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Entertainment and Media Studies AB



Overview

This program prepares students for careers as industry, governmental, and academic innovators and leaders who work in, develop policy for, and study media-entertainment industries nationally and globally. The major focuses on entertainment media for the screen, providing students with professional courses in the theory and in the production of creative media within a media studies framework.

Double Dawgs

This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Entertainment and Media Studies AB/Journalism and Mass Communication MA(Advertising)(non-thesis) Entertainment and Media Studies AB/Journalism and Mass Communication MA(Emerging Media) Entertainment and Media Studies AB/Journalism and Mass Communication MA(Integrated ADPR) Entertainment and Media Studies AB/Journalism and Mass Communication MA(Journalism)(non-thesis) Entertainment and Media Studies AB/Journalism and Mass Communication MA(Public Relations)(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu

Contact

James Hamilton Department Head hamilton@uga.edu (706) 542-3556

Four-Year Program of Study

Four-Year Program of Study

The following program of study provides a path for students to complete this degree program in four years.

Fall Year 1

Area II Physical Science

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

ENGL 1101  English Composition I 3
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
MATH 1101  Introduction to Mathematical Modeling 3
Spring Year 1

Area II Life Science with Lab

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

ENGL 1102  English Composition II 3

General Elective

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

HIST 2111  American History to 1865 3
HIST 2112  American History Since 1865 3
Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2

Area III Quantitative Reasoning

Area IV Humanities and the Arts

Area IV World Language & Global Culture

Area V Social Sciences

POLS 1101  American Government 3
Spring Year 2

Area VI Elective

Area VI Elective

EMST 3010  Entertainment Media and Popular Culture 3

General Elective

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

ECON 2105  Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ECON 2106  Principles of Microeconomics 3
Summer Year 2

N/A

Fall Year 3

Area VI Elective

Area VI Foreign Language

EMST 3110  Writing for Entertainment Media 3
EMST 3150  Entertainment Media Industries 3

Upper Division (3000-5999) Elective

Spring Year 3
EMST 3210  Production Basics 3
EMST 3320  Entertainment Media Analysis 3

General Elective

Upper Division (3000-5999) Elective

Upper Division (3000-5999) Elective

Summer Year 3

N/A

Fall Year 4

EMST Elective

EMST Elective

General Elective

Upper Division (3000-5999) Elective

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

EMST 4410/6410  Global Media Entertainment Industries 3
EMST 4430/6430  International Media Entertainment 3
EMST 4440/6440  Representation and Identity in Entertainment Media 3
Spring Year 4

EMST Elective

General Elective

Upper Division (3000-5999) Elective

Choose 2 course(s) from the following:

ADPR prefix course

EMST prefix course

JOUR prefix course

JRLC prefix course

JRMC prefix course

NMIX prefix course

SPTM prefix course

Summer Year 4

N/A

University-Wide Requirements

Link: University-wide Requirements