Media Industry Electives
What courses should you take as a Media Industries major? That depends on your goals!
Take a look at the areas below for course suggestions based on different career interests.
Do you want to...
Study film, TV, music and pop culture?
Start with this Lower Division Course:
COMM-020: Analysis of Media Forms & Cultures
Try 2 of these Industry Overviews:
COMM-106F: Film Industry
COMM-106V: TV Industry
COMM-106R: Streaming Media
Take 1 COMM Practice Course:
COMM-101: Audiovisual Media Practices
COMM-101D: Editing
COMM-102M: Studio TV
COMM-141: Media Activism
Take 1 Campus Practice Course:
LTWR-110: Screenwriting
TDDR-101: Stage Management
VIS-009: Digital Photography
MGT-162: Negotiations
Try these Electives:
COMM-105G: Video Game Studies
COMM-111G: Pop Culture
COMM-118C: Comics
COMM-137: Black Women Filmmakers
COMM-148: Global Cultures of K-Pop
Make Media?
Start with this Lower Division Course:
COMM-101: Intro to Audiovisual Media Practices
Try 2 of these Industry Overviews:
COMM-106F: Film Industry
COMM-106V: TV Industry
COMM-106I: Internet Industries
Take 1 COMM Practice Course:
COMM-101A: Producting Activist Media
COMM-101D: Editing
COMM-101K: Documentary
COMM-101N: Sound
Take 1 Campus Practice Course:
LTWR-110: Screenwriting
MUS-001: Fundamentals of Music
TDDR-101: Stage Management
TDGE-003: Cultivating the Creative Mind
Try these Electives:
COMM-103D: Documentary History & Theory
COMM-118T: TV as a Cultural Form
COMM-130: Creative Labor in Media Industries
COMM-142: Film Authorship
COMM-147: Media Activism
Work in journalism?
Start with this Lower Division Course:
COMM-30: Digital Media Literacy
Try 2 of these Industry Overviews:
COMM-106N: American News Media
COMM-106I: Internet Industries
COMM-106V: TV Industry
Take 1 COMM Practice Course:
COMM-115J: Intro to Journalism
COMM-120N: News Media Workshop
COMM-141: Media Activism
COMM-114B: Human Rights Advocacy
Take 1 Campus Practice Course:
LTWR-008C: Writing Nonfiction
COGS-014A: Intro to Research Methods
ECON-005: Data Analytics
SOCI-104Q: Qualtitative Interviewing
Try these Electives:
COMM-114T: Science Communication
COMM-131: Social Movements
COMM-152: News Media & Politics
COMM-156: Media And Conflict Environment
COMM-168: Bilingual Communicatoin
Pursue a career in marketing or PR?
Start with this Lower Division Course:
COMM-040: Intro to Promotional Culture
Try these Industry Overviews:
COMM-106D: Data Industries
COMM-106I: Internet Industries
Take 1 COMM Practice Course:
COMM-124: Critical Design Studio
COMM-101: Intro to Audiovisual Media Practices
COMM-102C: Practicum in New Media
Take 1 Campus Practice Course:
MGT-003: Quant Methods in Business
ECON-005: Data Analytics
COGS-001: Intro to Cog Sci
MGT-103: Product Marketing & Mgmt
Try these Electives:
COMM-109P: Propaganda & Persuasoin
COMM-110X: Texting & Talking
COMM-115: Data for COMM Students
COMM-134: Media Audiences
COMM-160: International Communication
Focus on digital media?
Start with this Lower Division Course:
COMM-030: Digital Media Literacy
Try 2 of these Industry Overviews:
COMM-106D: Data Industries
COMM-106I: Internet Industries
COMM-106R: Streaming Media
Take 1 COMM Practice Course:
COMM-124: Critical Design Studio
COMM-114B: Human Rights Advocacy
COMM-101: Audivisual Media Practices
Take 1 Campus Practice Course:
COGS-003: Intro to Computing
VIS-142: Computing Arts
COGS-009: Intro to Data Science
CSE-003: Fluency in Info Tech
Try these Electives:
COMM -09I: History of Information
COMM-115D: Data for COMM Students
COMM-120P: Digital Media in Education
COMM-164: Behind the Internet
COMM-173: Interaction with Technology