Degree Program

Degree Program

Major Requirements

Candidates for the Bachelor of Art degree with a major in Media X must complete a minimum of 40 semester units, including two 4-unit core courses, one 4-unit capstone seminar, at least one production course, a practicum or internship, and a selection of electives. 

Course No.	Course Title		Units
3 core courses			12
MEDX 011	Critical Media Making		4
MEDX 013	Media Literacies		4
MEDX 109	Capstone		4
Experiential Learning (2-4 units):
MEDX 187	Practicum (Repeatable)		2-4
MEDX 189	Internship		2-4
MEDX 197	Undergraduate Research		2-4
Production Requirement: All Media X majors must complete at least one production-based course (4 units)
ENGL 117	Film Production
THEA 89G	Live Performance Production
ARTS 103	Graphic Production
COMM 131	Media Production
COMM 134	Documentary Film Production
MMGT 120	Music Management: Media Production (Prereq: MMGT 106)
Curricular Pathways Candidates for the BA in Media X select one of three curricular paths to pursue or choose to self-design their major (12-16 Units). Students may take courses in any of the three paths to fulfill their elective requirements. Maker: Production, Performance, Design
ARTH 101	Design Thinking
ARTS 005	Drawing
ARTS 095	Video I
ARTS 105	Web Design
ARTS 107	Video II
ARTS 115	Animation
ARTS 193A	3D modeling with MAYA
COMM 132	Writing for Media
COMP 051	Introduction to Computer Science
ENGL 115	Screenwriting
ENGL 117	Film Production
ENGL 193	Advanced Film Production
MCOM 019	Music and Computer Technology
MEDX 151*	Multi-Platform Directing and Producing (*in development)
MMGT 005	Introduction to Music Industry Technology
MMGT 106	Sound Recording Fundamentals
MMGT 109	Beyond Talent: Managing Performance Career
MMGT 120	Media Production (Prereq: MMGT 106)
MMGT 130	Pop Songwriting
THEA 071	Beginning Acting
THEA 075	Movement and Voice
THEA 137	Lighting
THEA 112	Playwriting
THEA 175	Acting for the Camera
THEA 037A	Costume Design

Manager: Creative Entrepreneurship, Persuasive Communication, and Social Media Management
BUSI 053	Legal and Ethical Environment in Business
BUSI 107	Marketing Management (Prereq: ECON 053 Microeconomics)
BUSI 148	Promotions Management (Prereq: BUSI 107)
BUSI 153	Entertainment Law (Prereq: BUSI 053)
BUSI 193B	Business of Film, Entertainment, and Media
COMM 132	Writing for Media
COMM 135	Principles of Public Relations
COMM 193	Social Media for Public Relations
ECON 053	Microeconomics
ECON 055	Introductory Macroeconomics
ENGL 109	Professional Communications
MEDX 151*	Multi-Platform Directing and Producing (*in development)
MMGT 011	Music and Entertainment in U.S. Society
MMGT 021A	Follow the Money I (Prereq: MMGT 011)
MMGT 021B	Follow the Money II (Prereq: MMGT 021A)
MMGT 081A	Running an Independent Record Label, I
MMGT 081B	Running an Independent Record Label, II
MMGT 106	Sound Recording Fundamentals
MMGT 109	Beyond Talent: Managing Performance Career
MMGT 121	Media Promotion
MMGT 130	Pop Songwriting

Analyst: Research Methods, Culture, and Analytics
ARTH 114	Twentieth Century European Art and Film
ARTH 116	Contemporary World Art (and Film): 1945-present
ARTH 118	Art (and Film) History in the U.S.: 1865-1945
ASIA 120	Asian Cinemas
COMM 031	Media and Society
COMM 137	Public Relations Case Studies and Problems
COMM 139	Theory of Mass Communication
COMM 160	Communication Research Methods
COMP 051	Introduction to Computer Science
COMP 053	Data Structures
ECON 053	Microeconomics
ECON 055	Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 161	Computer Applications in Economics
ENGL 124	Film History
ENGL 193	Contemporary World Television
FREN 120	Le Cinema Francais/French Cinema in English
HIST 083	Digital Narratives
MATH 035	Elementary Statistical Inference
MATH 037	Introduction to Statistics and Probability
MATH 039	Probability with Applications to Statistics and Probability
MATH 130	Topics in Applied Statistics
MMGT 011	Music and Entertainment in U.S. Society
PHIL 037	Introduction to Logic
RELI 039	Introduction to the Digital Humanities
SPAN 114	Cine Hispano/Hispanic Film
THEA 111	Script Analysis

Electives: Media X majors take 20 units of electives tailored to their interests
ARTH 124	Sex, Gender, and the Arts (and Film)
ARTS 007	Principles of 2-D Design and Color
ARTS 009	Principles of 3-D Design
ARTS 021	Life Drawing I
ARTS 045	Digital Photography
ARTS 077	Graphic Design I
ARTS 079	Graphic Design II
ARTS 091	Print Media Graphics
ARTS 095	Video I
ARTS 105	Web Design
ARTS 107	Video II
ARTS 115	Motion Graphics
ARTS 121	Life Drawing II
ARTS 141	Photography II
ARTS 143	Photography III
ARTS 171	Graphic Design III
COMP 127	Web Applications (Prereq: COMP 053)
COMP 153	Computer Graphics (Prereq: COMP 053)
COMP 159	Computer Game Technologies (Prereq: COMP 053, COMP 055, or team project exp.)
ECON 190	Econometrics
ENGL 197	Advanced Film Production
MCOM 111	Advanced Computer Music (Prereq: MCOM 019)
MMGT 081A	Running an Independent Record Label, I
MMGT 081B	Running an Independent Record Label, II
RELI 171	Religion and Cinema
THEA 031	Make-up Fundamentals for Theatre and Film
THEA 113	Theatre History I
THEA 115	Theatre History II
THEA 171A	Advanced Acting
THEA 171B	Advanced Acting

Self-designed major:
Drawing on a particular configuration of the 20 units of electives, students may create a self-designed pathway with direction and approval from their advisors.