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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
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 Arts
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

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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