 - Directing and Producing in Media 3 hrs. or
MCJ 304 - Broadcast Reporting 3 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
General Elective 3 hrs.

Select 1 course: (not previously taken)

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
HUM 201 - Colloquium on the Pre-Modern World 3 hrs.
HUM 202 - Colloquium on the Modern World 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

MEA 490 - Senior Project I - Proposal and Development 3 hrs.
General Electives 12 hrs.

2nd semester (12 hours)

MEA 491 - Senior Project II - Production and Delivery 3 hrs.
General Electives 9 hrs.