Overview
The multimedia communication program prepares students to produce and deliver content that passes through some medium such as television, radio, or the Internet. For example, on this track, students may study how content created for the Internet and social media (e.g., YouTube) impacts traditional forms of broadcast media such as radio and television. Students learn about early stages of the field as well as contemporary combinations of telecasting through various media outlets. The multimedia communication program provides students with an in-depth knowledge and intellectual challenges in electronic communication. Students receive practical orientation to the skills and techniques of broadcasting and video production. Further, students explore contemporary theories and problems central to mass media, as well as examine new communication media.
The multimedia communication curriculum is designed to aid the student in pursuit of careers not only in broadcasting, but also in recently expanding avenues of communication such as non-commercial broadcasting, corporate communication, industrial communication, cablecasting, social media and independent production. Internships are available are regionally based, national and international media organizations.
Possible Careers
- Audio producer, director, editor
- Camera operator
- Content producer
- Digital media producer, director, editor
- On-air host
- Media sales
- Media management
- Multimedia producer
- Radio DJ
- Social media manager
- Video blogger (vlogger)
- Video producer, director, editor
COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
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FIRST YEAR STUDENT REQUIREMENT-SUCCESS SEMINAR | ||
YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
or SS 1500 | Strong Start Success Seminar | |
or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
GENERAL EDUCATION | ||
ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
GE: Mathematics Course *Any approved GE: MATH Course, MATH 2623 recommended | 3 | |
GE: Arts and Humanities (6 s.h.) | 6 | |
GE:Natural Sciences (7 s.h.) One Science course must include a lab | 7 | |
GE: Social Sciences | ||
MCOM 1595 | Media Literacy and Culture *required for major | 3 |
GE: Social Science Course | 3 | |
GE: Social and Personal Awareness | ||
CMST 2610 | Intercultural Communication *Required for major | 3 |
GE: Social & Personal Awareness Course | 3 | |
Foreign Language Requirement | ||
FNLG 1550 | Elementary Foreign Language (or FNLG 1505) | 4 |
FNLG 2600 | Intermediate Foreign Language (or FNLG 1506) | 4 |
Required Support Courses | ||
CMST 1500 | Exploring Communication | 3 |
CMST 3790 | Personal Brand Communication | 3 |
JOUR 2602 | Media Writing | 3 |
JOUR 4824 | Communication Law | 3 |
Major Requirements | ||
MCOM 2624 | Communication Technology - Photo and Video | 3 |
MCOM 2625 | Communication Technologies: Aesthetics and Design | 3 |
MCOM 2683 | Foundations of Multicamera Production | 3 |
MCOM 2685 | Producing | 3 |
MCOM 3726 | American Media: History, Principles and Practices | 3 |
MCOM 3780 | Presentational Literacy | 3 |
MCOM 3782 | Advanced Multicamera Production | 3 |
MCOM 4850 | Applied Production | 3 |
Senior Capstone | ||
MCOM 4899 | Senior Project | 3 |
Seminar Requirement | ||
MCOM 4897 | Seminar in Telecommunication | 3 |
or JOUR 4825 | Selected Topics in Journalism | |
Option (Students must select either Option A or Option B) | 15 | |
Option A: Production | ||
Audio Production | ||
Video Production Direction | ||
Writing and Producing Television News | ||
Option B: Media Management | ||
Electronic Media Content Strategies | ||
Electronic Media Promotion and Sales | ||
FREE ELECTIVES *Hours will vary based upon what is needed for 120 SH | 17 | |
Total Semester Hours | 120-122 |
Year 1 | ||
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Fall | S.H. | |
YSU 1500 | Success Seminar or Strong Start Success Seminar or Intro to Honors | 1-2 |
Free Elective | 2 | |
CMST 1500 | Exploring Communication | 3 |
ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
MCOM 2624 or MCOM 2625 | Communication Technology - Photo and Video or Communication Technologies: Aesthetics and Design | 3 |
JOUR 2602 | Media Writing | 3 |
Semester Hours | 15-17 | |
Spring | ||
MCOM 1595 | Media Literacy and Culture | 3 |
MCOM 2625 or MCOM 2624 | Communication Technologies: Aesthetics and Design or Communication Technology - Photo and Video | 3 |
MCOM 2685 | Producing | 3 |
ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
Math Requirement Any GE: Approved Math, MATH 2623 recommended | 3 | |
Semester Hours | 15 | |
Year 2 | ||
Fall | ||
MCOM 2683 | Foundations of Multicamera Production | 3 |
MCOM 3780 | Presentational Literacy | 3 |
CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
GE: Lab Science | 4 | |
FNLG 1550 | Elementary Foreign Language | 4 |
Semester Hours | 17 | |
Spring | ||
MCOM 3782 | Advanced Multicamera Production | 3 |
CMST 2610 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
Option Course | 3 | |
FNLG 2600 | Intermediate Foreign Language | 4 |
GE: Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
Semester Hours | 16 | |
Year 3 | ||
Fall | ||
MCOM 3726 | American Media: History, Principles and Practices | 3 |
CMST 3790 | Personal Brand Communication | 3 |
GE: Social Science | 3 | |
GE: Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
Semester Hours | 12 | |
Spring | ||
JOUR 4824 | Communication Law | 3 |
Option Course | 3 | |
Option Course | 3 | |
GE: Natural Science | 3 | |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Semester Hours | 15 | |
Year 4 | ||
Fall | ||
MCOM 4850 | Applied Production | 3 |
MCOM 4897 or JOUR 4825 | Seminar in Telecommunication or Selected Topics in Journalism | 3 |
Option Course | 3 | |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Semester Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
MCOM 4899 | Senior Project | 3 |
Option Course | 3 | |
GE: Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Semester Hours | 15 | |
Total Semester Hours | 120-122 |
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student learning outcomes for the B.A. degree program in telecommunication studies are as follows:
- The student will construct arguments using basic reasoning skills and avoiding fallacies;
- The student will compose messages using multi-media technology;
- The student will design written, oral, and visual messages to communicate ideas to a specific audience;
- The student will appraise the values, attitudes, and goals of a potential audience using demographic and psychographic variables;
- The student will describe the prevailing theories of electronic media and appraise the relative value of each.