Bachelor Of Art in Media Communication

stanton university

B.A.M.C. Program

Media communication with today’s intricate media channels has become vital to individuals’ lives and commerce in the realms of entertainment, marketing, and day-to-day human connection. The Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication is designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and adaptability necessary to succeed in an evolving media landscape where human creativity, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making remain essential. This program emphasizes human-centric communication, exploring how effective communicators understand and incorporate media, technology, and organizational structure in a global context to develop compelling communication strategies and media content. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of how media shapes society while gaining practical experience in creating compelling content across various platforms.

The Media Communication program distinguishes itself by focusing on the human’s role and capabilities as communicators that artificial intelligence cannot replicate. In this program, students learn to utilize technological tools, including AI-assisted content generation, while developing distinctly human capabilities that will remain in demand across the media landscape. The program introduces historical and cultural perspectives and develops critical awareness essential for success in a connected and rapidly changing world. As graduates, they will be adept at applying effective communication strategies that leverage uniquely human qualities while analyzing and interpreting data to develop media strategies that effectively combine human insights with technological tools.

Program Objectives

The educational objectives of the BAMC program are to:

1. Cultivate Critical Media Analysis Skills: Develop students’ abilities to evaluate media content, platforms, and systems through multiple lenses (societal, cultural, historical, political, economic, technological, and ethical), enabling them to assess the credibility of information sources and understand media’s impact on society.

2. Foster Ethical Communication Competence: Enable students to examine ethical considerations in media production and communication strategies, preparing them to make responsible decisions in creating and disseminating media content while respecting diverse cultural perspectives.

3. Develop Strategic Communication Expertise: Equip students with the knowledge and skills to interpret data meaningfully, design strategic media campaigns, and create solutions that effectively address real-world challenges through integrated communication approaches.

4. Enhance Multimodal Storytelling Abilities: Build proficiency in narrative storytelling across oral, written, audio, and visual forms, enabling students to create compelling content that engages diverse stakeholders across various media platforms.

5. Promote Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective: Prepare students to apply communication strategies that are responsive to culturally diverse global audiences, fostering understanding of media globalization and intercultural communication dynamics.

6. Advance Human-Centered Media Innovation: Develop students’ capacity to navigate the evolving relationship between culture, media, and technology, emphasizing human-centric skills such as emotional intelligence, creative expression, and strategic thinking that complement and exceed AI capabilities in the digital communication landscape.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication, students will be able to:

1. Human-Centered Communication: Apply effective communication strategies that leverage uniquely human qualities such as empathy and cultural sensitivity to connect with diverse audiences.

2. Critical Media Analysis: Evaluate the changing nature of media from societal, cultural, historical, political, economic, technological, and ethical dimensions.

3. Ethical Media Practice: Examine and apply ethical principles in media environments, demonstrating values-based decision-making that AI cannot replicate.

4. Creative Storytelling: Create compelling narratives that engage stakeholders emotionally and intellectually across various media platforms.

5. Strategic Media Integration: Analyze and interpret data to develop media strategies that effectively combine human insight with technological tools.

6. Adaptive Problem-Solving: Design innovative communication and media solutions to address community and global issues that require human judgment and creativity.

Student Academic Load

A full-time academic load in a B.A. degree program is twelve (12) units or more per quarter. Students may not enroll for more than twenty (20) units in a regular quarter without the approval of the academic department.

Graduation Requirements

  1. Successfully complete a minimum of 180 quarter units of the B.A. degree in Media Communication coursework with a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  2. Successfully complete the degree requirements within the Maximum Time Frame (MTF) allowed for the B.S. degree, which is 1.5 times the program length. The program is normally twelve (12) quarters in length.
  3. Filed all the necessary graduation forms in accordance with the timetable provided by the School of Information System and Management.
  4. Settled all financial obligations to the University.

Course Requirements

Courses Units
BAMC Core Courses
100
General Education
20
Elective Courses
16

Total

180

BALS Major Core Curriculum – 56 units required

Course Code Course Name Units Prerquisites
MCS201
Introduction to Media and Communication
4
ENG101
MCS202
Introduction to Communication Theories and Applications
4
ENG101
MCS203
Introduction to Media and Digital Culture
4
ENG101
MCS204
Introduction to Multilingual Media
4
ENG101
MCS301
History of Communication and Technological Revolutions
4
ENG101
MCS302
Media Industries
4
MCS201 or MCS203
MCS303
Introduction to Film and Television
4
MCS201 or MCS203
MCS304
Broadcast Communication Skills
4
MCS201 or MCS203
MCS305
Public Relations and Marketing
4
MCS201 or MCS203
MCS306
Persuasion and Rhetorical Communication
4
MCS201, MCS202 or MCS203
MCS307
Public Speaking and Oral Communication
4
ENG101 and ENG107
MCS308
Storytelling Across Media Platforms
4
MCS302
MCS309
Digital Media Literacy
4
MCS302
MCS310
Emerging Media Technologies
4
MCS302
MCS311
Digital Media Design and Development
4
MCS302
MCS312
Media Ethics and Law
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS313
Strategic Media Communication Campaigns
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS314
Crisis Communication Management
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS315
Organizational Communication
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS316
Communication for Advocacy and Social Change
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS317
Intercultural Communication
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS318
Issues in Media Representation: Global, Social and Political, and Interpersonal Communication
4
MCS201, MCS202, or MCS203
MCS401
Media Data-Driven Research Methods
4
Over five 300 level courses
MCS402
Advanced Media Production
4
MCS310 and MCS311
MCS451
Capstone Project in Media Communication
4
Must be taken in final quarter

Program Required General Education Courses: 64 units

Please see the General Education Requirements section of the Catalog for the course list and description.

The following units must be taken from the following disciplines:

General Education Category Units
Communications
16
Humanities and Art
16
Social Sciences
16
Mathematics and Sciences
16

Total

64

Communications – 16 units required

Course Code Course Name Units Prerequisites
ENG101
Fundamentals of English Composition
4
ENG107
Written & Oral Communication
4
ENG108
College English
4
SPEE120
Interpersonal Communications
4

Humanities and Arts – 16 units required.

Course Code Course Name Units Prerequisites
ART101
Fundamentals of Drawing
4
ART211
Art History – Ancient to Renaissance
4
ART212
Art History – Renaissance to Baroque Era
4
HST105
US History
4
HST117
History of Western Civilization
4
HST127
World History
4
ICS101
Intercultural Studies
4
PHL100
Logic and Critical Thinking
4
PHL105
Introduction to Philosophy
4
PHL115
Beginning Ethics
4
LIT110
American Literature
4
SPN101
Spanish I
4
SPN102
Spanish II
4
SPN101 or approval of instructor
SPN103
Spanish III
4
SPN102 or approval of instructor

Social Sciences – 16 units required.

Course Code Course Name Units Prerequisites
POL110
US Government
4
PSY101
Introduction to Psychology
4
SOC101
Principle of Sociology
4
FMI101
Introduction to Family Issues
4
MNR101
Minority Studies
4
ITL101
Introduction to International Relations
4
HEL101
New Perspective on Aging and Health
4
ADM101
Public Administration
4
ANP101
Cultural Anthropology
4

Mathematics and Sciences – 16 units required.

Course Code Course Name Units Prerequisites
MATH105
Survey of Mathematics
4
MATH118
Statistics I
4
MATH119
Statistics II
4
MATH118 or approval of instructor
MATH121
College Algebra
4
MATH131
Calculus I
4
MATH132
Calculus II
4
MATH131 or approval of instructor
PHY101
General Physics
4
BIO101
General Biology
4
CHEM101
General Chemistry
4
SCN101
Introduction to Health Science
4
NTR101
Nutrition
4

Concentration Courses: 16 units

Complete a total of 16 quarter units of concentration courses from one of the following concentrations:

English – Take any four classes from ENG 300-400 courses. or

Human Development/Early Childhood – Take any four classes from EDU courses. or

Kinesiology – Take any four classes from KIN courses. or

Social Science – Take any four classes from the Social Science category.

or

Spanish — Take four consecutive Spanish courses.

APPLICATION FOR GRADUATION

Graduation is not automatic on completion of degree requirements. An application must be filed with the School of Liberal Studies and the Office of Admissions and Records during the quarter in which the student expects to graduate. Students who do not graduate in the quarter for which they have applied must reapply and pay any applicable fees in the subsequent quarter in which they expect to graduate.