UPPER DIVISION FORM 2012 - 2013
Electronic Media Communication
PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
(VERSION: March15th, 2012)
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MTSU Email: ______________________ @mtmail.mtsu.edu
This form is a checkpoint to help you stay on track for graduation
Instructions:
(1) Indicate grade in all courses that have been completed to date.
(2) Obtain approval signature for major area of study from your advisor
(3) Obtain approval signature for minor from the department coordinator of minor area of study.
(4) Submit the approved form to the Department of Electronic Media Communication office for copying to student file and forwarding to the Records Office.
***PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE APPLICATION FOR CANDIDACY
General Education Requirements
Course
Credit
Hours
COMM 2200
3
ENGL 1010
3
ENGL 1020
3
Semester
Completed
Grade
Required for
Candidacy
Communication (9 hours)
COMM 2200 – Fundamentals of Communication
ENGL 1010 – Expository Writing
ENGL 1020 – Research and Argumentative Writing
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History (6 hours)
HIST 2010, 2020, 2030
3
3
Humanities/Fine Arts (9 hours) Choose three with different prefixes, one must be ENGL or HUM
ANTH 2210, ART 1030, ART 1910, ART 1920, DANC 1000, ENGL 2020, ENGL
2030, HIST 1010, HIST 1020, HIST 1110, HIST 1120, HUM 2610, MUS 1030, PHIL
1030, THEA 1030
3
3
3
Mathematics (3 hours)
MATH 1010, 1530, 1630, 1710, 1720, 1730, 1810, 1910
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3
Natural Sciences (8 hours) Choose two with different prefixes
ASTR 1030/31, BIOL 1030/31, 1110/11, 2010/11, or 2020/21, CHEM 1010/11,
1030/31 or 1110/11, GEOL 1030/31 or 1040/41, PHYS 1110, 2010/11, or 2110/11,
PSCI 1030/31 or 1130/31
4
4
Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 hours) Choose two with different prefixes
AAS 2100, ANTH 2010, ECON 2410, EMC 1020, GEOG 2000, GS 2010, HLTH
1530/31, PS 1005, PS 1010, PSY 1410, SOC 1010, SOC 2010, WGST 2100
Electives
Courses not used in either the major or minor
Credit
Hours
Semester
Completed
Grade
EMC 1020
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3
3
Electives
Courses not used in either the major or minor
Credit
Hours
Semester
Completed
Grade
PHOTOGRAPHY
Course
Credit
Hours
Semester
Completed
Grade
Required for
Candidacy
Mass Communication Core Requirements (9 hours)
EMC 1020: American Media and Social Institutions
3
JOUR 2710: Media Writing
3
Choose one:
EMC 4250: Mass Media Law
PHOT 4190: Ethics and Law for Visual Communication
3
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Photography Concentration Requirements (24 hours)
PHOT 2050 – Basic Black and White Photography
offered in both the Fall and Spring semesters
3
PHOT 3040 – History of Photography
offered only during the Fall semester
PHOT 3110 – Intermediate Photography I
offered in both the Fall and Spring semesters
PHOT 3120 – Intermediate Photography II
offered only during the Spring semester
PHOT 3810 – Color Photography I
offered only during the Fall semester
PHOT 4040 – Color Photography II
offered only during the Spring semester
PHOT 4060 – Photojournalism
offered only during the Spring semester
PHOT 4280 – Editorial Photography
offered only during the Fall semester
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Art Requirement for Photography Majors (3 hours)
ART 1610 – Two Dimensional Design
3
Photography Electives (choose 3 classes, total number of credit hours not to exceed 7 hours)
PHOT 3850 – Practicum 1 – 3 hours
PHOT 4000 – Internship 1 – 3 hours
PHOT 4190 – Ethics and Law for VC
PHOT 4270 – Photo Illustration
PHOT 4290 – Documentary Photo
EMC/PHOT 3200 – Still Digital
EMC 4800 – Seminar in Media Issue
*has to be approved
EMC 4900 – Individual Problems
EMC 4910 – Advanced Seminar
Minor
Course
Credit
Hours
Semester
Completed
Grade
Required for
Candidacy
Minor Classes
Minor (Liberal Arts and Sciences) (18 hours) 12 hours plus two electives one of which must be upper division
STUDENT Signature: __________________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________
MINOR ADVISOR Signature: ____________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________
MAJOR ADVISOR Signature: ____________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________
DEPARTMENT CHAIR Signature: ________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________