Media Arts : Media Arts Concentration, BA

General Requirements

• Admission to the program is contingent upon good academic standing and acceptance by the department.
• The program will not accept D transfer credit in the major. Achievement of a grade of C or better is required in all major courses at Chicago State University.
• Completion of 120 semester hours of work: 36 hours of general education, consisting of 6 hours in composition, 3 hours in mathematics, 3 hours in oral communication, 6 hours in natural sciences (physical science and biology; one must be a lab), and 9 hours in social sciences in a least two disciplines, 9 hours in humanities/fine arts with at least 3 hours in humanities and 3 hours in fine arts.
• The College of Arts and Sciences also requires 3 hours of a foreign language and one embedded general education or major course carrying the diversity designation.
• CMAT Course Requirements: 51 hours in CMAT core courses and 12 hours in Upper Division concentration courses.
• One additional credit hour course (CMAT 1000  - CMAT Orientation) is required for freshman or transfer students with fewer than 45 credit hours.
• CMAT Non-Major Electives: 18-21 hours; students can take any university-level courses to fulfill this requirement.

Specific Requirements

Required CMAT - Media Arts Concentration Courses (12 credit hours)

Three hours in a media practicum

• CMAT 3111 - WCSU Radio Management Practicum Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3110 - WCSU Radio On-Air Practicum Credit Hours: 1-9
• CMAT 3020 - CSU-TV Practicum Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3080 - Practicum in Media Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 3-6
• CMAT 4306 - Practicum in Broadcasting Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 1-6

and nine credit hours of upper division media courses from the following list:

• CMAT 3040 - Advanced Lighting Design for Television Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3050 - Digital Film Directing Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3070 - Survey of Documentary Film History Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3630 - Lighting and Scenery Design for Television Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3030 - Theory of Digital Media Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3230 - Writing for Television Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3240 - Writing the Screenplay Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3462 - Marketing for Public Relations Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3600 - Advanced Production Seminar Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4367 - Audio Production Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4300 - Broadcast Management and Programming Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4302 - On Camera Performance Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4327 - Hispanic Media Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3430 - Sports Broadcasting I Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4342 - Sports Broadcasting II Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4345 - Special Topics in Communication Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3660 - Advanced Multi-Camera Production Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4373 - Advanced Scriptwriting Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4399 - Independent Study in CMAT Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4010 - Media Sales and Marketing Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4020 - Advanced Videography Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3060 - Documentary Production I Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 3061 - Documentary Production II Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4372 - Advanced Editing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4374 - Producing Commercials for Television and the Internet Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4375 - Video Motion Graphics Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4376 - Digital Production for WEB Applications Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4377 - Producing Studio Talk Shows Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4378 - Media Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
• CMAT 4110 - Announcing II Credit Hours: 3