Degree Requirements - 126 credits
Students can earn a Bachelor of Arts degree or a Bachelor of Science degree with this major
Media and Film Major Requirements: 12 courses, 48 credits
Core Requirements (11 courses, 44 credits)
Note: All students should take CJN-101 and CJN-152 during their first year.
Elective (1 course, 4 credits)
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Residency Requirement Policy: In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course (8 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course (16 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.
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Concentration
Production Concentration (Optional): 4 courses, 16 credits
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Media and Film Major Learning Goals and Objectives
Learning goals and objectives reflect the educational outcomes achieved by students through the completion of this program. These transferable skills prepare Suffolk students for success in the workplace, in graduate school, and in their local and global communities.
| Learning Goals |
Learning Objectives |
| Students will... |
Students will be able to... |
| Understand media literacy and the media's potential contribution to democratic societies and to the development of informed citizens |
- Apply appropriate concepts to evaluate media content critically
- Assess how mediated communication provides or fails to provide the information necessary for understanding significant social and political issues
- Examine how producers of mediated communication can engage in manipulative practices that help establish and sustain non-democratic practices |
| Understand the steps of media production for various distribution outlets and audiences, primarily for non-fiction productions |
- Execute all three steps of video production (pre-production, production, post production) to produce a completed project
- Operate camera, audio and lighting equipment to shoot video content
- Edit videos with professional editing and other post production software, such as Avid Media Composer and Adobe Suite
- Evaluate existing video productions (such as films and TV shows) on their effectiveness in communicating with its target audience and on the product’s overall production quality |
| Know the theories and skills to become effective and ethical visual communicators, primarily in non-fiction video production |
- Write intellectually grounded essays and research papers on the media’s role in contemporary society
- Employ appropriate forms of research |
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Honors
To complete requirements for honors in the major, a candidate must:
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Graduate with a major GPA of 3.4 or higher
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Graduate with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
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Complete CJN-H506 or CJN-H555 with a grade of B+ or higher
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Present work in front of CJN faculty and students during finals week
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CAS Honors Program students only: Also present work from the senior honors experience at the Honors Symposium or Pecha Kucha event
To become a candidate for honors in the major, a student must:
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Have a major GPA of 3.4 or higher
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Have an overall GPA of a 3.0 or higher
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Have completed a minimum of 20 credits of CJN coursework
CAS Honors Program students only: CAS Honors Program students who fulfill the GPA requirement and minimum credits of CJN coursework are assumed to be candidates for departmental honors and should consult with a major advisor(s) during junior year about registering for major honors requirements as described above
All other students: Declare intent to their advisor at an advising appointment
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Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's in Communication
Degree Requirements
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Students admitted to this dual degree program must meet all the requirements of an undergraduate major offered by the department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Social Media or the department of Communication, Journalism, & Media.
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Students must also meet all requirements for the Master’s degree in Communication offered by the department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Social Media.
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Students will take two Communication graduate courses during their senior year; one during the fall semester and one during the spring semester. The two graduate courses taken during the senior year will count toward BOTH the undergraduate and graduate degree requirements. Credit hours will be awarded based on the graduate course description.
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The graduate courses taken during the senior year will be determined by the Communication graduate program director.
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Students are subject to the usual standards for academic standing, i.e., undergraduate standards for undergraduate courses and graduate standards for graduate courses.
Upon successful completion of all of the degree requirements, a student will receive a dual Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. The exact degree will be awarded based on the specific undergraduate program the student completes. A student may permanently exit the dual degree program and opt to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree if all the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree have been met. In this case, the graduate courses taken in the senior year will be counted as 4-credit courses applied toward the undergraduate degree requirements.
About the Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's in Communication
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