Bloomsburg University Academic Programs

Minor in Emergent Media

Administered by Media and Journalism

Effective Fall 2020

A minor in Emergent Media in Mass Communications provides students in disciplines outside of the major with a broad background in emergent media and its functional uses. The program will enable students to develop a strong foundation in emerging media, particularly in the areas of new communication technologies, website development and design, and visual communications within a mass communications context. In today's media-centric world employers are looking for individuals with multiple skills in the latest media use and design, media literacy, and web design and development. The minor consists of 18 semester hours.

Core (6 Credits)

MEDIA.110 Introduction to Mass Communications

MEDIA.120 Introduction to Emergent Media

Foundation/Skills (9 Credits)

MEDIA.220 Introduction to Multimedia

MEDIA.260 Social Media and Podcasting

MEDIA.280 Introduction to Visual Communications

MEDIA.320 Applied Multimedia (Pre-requisite MEDIA.220)

Capstone (3 Credits)

MEDIA.420 Emergent Media Workshop (Pre-requisite MEDIA.220) (Topic changes)

MEDIA.497 Internship (Pre-requisite MEDIA.220 and either MEDIA.260 or 280)