Communication: Church Media (BA/BS)
The Church Media degree is designed to develop the next generation of church media leaders by helping the student develop the skills and experience needed to thrive as a media professional in a local church. This degree will develop the broad range of skills required of a church media leader with emphasis given to developing both technical and leadership skills.
As more and more churches utilize media to communicate with their congregations and their communities, skilled practitioners are needed who have the experience and leadership in developing teams and leverage technology for the sake of the Gospel.
Church media majors will be connected with local church media ministries of various sizes and complexity to gain practical church production experience through field experiences and internships. The need for skilled church media leaders is growing, and churches all over the country are hiring.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (ba) | credit hours (bS) |
|---|---|---|
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 Arts | 3 | 3 |
Foreign Language | 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
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 |
Church Media Major | 45 | 45 |
CHST 3372 - Church Administration COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication COMA 2304 - Introduction to Broadcast/Digital Media COMA 2331 - Introduction to Church Media COMA 3304 - Writing Across Media COMA 3324 - Video Editing I COMA 3326 - Audio Production I COMA 3332 - Church Media Leadership COMA 3333 - Field Experience - Church Media COMA 3334 - Presentations - Church Media | ||
COMA 3336 Media and Missions I or COMA 4336 Media and Missions II (S-L) (Study Abroad) | ||
COMA 3340 - Video Production I COMA 4334 - Portfolio - Church Media COMA 4347 - Church Media Practicum (S-L) COMA 4348 - Church Media Internship I | ||
Specialization Electives - Choose 4 courses from the following: | 12 | 12 |
ART 2314 - Photography I COMA 3305 - Media Announcing COMA 3319 - Visual Communication COMA 3342 - Video Production II COMA 3350 - Social Media COMA 4304 - Video Editing II COMA 4305 - Media Production COMA 4306 - Motion Graphics I COMA 4309 - Radio Formats COMA 4335 - Church Media Special Topics COMA 4336 - Media and Missions II (S-L) (Study Abroad) COMA 4349 - Church Media Internship II | ||
Electives | ||
Upper-Level | 0 | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 0 | 6 |
The courses listed above are recommended. | ||
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.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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