Journalism and Mass Communication Major
Multimedia
Bachelor of Arts
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3 including:
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 4 including:
- CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 4 hours
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- For specific language requirements see
#2 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major = 24
- For specific requirements see
#3 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or
greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
- Minimum total hours required for BA 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.
- Multimedia Requirements (36 hours required)
- Take the following computer science classes:
- CSIS 425, Database Systems - 3 hours
- CSIS 440, Client-side Web Application Development - 3 hours
- Take the following art classes:
- Take the following journalism classes:
- JMC 250, Electronic Cinematography - 2 hours
- JMC 318, Writing for The Media - 3 hours
- JMC 414, Communications Law - 3 hours
- JMC 498, Multimedia Directed Study - 1 hour
- Take 12 hours from:
- JMC 300, Web Site Design - 3 hours (Prereq: JMC 112 or permission of instructor)
- JMC 301, Web Site Design II - 3 hours (Prereq: JMC 300 or permission of instructor)
- JMC 304, Flash Design - 3 hours
- ART 355M, Electronic Imaging - 3 hours
- ART 454, Computer Animation II - 3 hours
- CSIS 111GS, Applied Computer Programming - 3 hours
- CSIS 150, Object Oriented Programming - 3 hours
- CSIS 406, Internet-based Information Systems Development - 3 hours
(Prereq: CSIS 150, CSIS 425)
