Sample Schedule: Mass Media Studies, BA (124 Semester Hours) - Hofstra University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 30, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

FIRST-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
MASS 001 - Mass Media: History and Development	3	MASS 011 - Mass Communications in Contemporary Society	3
WSC 001 - Composition	3	RTVF 001 - Foundations of Radio, Television, Film, and New Media	3
Distribution Course	3	WSC 002 - Composition	3
Distribution Course	3	Foreign Language Course	3
Foreign Language Course	3	HCLAS Minor Requirement Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

SECOND-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
MASS 122 - Race, Gender, Class and Media	3	MASS 012 - Media Literacy: Criticism and Analysis	3
RHET 001 - (CP) Oral Communication	3	MASS 118 - Mediated Interpersonal Communication	3
Foreign Language Course	3	HCLAS Minor Requirement Course	3
HCLAS Minor Requirement Course	3	Distribution Course	3
Elective Course	3	Distribution Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

THIRD-YEAR
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Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
MASS 104 - Media and the Law	3	MASS 015 - Theories of Media	3
MASS 120 - Media Research Methods	3	MASS 020 - Survey of News Issues	3
MASS 170 - Internships	2	HCLAS Minor Requirement Course	3
HCLAS Minor Requirement Course	3	Distribution Course	3
Distribution Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3	MASS 170 - Internships	2
Total Semester Hours	17	Total Semester Hours	17

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
MASS 125 - Media and Popular Culture	3	MASS 132 - War, Peace and the Media	3
Elective Course	3	MASS 180 to 189 A-Z	3
HCLAS Minor Requirement Course	3	Distribution Course	3
Distribution Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15
Program Total		124

^{Updated January 2023}