Digital Broadcasting (A.A.S.)
Film (Narrative) and/or Digital Cinema Option

Curriculum

First Semester

COM 100 Mass Media and Society 2
COM 160 Media Literacy Workshop 1
COM 114 Survey of Performing Arts 3
ENG 101 English Composition I 3
HIS 103, 105 or 107 History of Western Civilization 3
SPC 110, 115 or 120
(15 Credit Hours)
Speech Elective 3

Second Semester

COM 101 Survey of Mass Media Industries in U.S. 2
COM 161 Media Industries Workshop 1
COM 103 Introduction to Video Equipment 2
COM 163 Visual Storytelling Workshop 1
COM 120 Introduction to Scriptwriting 2
COM 121 Introductory Scriptwriting Workshop 1
COM 230 The Movies 3
ENG 102 English Composition II 3
Elective
(16 Credit Hours)
Physical Education 2

Third Semester

Elective Discipline History * 3
COM 200 Ethics, Responsibility, Mass Media, Law 3

COM 220

Scriptwriting 2
COM 221 Scriptwriting Workshop 1
COM 270 or 280 Production Elective 2
COM 271 or 281 Production Workshop Elective 1
Elective
(16 Credit Hours)
Laboratory Science 4

Fourth Semester

Elective Communication or Art 3
COM 248 Directing Actors 3
COM 276 or 283 Production Elective 2
COM 277 or 284 Production Workshop Elective 1
COM 235 Current Issues in Mass Media 3
COM 290 Communication Capstone 1
Elective
(16 Credit Hours)
Elective ** 3

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 64

  * Choose One for Third Semester Elective
ART 105 History of the Silent Film
COM 210 History of Film
COM 211 History of Film II

** Choose One for Fourth Semester Elective
ANT 104 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ECO 110 Elements of Economics
GEO 130 or 137 Geography Elective
POL 101 Introduction to Political Science
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
SOC 101 or 103 Sociology Elective