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Communication: Broadcast/Digital Media (BA/BS)

The BA/BS 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)

credit hours (bS)

Developing A Christian Mind
DCM 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

3

English

12

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

and/or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Art s
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

3

Foreign Language
*Six hours at the 2000 level if adequate requisites are met

14*

0

Foundations for Excellence

1

1

FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence

is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours.

(AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.)

History

6

6

Choose two:

HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865

HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865

HIST 2301 - World Civilization I

HIST 2302 - World Civilization II

Kinesiology

2

2

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived.

Mathematics

3

3

(BA)

Choose one:

MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I


(BS)

Choose one:

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

Natural Science  (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

4

15

One laboratory science (BA)

or

15 credit hours of laboratory science (BS)

selected from two or more areas of Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics

Religion

9

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and

three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment

Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

6

6

POLS 2301 - American National Government

and an additional three credit hours may be selected from Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.

TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS

63

57

Broadcast/Digital Media Communication Major:

51

51

Complete the following 17 courses for 51 credit hours:

ART 2314 - Photography I

COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication

COMA 2304 - Introduction to Broadcast/Digital Media

COMA 3305 - Media Announcing

COMA 3306 - Modern Media Storytelling

COMA 3307 - Film and Electronic Cinematography

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 6 hours from the following: 

ART 3314 – Photography II 

COMA 3304 - Writing Across Media

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 

COMA 4325 – Communication in the Digital Age

COMA 4331 - Modern Media Storytelling II 

MRKT 4306 – Digital Marketing Principles 

6

6

Electives 

Upper-Level

Lower or Upper-Level

0

0

0

6

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

120

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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