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) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9 |
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 | 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 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 14 |
Choose four 4-hour courses in the same language from LANG/BL Language Course List. | |
Broadcast/Digital Media Communication Major: | 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 8 |
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
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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