School of Communication|Loyola University Chicago

School of Communication

searchform
This siteLUC.edu

New and Digital media STudies Concentration

REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS STARTING AT LOYOLA IN FALL 2010 OR LATER

The New and Digital Media Concentration

This concentration focuses on the history and development of new and digital media, implementation of digital media research skills, games studies, usability, effective program design and how to curate and archive digitized histories.  Students will develop an essential understanding of new media while also learning essential internet skills for current job markets.

Total Credit Hours 40

School of Communication Core (10 credit hours)

  • COMM 100. SOC Seminar
  • COMM 175. Intro to Communication
  • COMM 200. Communication & New Media
  • COMM 215. Ethics & Communication


    Theory/History/Law (6 hrs)Applied (6 hrs)
    COMM 361 New Media Criticism (required)
    and
    		 COMM 275 Web Design & Usability (required) and
    COMM 280 History of Communication Technology
    		 COMM 130 Intro to Audio Production
    COMM 282 Media Law
    COMM 135 Intro to Video Production
    COMM 285 Contemporary Media Industries and Policy
     

 

Ethics (3 hrs)Research Methods (3 hrs)Engaged Learning
COMM 360 Digital Media Ethics COMM 364 Research Methods (Topics) COMM 379 New Media Practicum
  COMM 365 Naturalistic Methods of Comm Research COMM 387 New and Digital Media Capstone
  COMM 366 Observing & Measuring Comm Behavior COMM 393 Communication Internship
  COMM 367 Rhetorical Critcism COMM 398 Directed Study
  COMM 368 Critical Ethnography in Communication  

 

 

Electives (9 hrs)Electives can be selected from any of the above courses, not taken to fulfill a requirement or any of the courses below:

COMM 130 Intro to Audio Production

 COMM 323 Remix(ing) Culture

COMM 135 Intro to Video Production

 COMM 359 Advanced Post-Production

COMM 258 Game Studies

 COMM 364 Research Methods (Topics)
COMM 261 Sociable Media COMM 365 Naturalistic Methods of Commnication Research
COMM 271 Contemporary Culture and Communication COMM 366 Observing & Measuring Comm Behavior
COMM 276 Media & Society COMM 367 Rethorical Critcism
COMM 280 History of Communication Technology COMM 368 Critical Ethnography in Communication
COMM 282  Media Law COMM 371 Special Topics in Communication (New Media approved)
COMM 285 Contemporary Media Industries and Policy COMM 379 New Media Practicum
COMM 297 Themes in Communication (approved)

COMM 387 New & Digital Media Capstone
COMM 303 Media, Politics, & Propagand

COMM 393 Communication Internship
COMM 322 Guerrilla Media COMM 398 Directed Study

                                                                                      12/21/11



Edit this page