Apr 04, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Media and Entertainment Arts (Media and Entertainment Arts Management) BS Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
COM 110 - Careers and Skills in Communication 1 hr.
COM 210 - Introduction to Digital Skills 2 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.
General Elective 1 hr.

2nd semester (16 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
MEA 230 - Introduction to Audio Production 3 hrs.
BA 100 - Introduction to Business 3 hrs.
COM 310 - Digital and Social Media 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (13 hours)

MEA 201 - Media and Entertainment Arts Business & Industry 3 hrs.
MEA 240 - Introduction to Video Production 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Select 1:

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.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

FIN 200 - Personal Finance 3 hrs.
CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs. (SI)

Select 1 MEA course 3 hrs.

MEA 320 - Creative Careers and Talent Management 3 hrs.
MEA 321 - Record Company and Studio Operations 3 hrs.
MEA 383 - History of Sound and Recording Arts 3 hrs.
MEA 421 - Live Production Business 3 hrs.
MEA 424 - Entrepreneurship and the Arts 3 hrs.
MEA 425 - Media Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing 3 hrs.
MEA 426 - International Media and Entertainment Arts 3 hrs.
COM 418 - Media Practicum 1-3 hrs.
COM 429 - Internship Experience 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

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.

Junior

1st semester (15 hours)

Select 1:

MEA 320 - Creative Careers and Talent Management 3 hrs.
MEA 321 - Record Company and Studio Operations 3 hrs.
MEA 383 - History of Sound and Recording Arts 3 hrs.
MEA 421 - Live Production Business 3 hrs.
MEA 424 - Entrepreneurship and the Arts 3 hrs.
MEA 425 - Media Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing 3 hrs.
MEA 426 - International Media and Entertainment Arts 3 hrs.
COM 418 - Media Practicum 1-3 hrs.
COM 429 - Internship Experience 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

Select 1 course:

Select 1 Business course:

MGT 300 - Management for Organizations 3 hrs.
MKT 300 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs.
MER 300 - Principles of Merchandising 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

MCJ 454 - Media Law and Ethics 3 hrs. or
MEA 480 - Legal Aspects of the Media and Entertainment Arts Industries 3 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
General Electives 3 hrs.

Select 1 MEA course (not previously taken):

MEA 320 - Creative Careers and Talent Management 3 hrs.
MEA 321 - Record Company and Studio Operations 3 hrs.
MEA 383 - History of Sound and Recording Arts 3 hrs.
MEA 421 - Live Production Business 3 hrs.
MEA 424 - Entrepreneurship and the Arts 3 hrs.
MEA 425 - Media Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing 3 hrs.
MEA 426 - International Media and Entertainment Arts 3 hrs.
COM 418 - Media Practicum 1-3 hrs.
COM 429 - Internship Experience 3 hrs.

Select 1 Business course (not previously taken):

MER 300 - Principles of Merchandising 3 hrs.
MGT 300 - Management for Organizations 3 hrs.
MKT 300 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs.
ENTR 375 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

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

2nd semester (15 hours)

MEA 491 - Senior Project II - Production and Delivery 3 hrs.
General Electives 12 hrs.