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2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog

Communication, B.A. Media Production Concentration


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Advisement for the major is available from the Communication  Department.

Communication, B.A. Media Production Concentration Curriculum Guide  (Suggested 4-Year Plan of Study)

This concentration prepares students for careers in new media, broadcast production and performing for the media.

  • Complete COMM core courses.

  • Declare and complete a concentration.

  • Choose only from the courses in the concentration to satisfy concentration requirements.

  • Complete a minimum of 10 COMM courses.

  • Complete 4 COMM courses at 300/400 level.

  • Complete all COMM courses with a C or better.

  • Any COMM course may be taken as an elective to satisfy the 120 total credit hours to graduate.

  • Course prerequisites must be followed.

  • Demonstrate 102-level proficiency in a foreign language.

  • COMM 399 may not be used to satisfy both a major core requirement and a concentration elective requirement.

  • Transfer students majoring in communication must complete a minimum of 4 courses in communication courses at Salisbury University with minimum grades of C.

Departmental Honors Program

Students may complete an honors project at the invitation of the department. Interested students should contact their advisors or the department chairperson.

Checklist

This checklist is an unofficial tool for planning. Matriculated students and advisors should consult the Academic Requirements Report in GullNet before and after registering for classes each semester to track academic progress.

University Undergraduate Major Policies


  • Refer to the program page for this major and the Courses  section of this catalog for approved prerequisites and General Education courses.
  • Program requirements may not equal 120 credit hours. Students must register for additional electives to complete 120 credits required for graduation.
  • All graduates must have a minimum of 30 credits of 300/400-level courses with C grade or above; at least 15 of those credits must be taken at SU.
  • Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 for graduation.
  • Students must complete at least 30 credit hours by direct classroom instruction and/or laboratory experience.
  • Students must take 30 of the last 37 credit hours at SU.
  • It is the student’s responsibility to satisfy graduation requirements. Please refer to the program page of this catalog for detailed major requirements.
  • Students must apply online for graduation by November 15 for May and by May 15 for December.

General Education Requirements


See which courses fulfill specific General Education requirements: General Education Courses  

Please Note: There may be courses required for your major or minor that also satisfy a requirement below.

SU Signature Outcomes Requirements (3 Courses)


These courses may also meet additional General Education and/or major requirements.

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following Areas (3 Courses):


Additional General Education Requirements (11 Courses)


These courses may also meet SU Signature Outcomes and/or major requirements.

* To be taken in the first 24 credit hours of courses

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following (3 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):


Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following (2 Courses):


Major Requirements


COMM Core Courses (3 Courses)


Complete 1 of the Following:


Media Production Concentration Core (5 Courses)


Media Production Concentration Electives (2 Courses)


Choose 2 Courses from the Following:


COMM 433  or COMM 446  may not be included as track electives if they are taken to satisfy the track core requirement.

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