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Communication: Broadcast/Digital Media (BA)

The BA in Broadcast/Digital Media degree is designed to develop the next generation of leaders by helping students develop the skills and experience needed to thrive as a broadcast/digital media professional. This degree will develop a broad range of competencies required of a broadcast/digital media leader with emphasis given to developing both studio/television and live sports production, content creation, radio production, and more.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (ba)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Developing A Christian Mind
DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

English

9-10

ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List.

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course)

3

Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List.

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)

4

Choose one 4-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List.

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.

Social Science

3

POLS 2301 - American National Government

Total Core Experience

41-42

Additional Program General Education Hours

12-14

Choose two 3-4 hour courses and two 3-hour courses in the same language from LANG/BL Language Course List.

Major Core:

48

COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication

COMA 2314 - Photography I

COMA 2304 - Introduction to Broadcast/Digital Media

COMA 3305 - Media Announcing

COMA 3306 - Modern Media Storytelling

COMA 3319 - Visual Communication

COMA 3324 - Video Editing I

COMA 3326 - Audio Production I

COMA 3340 - Video Production I

COMA 3342 - Video Production II

COMA 4304 - Video Editing II

COMA 4305 - Media Production

COMA 4310 - Internship in Communication

COMA 4311 - Demo Reel

COMA 4340 - Broadcast/Digital Media Practicum (S-L)

MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing

Specialization Electives – Choose 9 hours from the following: 

ART 1303 - Drawing I

ART 2303 - Drawing II

ART 3314 – Photography II 

ART 3321 - Graphic Design I

COMA 3304 - Writing Across Media

COMA 3307 - Film and Electronic Cinematography

COMA 3317 – Contemporary Advertising 

COMA 3332 – Church Media Leadership 

COMA 3334 – Presentations-Church Media 

COMA 3336 – Media and Missions I 

COMA 3350 - Social Media

COMA 4306 - Motion Graphics I

COMA 4309 – Radio Formats 

COMA 4322 – Leadership Communication (S-L) (AGP-eligible)

COMA 4325 – Communication in the Digital Age

COMA 4331 - Modern Media Storytelling II 

MRKT 3303 - Promotional Strategy

MRKT 4306 – Digital Marketing Principles (AGP-eligible)

9

Electives 

Upper-Level

Lower or Upper-Level

0

7-10

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor’s degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

MINOR IN BROADCAST/DIGITAL MEDIA

See information about the Broadcast/Digital Media minor here.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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