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Media and Communication Arts

Media and Communication Arts

Curriculum

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION ARTS CURRICULUM

Required Courses

Study Area	Course	Credits
Major Required	Intro to Undergraduate Study ▼ Course Description 1) Learning the goal, curriculum, and specialties of the department 2) Learning the basic information about global media and communication arts major 3) Learning about Woosong University	2
	Video Production Basic ▼ Course Description The class will be a true mixture of both technical (video/audio recording and presentation proficiency) and theoretical acumen. The theory will be slanted to storytelling.	3
	Post Production Basic ▼ Course Description Students will learn advanced editing, motion graphics (After Effects) compositing, and other techniques of post-production in a workshop environment, working on project-based assignments.	3
	Applied Media Aesthetics ▼ Course Description Describes the fundamental aesthetics elements of media aesthetics, light and color, two-dimensional space, and sound.	3
	Understanding Korean Wave ▼ Course Description First driven by the spread of K-dramas televised across East, South, and Southeast Asia during its initial stages. This class shows how the The Korean Wave evolved from a regional development into a global phenomenon due to the proliferation of Korean pop (K-pop) music videos on YouTube. Currently, the spread of the Korean Wave to other regions of the world is most visibly seen among teenagers and young adults in Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America, Western Asia, North Africa, Southern Africa, Eastern Europe, and immigrant enclaves of the Western world.	3
	Post Production Workshop ▼ Course Description The Post Production Workshop class is a course that focuses on the technological organization, delivery, and creation of visual, sound, and EFX edited media in short and long feature formats.	3
	Drama Production ▼ Course Description This course is to learn cutting-edge TV program format production techniques using the latest trends in the global media industry. Students also learn skills and have hands-on experience using professional-grade digital video cameras.	3
	Social Media & Big Data Analysis ▼ Course Description This workshop introduces students to the current social media landscape and explores how it can be used for maximum results for brands as well as agencies. Participants will leave with a detailed understanding of both the current social media landscape and how to evaluate which tools or social platforms are the best fit for their organization.	3
	Global Culture Industry ▼ Course Description This class looks at how the global culture industry operates through brands. When culture and industry are combined they become a commodity and the global culture industry is able to work through brands/branding.	3
	Graduate Exhibition ▼ Course Description Students invest time and focus on generating specifications for their own development.	3
	Field Practice x 4	-

Elective Courses

Study Area	Course	Credits
Major Elective	Photoshop & Illustrator ▼ Course Description Learn about Photoshop and Illustrator and their capabilities. Using the tools and techniques developed over the course in Photoshop and Illustrator, students will create thesis projects which demonstrate their skill sets, while offering satisfying user experiences.	2
	SIMA English ▼ Course Description This course is designed to support English language learners in their major coursework. Through in-class coaching, practice, and feedback, students will gain the skills necessary for participating effectively in English-medium university studies. Throughout the course, students will engage with business-related texts and videos to develop their reading, writing, listening, and vocabulary skills. Students will also build and reinforce their speaking skills to enable them to share new ideas in class discussions, participate actively in small group activities, and seek help appropriately when they need assistance.	3
	Visual Storytelling ▼ Course Description Students make storyboards and animatics, analyze films and graphic novels for visual storytelling, and emulate these sources in their own pre-production and production pipelines.	2
	Acting for Directing ▼ Course Description This course gives students the skills and hands-on experience of using professional-grade digital video camera.	3
	Media and Cultural Studies ▼ Course Description Students will accomplish the following learning outcomes: Media’s usage for the Asian global media format, Western global media format, and Techniques and trends in current global media format.	3
	Digital Newsroom Practice ▼ Course Description This course teaches newsroom TV program format production techniques using the latest trends in the global media industry.	3
	K-Pop Content Production ▼ Course Description Students begin to understand and practice the production process of K-Pop.	3
	Master Class ▼ Course Description This class is composed of a series of special lectures that focus on creative programming.	3
	Studio Content Production ▼ Course Description Students will explore the basic techniques and concepts of studio content production. Students will understand how to utilize and manipulate videos through in-class exercises and exams. Lectures, reading assignments, demonstrations, and presentations are all a part of the class. Students study and analyze scenes from various forms of Digital Media.	3
	Advanced Project Workshop ▼ Course Description This course explores advanced editing techniques to create videos.	3
	Programming for Interactive Media 1 ▼ Course Description The second course in Programming for Digital Media will focus on creating 2D and 3D audiovisual interactive content. In the beginning, students will become familiarized with HTML and CSS, the language for visual and interactive design of web content.	3
	K-Pop Sound Design ▼ Course Description When making K-Pop albums, it requires more than just writing lyrics and composition. In this course, students also learn sound design and mixing.	3
	Multimedia Art ▼ Course Description The Commission produces interactive fusion works by acquiring creative skills through practice of creating music and various programming techniques for creating multimedia arts.	3
	Independent Study ▼ Course Description The independent study option allows students who are highly self-motivated and able to work independently to conduct independent research during the second half of the semester.	3
	Capstone Design ▼ Course Description In	3
	Media Business & Start-Up ▼ Course Description Students discover and learn about Media Businesses and Start-ups, their evolution, and how they become sustainable.	3
General Elective	Any General Education or Major course x 2	10

Minor

There is one minor in the Media and Communications Arts Department. In order to complete the minor, students must take the following courses.

Study Area	Course	Credits
Track/Minor	Trans-Media Arts Basic ▼ Course Description This course gives studio experiences in well-equipped facilities, simultaneously integrated with rigorous academic studies and challenging curricula in media arts history as well as comprehensive and diverse theory and contemporary issue courses.	3
	Understanding MCN ▼ Course Description This course aims to explore how MCN operates with a focus of ritual action, symbolic hierarchy, and symbolic conflict. In particular, it explores to what extent theoretical frameworks already developed in anthropology and social theory can help us analyze contemporary media and mediated public life.	3
	Trans-Media Content Production ▼ Course Description Transmedia is the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies, not to be confused with traditional cross-platform media franchises, sequels, or adaptations.	3
	MCN Planning & Modeling ▼ Course Description This course covers digital production in television, news, and other forms of media in our connected culture. Students produce projects in digital video with an emphasis on the processes of storytelling. Students will develop skills necessary to create and develop videos with the intent of posting online (YouTube, social media, websites).	3
	Common Track Course x 2	6

General Education Electives

All students are required to take 36 credits in General Education

Study Area	Course	Credits
Gen Edu	General Education	36

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