New Media Communication Major Requirements

Advisor:  Jeff Hale; 210 Gilkey Hall; jhale@oregonstate.edu; 541-737-4587

Courses in New Media Communications are designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in media and allied fields in which knowledge of and skills in mediated communications are an integral part of professional activity. NMC offers students the opportunity to pursue a range of theoretical and practical courses. Broad scholarship is stressed in all the programs to ensure that students attain the background necessary for serving in leadership roles in mediated communications.

Core Requirements (40)

    * NMC 101. Introduction to New Media Communications (3)
    * NMC 260. New Media Futures (3)
    * NMC 301. ^Writing for the Media Professional (3)
    * NMC 320. History of Telecommunications (3)
    * NMC 351. Visual Media Communications (3)
    * NMC 383. Field Production (4)
    * NMC 409. Practicum (1 ) (must be taken 3 terms for a total of 3 credits)
    * NMC 430. Media Theory (3)
    * NMC 435. Media Effects (3)
    * NMC 437. Mass Media and Society (3)
    * NMC 490. Media Ethics (3)

One of the following:

    * NMC 470. Media Law (3)
    * NMC 471. Telecommunications Policy (3)

One of the following:

    * NMC 440. Media Management (3)
    * NMC 441. Media Entrepreneurship (3)

Electives (12-16)

Students must select 4 courses from the following list of electives. Students have the opportunity to focus their studies on a particular part of the discipline of New Media Communications.

    * NMC 302. Reporting (3)
    * NMC 305. Copyediting (3)
    * NMC 380. Pre Production (3)
    * NMC 382. Studio Production (4)
    * NMC 421. Diffusion of Innovations (3)
    * NMC 433. New Media Storytelling (4)
    * NMC 440. Media Management (3)
    * NMC 441. Media Entrepreneurship (3)
    * NMC 470. Media Law (3)
    * NMC 471. Telecommunications Policy (3)
    * NMC 481. Post Production (4)
    * NMC 482. Documentary (4)
    * NMC 484. New Media Animation (4)
    * NMC 485. New Media 3-D (4)
    * NMC 487. Virtual Media (4)

The following may be used as electives

    * NMC 401. Research and Scholarship (3-4)
    * NMC 402. Independent Study (3-4)
    * NMC 403. Thesis/Dissertation (3-4)
    * NMC 404. Writing and Conference (3-4)
    * NMC 405. Reading and Conference (3-4)
    * NMC 406. Special Problems/Special Projects (3-4)
    * NMC 407. Seminar (3-4)
    * NMC 408. Workshop (3-4)
    * NMC 409. Practicum (1-3) (may be taken for a total of up to 3 additional credits toward the major)
    * NMC 410. Internship (3-4)
    * NMC 499. Special Topics (3-4)

Total Requirements=52-56 minimum