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Media Communication Studies

Overview

Official Name of Program

Media Communication Studies

Plan Code

MCS-BA

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Journalism and Media Studies

Career

Undergraduate

Degree Designation

BA - Bachelor of Arts

HEGIS Code

0601.00

NYSED Program Code

36998 - MCS-BA

CIP Code

09.0102

The Media Communications Studies major consists of 42-43 credits. Students must complete all core requirements before taking required courses. The total number of credits (42 or 43) depends on whether students participate in the Media Communications Studies Honors Program.

Note: All 300 and 400-level Media Communications Studies courses have either a specific course prerequisite, or require completion of 60 credits and department permission.

Requirements

All Lehman College students must complete Writing Intensive (WI) courses, which are offered in General Education, major, minor, and elective areas. Students may find these classes by looking for the attribute “Writing Intensive” when scheduling their classes in Schedule Builder.

The number of Writing Intensive course requirements varies by status:

  • Entering freshmen and students with fewer than 30 transfer credits must complete four WI courses at Lehman.

  • Students with 30 to 59 transfer credits must complete three WI courses at Lehman.

  • Students with an associate degree or 60 or more credits must complete two WI courses at Lehman.

 

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    Notes: Students are required to take two foreign language courses in the same language. Only students who transfer into Lehman with an associate's degree are exempt from the Foreign Language Requirement. Students who continue in a foreign language previously studied in high school or college or completes one semester of a foreign language at the intermediate level or above, kindly contact the Languages and Literatures department for proper placement.

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    Notes: No more than two courses from the same discipline may be used to satisfy the Distribution Requirement.

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