Media (A.A.)
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Media
A.A. Program
Hegis Code: 5008
Total Credits: 62-65
Students are advised to check with the Communications Department each semester before they register.
| First Semester | Credits |
|---|---|
| ART 159 Photography I(1) | 3 |
| COM 103 Public Speaking | 3 |
| COM 110 Understanding Mass Media | 3 |
| ENG 100 Enhanced Composition I or ENG 101 Composition I or ENG 108 The Craft of Composition / Honors English I(2) |
3 |
| Mathematics Elective(3) | 3-4 |
| PED Activity Course(s) | 1 |
| Total Semester Credits | 16-17 |
| Second Semester | Credits |
| (Broadcast Production Group) COM 109 Television Journalism or COM 170 Radio Production or COM 171 Television Studio Production or COM 172 Video Field Production |
3 |
| ENG 102 Composition II or ENG 109 The Art of Analysis / Honors English II |
3 |
| Laboratory Science Elective or Mathematics Elective(4) |
3-4 |
| Social Science Elective(5) | 3 |
| Total Semester Credits | 12-13 |
| Third Semester | Credits |
| (Media Studies Group) | |
| COM 113 Documentary Media | 3 |
| ENG 215 Journalism | 3 |
| Humanities Elective(6) |
3 |
| Laboratory Science Elective(7) | 4 |
| Social Science Elective(8) | 3 |
| PED Activity Course(s) | 1 |
| Total Semester Credits | 17 |
| Fourth Semester | Credits |
| (Film Studies Group) | |
| COM 104 Film Appreciation or COM 107 Film Production I or COM 112 Film History |
3 |
| General Electives(9) | 6 |
| HED Health Elective | 2-3 |
| Social Science Electives(10) | 6 |
| Total Semester Credits | 17-18 |
- Or other Art course by advisement
- Depending on placement
- SUNY GER Mathematics
- SUNY GER Natural Sciences or SUNY GER Mathematics
- SUNY GER Western Civilization
- Course other than Communications
Choose from:
- SUNY GER The Arts
- SUNY GER Foreign Language specific
- SUNY GER Natural Sciences
- SUNY GER Social Sciences
- Suggested elective include:
- ART 133 Graphic Design III
- COM 201 Voice and Diction
- COM 290 Communications Internship
- CMP 100 Computing Technology in Today's Society
- CMP 101 Introduction to Computers
- ENG 111 Technical Writing
- ENG 251 Film and Literature
- MKT 100 Introduction to Marketing
- MKT 106 Principles of Advertising
- MKT 138 Public Relations
- THR 107 Stagecraft
- SUNY GER Other World Civilizations or SUNY GER American History specific (one of each)
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