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Media Industries & Communcation Pathways

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 20: 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 9: 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 1: Fundamentals of Music
TDDR: Stage Management
TDGE 3: 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: Writing Nonfiction
COGS 14A: Intro to Research Methods
ECON 5: 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 40: Intro to Promotional Culture

Try 2 of these Industry Overviews: 
COMM 40: Intro to Promotional Culture
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 3: Quant Methods in Business
ECON 5: Data Analytics
COGS 1: 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 30: 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 3: Intro to Computing
VIS 142: Computing Arts
COGS 9: Intro to Data Science
CSE 3: Fluency in Info Tech


Try these Electives:
COMM 109I: 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