Communications - Broadcast Journalism Concentration, BA/BS

Communications

General Education And Institutional Requirements

(46-47 Semester hours) See catalog for the full list of University General Education and Institutional Requirements . General Education Electives must be selected with the help of the student’s academic
advisor.

Concentrations

Majors will choose TWO from the list of THREE courses, including COMM 101 Oral Communications, COMM 103 Public Speaking, and COMM 205 Media Literacy for Diverse Audiences.

Broadcast Journalism

The Broadcast Journalism program provides students with the education and skills needed to pursue a career in a state-of-the-art broadcast news and digital production industry. This entails broadcast news writing and announcing, as well as working with television cameras, producing, and directing television and/or radio news programs. Students will have the opportunity to be involved in producing television programs for BSU-TV and radio programs for WBSU.

Core Requirements (36 semester hours)

COMM 101 - Oral Communication 3 Credits
COMM 103 - Public Speaking 3 Credits
COMM 104 - Voice and Diction 3 Credits
COMM 205 - Media Literacy for Diverse Audiences 3 Credits
COMM 240 - Introduction to Mass Communications 3 Credits
COMM 248 - Introduction to Broadcast News 3 Credits
COMM 331 - Digital Television Media Production 3 Credits
COMM 341 - Media Ethics 3 Credits
COMM 421 - Broadcast Programming I 3 Credits
COMM 423 - Communication Law, Policy, and Administration 3 Credits
COMM 425 - Digital Radio Production 3 Credits
COMM 426 - Digital Radio Production II 3 Credits
or
COMM 429 - Video Editing 3 Credits
or
COMM 428 - Television/Film Documentary Production 3 Credits
COMM 438 - Internship in Seminar 3 Credits
COMM 497 - Metro Lab News 3 Credits

Selected Electives

Students in the Broadcast Journalism subplan must complete 38 credit hours of courses from any discipline.

Sample Program

Freshman Year

First Semester

COMM 101 - Oral Communication 3 Credits
ENGL 101 - Expository Writing 3 Credits
FRSE 101 - Freshman Seminar 3 Credits
MATH 127 - Introduction to Mathematical Ideas 3 Credits
____ ___ Social Science Elective 3 Credits

Total: 15

Second Semester

ENGL 102 - Argument and Research 3 Credits
COMM 103 - Public Speaking 3 Credits
Arts and Humanities Elective I 3 Credits
HEED 102 - Life and Health 3 Credits
HIST 114 - African American History to 1865 3 Credits
or
HIST 115 - African American History Since 1865 3 Credits

Total: 15

Sophomore Year

First Semester

COMM 240 - Introduction to Mass Communications 3 Credits
Science Elective I 4 Credits
Arts and Humanities Elective II 3 Credits
Technology Elective 3 Credits
General Education Elective I 3 Credits

Total: 16

Second Semester

COMM 248 - Introduction to Broadcast News 3 Credits
General Education Elective II 3 Credits
General Education Elective III 3 Credits
Science Elective II 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits

Total: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

COMM 331 - Digital Television Media Production 3 Credits
COMM 341 - Media Ethics 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits

Total: 15

Second Semester

COMM 421 - Broadcast Programming I 3 Credits
COMM 423 - Communication Law, Policy, and Administration 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credits

Total: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

COMM 425 - Digital Radio Production 3 Credits
COMM 426 - Digital Radio Production II 3 Credits or
COMM 428 - Television/Film Documentary Production 3 Credits or
COMM 429 - Video Editing 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credit
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credit
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credit

Total: 15

Second Semester

COMM 438 - Internship in Seminar 3 Credits (Broadcast)
COMM 497 - Metro Lab News 3 Credits
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credit
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credit
Non-Communication Elective 3 Credit