Recommended Academic Plan for Media Studies, International Studies Option (MEDIA/Intcm at University Park)
Effective Fall 2006

Semester 1	Credits	Semester 2	Credits
Foreign Language	4	Foreign Language	4
Natural Sciences (GN)	3	CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech	3
Humanities (GH)	3	Arts (GA)	3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3	Humanities (GH)	3
ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Rhetoric & Comp or Honors Comp	3	Natural Sciences (GN)	3
First-Year Seminar	1
Total Credits:	17	Total Credits:	16
Semester 3	Credits	Semester 4	Credits
Foreign Language	4	COMM 100 Mass Media & Society	3
ECON 002 (GS) Microeconomic Anly	3	COMM 118 Intro to Media Effects; or Comm 150 Cinema Art; or Comm 205 Women, Minorities & Media	3
Quantification (GQ)	3	Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain (US or IL)	3
Natural Sciences (GN)	3	STAT 200 (GQ) Elementary Statistics	4
Arts (GA)	3	Other Cultures	3
Total Credits:	16	Total Credits:	16
Semester 5	Credits	Semester 6	Credits
COMM 405 Political Econ of Comm	3	COMM 304 Mass Comm Research	3
COMM 413W Mass Media & the Public	3	COMM 411 Cultural Aspects of Mass Media	3
COMM 410 Int’l Mass Comm; or Comm 419 World Media Sys	3	ENGL 202 (GWS) Effective Writing	3
Electives	3	Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain	3
Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain (US or IL)	3	Health and Physical Activity (GHA)	1.5
Total Credits:	15	Total Credits:	13.5
Semester 7	Credits	Semester 8	Credits
COMM 410 Int’l Mass Comm; or Comm 419 World Media Sys	3	Option (see advisor)	6-9
Option (see advisor)	6-9	Electives	4-7
Electives	3
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)	1.5
Total Credits:	13.5	Total Credits:	13

• Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better.
• Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
• Bold Italics indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better and that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
• GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
• US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.
• W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirements.

Scheduling patterns for courses not taught each semester:

Program Notes:

Academic Advising Notes: Students chose between three options for completion of the International Studies Option. The three options, for a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 18 credits, include:

1. Complete a University approved minor in a foreign language, area studies or international studies; OR
2. Complete a University approved education abroad program; OR
3. Complete other international related courses or programs with prior departmental approval.

No more than 9 credits in any of the three options may be in COMM.