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For other Communication Department majors see Communication and Digital Media & Cinema.
The Communication Department exists to educate students in the development of skills that will enable them to
appropriately and creatively utilize the latest technology to communicate Christ creatively. To be a competent
communicator you must know the Word that God gave us and the World God created.
The common core of the program provides a foundation in essential disciplines that will contribute to the student’s
ability to communicate effectively in today’s world.
The purpose of the Media Arts major is to train students to organize and manage various aspects of the visual
media arts. It is designed to allow students to follow their interests and passions and develop their skills and
talents. This major will ultimately produce graduates who are highly employable as productive and competent
creators in tomorrow's media landscape. The major also encourages students to develop fluency and flexibility in
all aspects of media arts production.
See Appendix A for graduation requirements.
Course of Stu y
126
Degree Core
77
Bible and Theology
30
BIB 1114
Old Testament Survey: Torah & History
3
BIB 1115
Old Testament Survey: Poetry & Prophecy
3
BIB 1120
New Testament Survey
3
BIB 3420
Principles of Bible Interpretation
3
BIB 3/4xxx
Old Testament Exegetical Book Study
3
BIB 3/4xxx
New Testament Exegetical Book Study
3
BIB 3616
Romans
3
BIB 4310
Progress of Redemption
3
THE 3301
Theology 1: God, Christ, Spirit
3
THE 3302
Theology 2: Sin and Salvation
3
General Education
36
COM 2110
Public Speaking
3
ENG 1110
Composition and Research
3
ENG 1111
Literature and Research
3
HIS 1210
Historical Perspectives on Culture and Civilization 1
3
HIS 1211
Historical Perspectives on Culture and Civilization 2
3
MAT 2310 Mathematics Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
3
PHI 2110
Intro to Philosophy
3
PHI 4140
Ethics
3
PSY 2110
General Psychology
3
Choose one course from each of the following three areas (see Appendix A):
XXX xxxx
Humanities/Fine Arts course
3
XXX xxxx
Natural /Information Science course
3
XXX xxxx
Social/Behavioral Science course
3
Leadership Development & Christian Service Learning
11
CSL 0101
2nd Semester, First Year
0
CSL 0201
1st Semester, Second Year
0
CSL 0202
2nd Semester, Second Year
0
ICS 1210
Discovering the Mission of God
3
MSD 1120
Evangelism and Discipleship
3
MSD 2230
Communicating God’s Word
3
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