Skip Navigation

Point Loma Nazarene University

 > Home > Undergraduate Catalog > Course Offerings and Descriptions > Communication and Theatre > Media Communication Major

Media Communication Major

LOWER-DIVISION CORE REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLE
UNITS
COM 150
Intro to Media Communication
3
COM 175
Scriptwriting for
Television and Film
3
COM 195
Media Literacy
3
COM 243 Intro to TV and Film Production 3
COM 275 Audio Production 2
WRI 215
WRI 216
 
WRI 217
Newspaper Workshop OR
Literary Magazine Workshop OR
Yearbook Workshop
1

TOTAL
15

UPPER-DIVISION CORE REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLE UNITS
COM 421
Communication Internship
3
COM 465
Communication Theories and
Research
3
COM 485
Communication, Values, and Society
2

TOTAL
5-8

UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVES

Choose nine (9) units from:
COM 300
Narrative and Documentary Film
3
COM 340
Organizational Communication
3
COM 350 Electronic Media in Comm.
3
COM 390 Intro to Public Relations
 
COM 490
Special Topics in Communication
1-3
WRI 340
Media Ethics and Law*
3
Students with a flm studies concentration may also select the following two courses:
COM 442 Field Production 2
COM 443 Studio Production 2

TOTAL
9

WRITING ELECTIVES

Choose one (1) courses from:
WRI 250
Intro to Journalism
3
WRI 320
Creative Writing:Mixed
3
WRI 322
Creative Writing:Fiction
3
WRI 323
Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
3
TOTAL
3

Concentrations

Concentrations (choose one track and pick electives among the choices).

MULTIMEDIA

COURSE
TITLE
UNITS
Take a total of 8 units from:
ART 103 Two Dimensional Design
3
ART 215 Intro to Computer Graphics
3
ART 315 Intro to Interactive Applications
3
ART 450 Advanced Concepts of Graphic
Design: Interactivity
3
COM 420 Communication Practicum
1-2

TOTAL
8

PERFORMANCE

COURSE TITLE
UNITS
Take a total of 8 units from
COM 231
Argumentation & Debate 3
COM 260 Advanced Public & Professional Speaking
3
COM 420 Communication Practicum
1-2
COM 425 Advanced TV Workshop
 1
COM 435 Advanced Audio Production
1
COM/
WRI 445
Television News
3
TRE 250 Voice and Diction 2
TRE 270 Acting I 3

TOTAL 8

Production

COURSE TITLE UNITS
Take a total of 8 units from:
COM 420 Communication Practicum 1-2
COM 425 Advanced TV Workshop 1
COM 435 Advanced Audio Production 1
COM 442 Field Production 2
COM 443 Studio Production 2
COM 445 Television News 3
TRE 436 Stagecraft Techniques 2
TRE 437 Lighting and Makeup 3
TOTAL 8

FILM STUDIES

Student must be accepted into the LA Film Studies
program in order to complete this concentration.
COURSE
TITLE
UNITS
COM 470
Hollywood Production Workshop

COM 471
Theology in Hollywood
4
COM 472
Internship: Inside Hollywood
6
Choose one of the following:
COM 473
Motion Picture Production
3
COM 474
Professional Screenwriting
3
COM 480
Independent Study 3

Total units required for major
43

TOTAL for Film Studies
49