Brandman University
Chapman University System
Transfer Guide
BA Liberal Studies
Culture and Media Studies Emphasis
MiraCosta College
2009-2010
Liberal Studies – Culture and Media Studies emphasis is offered at the following Brandman
University locations: Coachella Valley, Folsom, Irvine, Modesto, Monterey, Roseville, Santa
Maria and Yuba City
This guide includes lower division courses students can complete prior to transfer that
satisfy requirements in the major and prepare them for upper division level study at
Brandman University. Lower division courses accepted to satisfy an upper division course
requirement are not counted towards upper division credit totals. Students may need
complete additional upper division credit to meet degree minimums.
All courses must be passed with a grade equivalent of “C” or higher. Courses may
be used to fulfill both major and general education requirements.
Brandman University
MiraCosta College
BA Liberal Studies
Courses
CMS Emphasis
Major Course Requirements
Culture and Media Studies Core Courses (30 credits)
Language and Media Arts:
Literature course 200 level or higher
LIT 250, 251, 260, 261, 265,
270, 271
Advanced Writing course 200 level or
No comparable course
higher
COMU 315 Intercultural Communication
COMM 215
HUMU 345 Art, Technology and Culture
No comparable course
COMU 372 Electronic Media
No comparable course
Cultural and Historical Studies
POSU 110 Introduction to American Politics
-orPLSC 102
HISU 303/POSU 343 Constitutional Gov’t
-orPOSU 344/HISU 324 Constitutional Rights
One from the following:
ENGU/HUMU/SOCU 347 Society, Culture
No comparable course
and Literature
ENGU/SSCU 449 Multicultural Perspectives
One from the following:
PHLU 104 Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 102
PHLU/RELU 120 Global Ethics and Religion
OLCU 350 Business and Professional Ethics
PHLU 304 Multicultural Ethics
RELU 375 Violence and Nonviolence in
Society and Religion
Two upper division courses in economics,
history, political science, organizational
Complete at Brandman
administration or social science.
Culture and Media studies Concentration
Complete upper division
12 credits, minimum 9 credits upper
electives at Brandman
division.
Students must choose their concentration area from
such humanities disciplines as art, communications
(including SOCU 310 and SOCU 311), English,
foreign languages, history, humanities, liberal
studies, music, philosophy, religious studies or a
similar set of disciplines approved by the program
chair.
Capstone course (3 credits)
LBSU 402 Ways and Rhetoric of Knowing
Eligible for transfer: one lower
division course from the list of
approved humanities
disciplines.
Complete at Brandman