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Broadcast and Electronic Communication

So you’re thinking about getting into television, radio or the movies. Or maybe you want to work in multimedia or use communication technology in ways no one has thought of yet. Whatever the medium, professionals in the field of broadcast and electronic communication play major roles in shaping the way we view the world.

THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE

TV, RADIO AND WEB, OH MY! Right away, you’ll have access to Marquette’s broadcast facility that includes two TV studios, nine video editing suites, three audio studios, computer graphics platforms and advanced interactive digital equipment.

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STUDY IN A MAJOR MEDIA MARKET. Milwaukee, a top-35 market, is small enough for you to get your
foot in the door, yet big enough to prepare you for any media market in the country.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A STAR. Host your own radio show, be a newscaster, produce television shows. All this and more is yours when you get involved with MUTV or Marquette Radio, both run entirely by students.

BROADCAST NEWS. Marquette's broadcast and electronic communication program is the only accredited program at a Catholic school in the continental United States.

YOU WANT INTERNSHIPS? Real-world experience, crucial to professional placement after graduation, is yours through internships in Milwaukee and other major media markets such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta. Students have worked with radio and television stations throughout the country, as well as programs like ABC World News Tonight, Entertainment Tonight, Late Show with David Letterman, All My Children, The Young and the Restless and 20/20.

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Suggested curriculum

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Freshman

Introduction to Communication
Media in Society
Practicum in Student Broadcasting
Production Techniques
Rhetoric and Composition I
Histories of Cultures and Societies Elective
Foreign Language or Diverse Cultures
Major/Minor Electives

Sophomore

Contemporary Presentation
Script and Continuity or Broadcast Newswriting and Editing
Intro to Communication Research Methods
Diverse Cultures Elective
Modern Elementary Statistics
Science and Nature Elective
Introduction to Visual Communication
Philosophy of Human Nature
Literature and Performing Arts Elective
Major/Minor Elective

Junior

Broadcast and Electronic Communication Electives
Mass Communication Theory and Research
General Psychology
Introduction to Theology
Theory of Ethics
Minor/Elective Courses

Senior

Broadcast and Electronic
Communication Electives
Ethical Problems of Mass Communication
Media Law
Senior Capstone
Minor/Elective Courses

WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO

Marquette graduates do very well in this extremely competitive field. Many work throughout the country in local and network news, corporate media relations, graphic design for film companies and radio and television production.

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