Multimedia Major
Bachelor of Science
FAH BS 3914
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9 including:
- ART 120, Art Appreciation - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 6 including:
- CSIS 130, Introduction to Computer Science - 3 hours
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Personal Development minimum = 3 including:
- JMC 100, Mass Media in America - 3 hours
- BS Science-related course requirements = 0
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 105
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 11
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Multimedia = 125
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
Students selecting a major in Multimedia must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the major.
Students selecting a major in Multimedia must compile evidence of achievement
particular to their chosen career field. Students will present this portfolio and discuss
its contents with a Faculty Portfolio Committee in the semester prior to their graduation.
Multimedia Requirements (36 hours required)
- Take the following computer science classes (12 hours required):
- Take all the following:
- CSIS 150, Object Oriented Programming - 3 hours
- CSIS 406, Internet-based Information Systems Development - 3 hours
(Prereq: CSIS 425)
- CSIS 425, Database Systems - 3 hours
- Take 3 hours from:
- CSIS 111, Applied BASIC Programming - 3 hours
- CSIS 440, Hypertext and Multimedia - 3 hours
- Take the following art classes (12 hours required):
- Take the following journalism classes (12 hours required):
- JMC 215, Newswriting - 3 hours
- JMC 250, Electronic Cinematography - 2 hours
- JMC 310, Communications Law - 3 hours
- JMC 318, Writing for The Media - 3 hours
- JMC 498, Multimedia Directed Study - 1 hour
