Graduation Requirements (2012-2013 Catalog)
- A minimum of 120 credits.
- 36 credits earned in upper-division coursework.
- Minimum of 32 credits completed in residence at Brandman; 18 of which must be upper -division credits, 12 of which must be completed in students major.
- A 2.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale at Brandman and transfer work.
- A 2.0 grade point average in all major and minor coursework. Programs may have additional grade requirements.
- Resolution of all "Cl" and "l" grades.
- LBSU 300 Liberal Arts Core Foundations- (Cannot be used as an elective in a major, minor, or certificate program)
- LBSU 302 Information Fluency and Academic Integrity (Cannot be used as an elective in a major, minor, or certificate program)
General Education Requirements
Complete general education requirements
Major Requirements
A. Culture and Media core requirements (30 credits)
Language and Media Arts (15 credits):
Literature (English or other language) 200 level or higher 3 Advanced writing 200 level or higher 3 COMU 315 Intercultural Communications 3 HUMU 345 Art, Media Technology, and Culture 3 COMU 230 Media in Everyday Life 3
Culture and Historical Studies (15 studies):
One from the following:
POSU 110 Introduction to American Politics 3
or POSU 343 Constitutional Government
or POSU 344 Constitutional Rights
One from the following:
HUMU 347 Society, Culture, and Literature 3
or HUMU 449 Multicultural Perspectives
One from the following:
OLCU 350 Leadership and Professional Ethics 3
or PHLU 304 Multicultural Ethics
Two other upper division courses from the following:
Economics, History, Political Science, or Social Science (SSCU) 6
B. Culture and Media Studies Concentration (12 credits):
12 Additional credits from such humanities disciplines as art, communications (including SOCU 311), English, foreign languages, history, humanities, liberal studies, music, philosophy, religious studies or a similar set of disciplines approved by a faculty advisor. A minimum of 9 upper division credits is required.
C. Capstone Course (3 credits):
LBSU 402 Ways and Rhetoric of Knowing 3
Total credits 45