Comm. Arts

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The DMS-Communication Arts emphasis is designed for students who are interested in creating innovative content for digital media, whether you have an interest in writing, shooting or designing content for digital media. While all DMS majors take some COM courses in the DMS core to better understand the the communication process, DMS-Communication Arts students dig deeper into the concepts and principles of communication. DMS-Communication Arts graduates have found jobs as interactive designers, web developers, photographers and graphic designers.

In addition to the DMS core, DMS students emphasizing in Communication Arts, will take the following courses:
    COM 121 Writing Across Media Platforms
    COM 323 Principles of Public Relations
    COM 329 Principles of Advertising
    MKT 328 Principles of Marketing
    COM 430 Communications Law
    Choose three of the following courses:
    COM 120 Mass Media
    COM 230 Television Production
    COM 236 Digital Photography
    COM 325 Communication Training & Development
    COM 328 Media Effects & Criticism
    COM 355 Communication Theory & Research
    COM 360 Publication Design
    COM 410 Digital Filmmaking
    COM 423 Public Relations Campaigns
    MKT 424 Marketing Research
    COM 483 Internship in Digital Media

For more information about the Digital Media Studies program at Union University, please contact Dr. Chris Blair, Coordinator, Digital Media Studies, cblair@uu.edu


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The Digital Media Studies major is an interdisciplinary program joining Art, Communication Arts, and Computer Science. Its purpose is to produce a student that is aesthetically, theoretically, and technologically trained and capable of excellence in the relatively new area of the design, production, and implementation of digital media.