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FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA - Degree Requirements
The Communication department provides a broad base of theoretical and practical coursework in the communications industry. The candidate for the Bachelor of Arts degree must fulfill all general degree requirements. In addition to completing core foundation courses and learning the use of software across the field, students will develop skills suited to their particular career interests.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communication
Degree Requirements:
| Credit Hours | |
| Core Curriculum (Click to view Avila's Core Curriculum) |
40-43 |
| Communication Foundation | 24 |
| Film & Digital Media Concentration | 36 |
| General Electives | 25-28 |
| Total Credit Hours | 128 |
| Communication | |
| CO 125 | Intro to Journalism |
| CO 225 | Mass Media & Society |
| AR/CO 270 | Digital Media: Imaging |
| AR/CO 271 | Digital Media: Page Layout |
| CO 360 | Media Law |
| CO 391 | Communication Theory |
| CO 495 | Internship |
| CO 499 | Senior Seminar |
| Film & Digital Media | |
| CO 216 | Corporate Scriptwriting |
| CO 217 | Screenwriting |
| AR 221 | Beginning Photography |
| CO 223 | Shooting & Lighting |
| CO 327 | Editing & Audio |
| AR/CO 379 | Design for the Web |
| CO 425 | Intermediate Production |
| CO 427 | Senior Production Project |
| Six credit hours from: | |
| CO 181 | Survey of Film I |
| CO 182 | Survey of Film II |
| CO 380 | Special Topics (1-3 hours) |
| Digital Media Electives (6 credit hours): | |
| CO 337 | Techniques in Digital Animation |
| CO 338 | Techniques in Digital Effects |
| CO 380 | Special Topic: DVD Authoring |
| AR 471 | Digital Media: Interactive Media |
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