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Communication, Film, and Theatre
Academic Bulletin
The department offers 3 separate majors and minors:
- Communication & Cultural Studies (COMM)
- Film & Digital Storytelling (FDS)
- Theatre (THTR)
Minimum credits for majors & minors are as follows:
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Communication and Cultural Studies |
Film and Digital Storytelling |
Theatre |
| Major |
50 Credits |
57 Credits |
55 Credits |
| Minor |
24 Credits |
24 Credits |
24 Credits |
- Majors should take introductory courses during the 1st year
- Communication & Cultural Studies: COMM 120 and COMM 145
- Film & Digital Storytelling: FDS 171 and FDS 202
- Theatre: THTR 110, THTR 150 and THTR 160
- Minors should take introductory courses during the 1st or 2nd year
- Majors and minors must take introductory courses before the 4th year
- Each major combines a core sequence (from Introductory courses to the Senior Project) with 2 elective modules of 12 credits each. The Theatre major requires one elective module to be Theatre courses.
- Each major gives the opportunity for student to take at least 3 courses (12 credits) in one of the other areas of the department through a 3-course “Module of Inquiry.” The modules of inquiry are:
- “Media, Politics, & Technology” (COMM courses)
- “Popular Culture and Civic Life” (COMM courses)
- “Digital Storytelling” (FDS and JOURN courses)
- “Live Performance” (THTR courses)
- FSCOM 201 is recommended but not required for majors or minors
- Majors can use FSCOM 201 toward one “Module of Inquiry”
- Minors can use FSCOM 201 toward their requirements
Communication and Cultural Studies Major (50 Credits) suggested timeline:
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Either Semester |
First Year
(8 credits) |
FS 101 |
FS 102 |
COMM 120
COMM 145 |
Sophomore
(16 credits) |
1st “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 1 of 3)2 |
2nd “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 1 of 3)2 |
FSCOM 201
COMM 241
“Media-making” course1
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Junior
(14 credits) |
1st “Mode of Inquiry” course
(course 2 of 3)2 |
2nd “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 2 of 3)2 |
COMM 581
COMM 600 (2 credits, usually concurrent with COMM 581) |
Senior
(12 credits) |
1st “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 3 of 3)2 |
2nd “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 3 of 3)2 |
COMM 610 |
1“Media-making” (choose 1)
| ART 187 Electronic & Intermedia Art |
FDS 277 Video Activism |
| CMPSC 100 Computational Expression |
FDS 279 Community-Based Media |
| CMPSC 302 Web Development |
FDs 375 Documentary Tradition |
| FDS 171 Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling 1 |
JOURN 300 Multimedia Journalism |
2“Modes of Inquiry” (choose 2 modules, take 3 courses from each - 2 of 6 courses must be at 300-level)
| Media, Politics, & Technology |
| COMM 256 Power, Politics, & Communication |
COMM 336 Screen Cultures |
| COMM 261 Media Institutions |
COMM 340 Computational Cultures |
| COMM 331 Bodies & Health in Communication |
COMM 376 Ethnographic Methods in Media & Cultural Studies |
| Popular Culture and Civic Life |
| COMM 235 Advanced Public Speaking |
COMM 351 Media and Identity |
| COMM 251 Gender in Public Communication |
COMM 360 Rhetoric & Civic Engagement |
| COMM 273 Digital Branding & Integrated Communication Practices |
COMM 381 Media & Cultural Politics |
| COMM 386 Branding, Culture, & Politics |
| Digital Storytelling (may not repeat course taken for “Media-making”) |
| FDS 171 Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling 1 |
FDS 300 Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling 2 |
| FDS 202 Film as a Narrative Art |
FDS 310 Acting & Directing for the Camera |
| FDS 277 Video Activism |
FDS 350 Filmmaking Technique |
| FDS 279 Community-Based Media |
FDS 375 Documentary Tradition |
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JOURN 300 Multimedia Journalism |
| Live Performance |
| THTR 110 Intro to Theatre |
THTR 280 Directing 1 |
| THTR 150 Acting 1 |
THTR 311 Theatre History 1: Classical Ages… |
| THTR 180 Management for the Performing Arts |
THTR 312 Theatre History 2: Revolutionary Stage |
| THTR 210 Text & Performance |
THTR 350 Acting 3 |
| THTR 250 Acting 2 |
THTR 360 Design 2 |
| THTR 260 Design 1 |
THTR 380 Directing 2 |
Film and Digital Storytelling Major (57 credits) suggested timeline:
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Either Semester |
First Year
(8 credits) |
FS 101 |
FS 102 |
FDS 171
FDS 202 |
Sophomore
(16 credits) |
1st “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 1 of 3)3 |
FDS 300
2nd “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 1 of 3)3 |
FSCOM 201
“Film & Media Making” course
(course 1 of 2)1 |
Junior
(21 credits) |
FDS 583 + FDS 600 (1 cr)
1st “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 2 of 3)3 |
2nd “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 2 of 3)3 |
“Film Studies & Culture: course2
“Film & Media Making” course
(course 2 of 2)1 |
Senior
(12 credits) |
1st “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 3 of 3)3 |
2nd “Module of Inquiry” course
(course 3 of 3)3 |
FDS 610 |
1“Film & Media Making” (2 courses)
| FDS 277 Video Activism |
FDS 350 Filmmaking Technique |
| FDS 279 Community-Based Media |
FDS 375 Documentary Tradition |
| FDS 310 Acting & Directing for the Camera |
JOURN 300 Multimedia Journalism |
2“Film Studies and Culture” (choose 1)
| COMM 336 Screen Cultures |
ENGL 210 Writing Nonfiction |
| CHIN 385 Chinese Cinema |
FDS 205 Film Studies |
| ENGL 205 Writing Fiction |
PHIL 205 Literature, Film, & Media |
| ENGL 206 Writing Poetry |
SPAN 385 Introduction to Culture Through Film |
3“Modules of Inquiry” (choose 2 modules, take 3 courses from each - 2 of 6 courses must be at 300-level)
| Media, Politics, & Technology |
| COMM 120 Introduction to Media Culture |
COMM 336 Screne Cultures |
| COMM 256 Power, Politics, & Communication |
COMM 340 Computational Culture |
| COMM 261 Media Institutions |
COMM 376 Ethnographic Methods in Media & Cultural Studies |
| COMM 331 Bodies & Health in Communication |
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| Popular Culture and Civic Life |
| COMM 145 Communication and Democratic Life |
COMM 351 Media and Identity |
| COMM 235 Advanced Public Speaking |
COMM 360 Rhetoric & Civic Engagement |
| COMM 251 Gender in Public Communication |
COMM 381 Media & Cultural Politics |
| COMM 276 Digital Branding & Integrated Practices |
COMM 386 Branding, Culture, & Politics |
| Digital Storytelling (may not repeat courses taken for “Film & Media-making”) |
| FDS 277 Video Activism |
FDS 350 Filmmaking Technique |
| FDS 279 Community-Based Media |
FDS 360 Documentary Tradition |
| FDS 310 Acting & Directing for the Camera |
JOURN 300 Multimedia Journalism |
| Live Performance |
| THTR 110 Intro to Theatre |
THTR 280 Directing 1 |
| THTR 150 Acting 1 |
THTR 311 Theatre History 1: Classical Age… |
| THTR 180 Management for the Performing Arts |
THTR 312 Theatre History 2: Revolutionary Stage |
| THTR 210 Text & Performance |
THTR 350 Acting 3 |
| THTR 250 Acting 2 |
THTR 360 Design 2 |
| THTR 260 Design 1 |
THTR 380 Directing 2 |
Theatre Major (55 credits) suggested timeline:
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Either Semester |
First Year
(12 credits) |
FS 101
THTR 160 (2 cr) and
THTR 161, 162, or 163 (2 cr) |
FS 102 |
THTR 110
THTR 150 |
Sophomore
(13-17 credits) |
“Theatre Elective”
(course 1 of 3)1 |
THTR 210
“Module of Inquiry” course
(course 1 of 3)2 |
FSCOM 201
“Practicum”
(1 cr, course 1 of 2)
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| THTR 311 (Fall) or THTR 312 (Spring), taken 2nd or 3rd year |
Junior
14-18 credits) |
THTR 582
“Theatre Elective”
(course 2 of 3)1 |
THTR 600 (1 cr)
“Module of Inquiry” course
(course 2 of 3)2
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“Practicum
(1 cr, course 2 of 2) |
Senior
(12 credits) |
“Theatre Elective”
(course 3 of 3)1 |
“Module of Inquiry” course
(course 3 of 3)2 |
THTR 610 |
1“Theatre Electives” (3 courses, 1 must be at 300-level)
| THTR 180 Management for the Performing Arts |
THTR 311 Theatre History 1: Classical Age… |
| THTR 250 Acting 2 |
THTR 312 Theatre History 2: Revolutionary Stage |
| THTR 260 Design 1 |
THTR 350 Acting 3 |
| THTR 280 Directing 1 |
THTR 360 Design 2 |
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THTR 380 Directing 2 |
2“Modules of Inquiry” (choose 1 module, take 3 courses - 1 course must be at 300-level)
| Media, Politics, & Technology |
| COMM 120 Introduction to Media Culture |
COMM 336 Screen Cultures |
| COMM 256 Power, Politics, & Communication |
COMM 340 Computational Culture |
| COMM 261 Media Institutions |
COMM 376 Ethnographic Methods in Media & Cultural Studies |
| COMM 331 Bodies & Health in Communiction |
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| Popular Culture and Civic Life |
| COMM 145 Communication and Democratic Life |
COMM 351 Media and Identity |
| COMM 235 Advanced Public Speaking |
COMM 360 Rhetoric & Civic Engagement |
| COMM 251 Gender in Public Communication |
COMM 381 Media & Cultural Politics |
| COMM 276 Digital Branding & Integrated Communication Practices |
COMM 386 Branding, Culture, & Politics |
| Digital Storytelling |
| FDS 171 Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling 1 |
FDS 300 Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling 2 |
| FDS 202 Film as a Narrative Art |
FDS 310 Acting & Directing for the Camera |
| FDS 277 Video Activism |
FDS 350 Filmmaking Techniques |
| FDS 270 Community-Based Media |
FDS 375 Documentary Tradition |
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JOURN 300 Multimedia Journalism |
Communication and Cultural Studies Minor (24 credits) suggested timeline:
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Either Semester |
First Year
(4 credits) |
FS 101 |
FS 102 |
COMM 120 or COMM 145 |
Sophomore
(8 credits) |
COMM 200-level course |
COMM 200-level course |
FSCOM 201
(can be used as a COMM 200-level course) |
Junior
(8 credits) |
COMM 300-level course |
COMM 300-level course |
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Senior
(4 credits) |
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Any other COMM, FDS, or THTR course
(100, 200, or 300-level) |
Film and Digital Storytelling Minor (24 credits) suggested timeline:
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Either Semester |
First Year
(4 credits) |
FS 101 |
FS 102 |
FDS 171 |
Sophomre
(8 credits) |
FDS 202 |
“Digital Storytelling” course
(course 1 of 3)1 |
FSCOM 201 |
Junior
(8 credits) |
“Digital Storytelling” course
(course 2 of 3)1 |
“Digital Storytelling” course
(course 3 of 3)1 |
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Senior
(4 credits) |
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Any other COMM, FDS, or THTR course
(100, 200, or 300-level) |
1“Digital Storytelling” (2 courses, 2 at 300-level or above)
| FDS 277 Video Activism |
FDS 350 Filmmaking Technique |
| FDS 279 Community-Based Media |
FDS 375 Documentary Tradition |
| FDS 300 Filmmaking & Digital Storytelling 2 |
FDS 583 Junior Seminar |
| FDS 310 Acting & Directing for the Camera |
JOURN 300 Multimedia Journalism |
Theatre Minor (24 credits) suggested timeline:
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Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Either Semester |
First Year
(4 credits) |
FS 101 |
FS 102 |
THTR 110 |
Sophomore
(8 credits) |
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THTR 210 |
“Performance & Production” (4 cr)2
FSCOM 201 |
Junior
(8 credits) |
THTR 582 |
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THTR 311 (Fall) or THTR 312 (Spring) |
Senior
(4 credits) |
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Any other COMM, FDS, or THTR course
(100, 200, or 300-level) |
2“Performance & Production” (4 credits):
| THTR 150 Acting 1 |
THTR 160 Introduction to Theatre Production (2 cr)
-and-one of the following
THTR 161 Scenic Production (2 cr)
THTR 162 Costume Production (2 cr)
THTR 163 Lighting Production (2)
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| THTR 180 Management for the Performing Arts |
| THTR 260 Design 1 |
See Communication and Theatre Transition Tracking
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