Student Interest Model - Media Studies

These classes are recommended, not required. Recommended classes do not concern Levels A, D, and E as they are all required. See the UND catalog, Communication Program website (und.edu/dept/comm), or your advisor for more information.

Level B: Skills/Theory
(15-18 credits required, minimum of one course per category)

Community

       •201 – Visual Communication F, S

Information

       •200 – Introduction to Media Writing · AM · F, S

       •244 – Reporting & Feature Writing · AM · F

       •353 – Writing for electronic Media (pre-req 200) · AM · F

Technology

       •354 – Electronic Field Production · AM · S

Level C: Theory/Skills
(12-15 credits required, minimum of one course per category)

Community

       •300 - Communication & Society (pre-req 102 or 103 or IC) F, S

       •301 – Psychology of communication · AM or IC · S

       •310 – Media & Diversity · AM · S

       •402 – International/Intercultural Communication · AM or IC · F

Information

       •367 – Classical & Modern Criticism · AM · F/2

       •405 – Social Implications of the Information Society · AM or IC · F

Technology

       •302 – Popular Culture · AM or IC · F

       •406 – Media Consequences & Effects · AM · F

       •407 – Communication Technologies & the Future · AM or IC · S

Recommended Courses outside the Communication Program
(some may have pre-requisites, see Academic Catalog)

Anthropology

• 171 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
• 372 Culture Thoery

Philosophy

• 350 Symbolic Logic
• 470 Epitemology

Sociology

• 301 Basic Sociological Theory
• 470 Epistemology

English

• 369 Literature & Culture

Key: F = Fall S = Spring SS = Summer /2 = Every other year AM = Admitted Major IC = Instructor Consent