Communication Major (B.A.)
The communication major prepares students for careers in the mass communication industries or graduate school and supports Le Moyne College's mission of educating the whole person by encouraging an appreciation for the social, cultural, and ethical issues related to mass communication.
All communication majors take a nucleus of courses designed to provide a broad understanding of contemporary mass media, and to give them fundamental skills in creating and interpreting written, visual, audio, and multimedia texts. They also take a variety of electives within the department and use these to broaden or sharpen their focus of study within the field of communication.
Each communication and film studies student also chooses a minor in order to develop another mastery of specific and substantive subject matter. The student will use free electives to fulfill that minor.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements 1 | ||
| COR 100 | First Year Seminars: Transitions | 3 |
| WRT 101 | Critical Writing | 3 |
| PHL 110 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| HST 110 | World Civilization I | 3 |
| HST 111 | World Civilization II | 3 |
| ENG 210 | Major Authors | 3 |
| PHL 210 | Moral Philosophy | 3 |
| Theology | 3 | |
| EAC Encountering Another Culture/Language | 6 | |
| ENG 310 | Literature and Culture | 3 |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Social Science | 3 | |
| Natural Science | 3 | |
| IDS Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 | |
| Religion | 3 | |
| COR 400 | Senior Studies: Transformations | 3 |
| VPA Visual & Performing Arts | 1 | |
| DIV Diversity | 0 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| CMM 201 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| CMM 205 | Intro to Video Production | 3 |
| CMM 226 | Introduction to Film Studies | 3 |
| or ENG 223 | Critical Reading: Film | |
| CMM 250 | Mass Media and Society | 3 |
| CMM 274 | Reporting and Writing | 3 |
| CMM 350 | Communication Ethics | 3 |
| CMM Electives | 21 | |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Environmental Journalism | ||
| Beyond Breaking News: Telling the Big Stories | ||
| Sports Journalism | ||
| Music Journalism | ||
| Writing Nonfiction,Writing Nonfiction: Pop Culture | ||
| Multimedia Storytelling | ||
| Reporting Syracuse | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Critical Reading: Prose | ||
| Critical Reading: Drama | ||
| Italian Culture and Cinema | ||
| American Culture and Art of Johnny Cash | ||
| Journalism and American Literature | ||
| Studies in Small Screen Narrative | ||
| Documentary Film | ||
| Down These Mean Streets: Men, Women, and Film Noir | ||
| Representations of the Media in Film | ||
| American Film Abroad: Il Cinema Ritrovato (Bologna Film Festival) | ||
| History of Film: Beginnings to 1940 | ||
| The Films of Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| The Film Sound Track | ||
| CMM 380/ENG 371/THR 371/GWS 351 | Critical Approaches to Film | 3 |
| Major Support Requirements | ||
| World Language 2 | 6 | |
| Electives | ||
| Free Electives | 24 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
- 1
Some Core requirements may be fulfilled by major requirements.
- 2
The six credit hours must be in the same language. These credits fulfill the college core's EAC requirement.
| Freshman Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
| WRT 101 | Critical Writing | 3 |
| HST 110 | World Civilization I | 3 |
| COR 100 | First Year Seminars: Transitions | 3 |
| EAC Encountering Another Culture/Language | 3 | |
| CMM 201 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CMM 250 | Mass Media and Society | 3 |
| CMM 274 | Reporting and Writing | 3 |
| HST 111 | World Civilization II | 3 |
| PHL 110 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| EAC Encountering Another Culture/Language | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Sophomore Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Natural Science | 3 | |
| ENG 210 | Major Authors | 3 |
| Theology | 3 | |
| Focused CMM Elective, Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Environmental Journalism | ||
| Beyond Breaking News: Telling the Big Stories | ||
| Sports Journalism | ||
| Music Journalism | ||
| Writing Nonfiction,Writing Nonfiction: Pop Culture | ||
| Multimedia Storytelling | ||
| Reporting Syracuse | ||
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Social Science | 3 | |
| PHL 210 | Moral Philosophy | 3 |
| CMM 205 | Intro to Video Production | 3 |
| CMM 226 or ENG 223 |
Introduction to Film Studies or Critical Reading: Film |
3 |
| Focused CMM Elective, Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Critical Reading: Prose | ||
| Critical Reading: Drama | ||
| Italian Culture and Cinema | ||
| American Culture and Art of Johnny Cash | ||
| Journalism and American Literature | ||
| Studies in Small Screen Narrative | ||
| Documentary Film | ||
| Down These Mean Streets: Men, Women, and Film Noir | ||
| Representations of the Media in Film | ||
| American Film Abroad: Il Cinema Ritrovato (Bologna Film Festival) | ||
| History of Film: Beginnings to 1940 | ||
| The Films of Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| The Film Sound Track | ||
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Junior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| CMM 350 | Communication Ethics | 3 |
| ENG 310 | Literature and Culture | 3 |
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| IDS Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Senior Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Religion | 3 | |
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| COR 400 | Senior Studies: Transformations | 3 |
| CMM Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
This sequence is presented as a model. A student's actual course of progress might vary considerably. It might be the case, for instance, that a given student would take more free electives early on, particularly if that student knows at the outset which discipline he or she will have as a minor course of study.