BS - Digital Communication
The Digital Communication Major is designed primarily for experienced communication project managers, contractors, producers, and digital solution providers. Students will apply the principles of storytelling and community building to various digital media deliverables including email, still images, motion video, social media, mobile applications, and graphic design for print and digital output. The program provides opportunity for updating working production skills with an introduction to the Adobe Creative Suite of products as distributed throughout the program. A cross curricular emphasis in presenting and proposing, technical writing, applying research and analytics to media solutions, creative process leadership and participation, and managing production projects is included. All courses are taught from a Christian world-view.
Graduates from this major will be able to:
- Describe the communication discipline and its central questions.
- Employ communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts.
- Engage in communication inquiry.
- Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context.
- Critically analyze messages.
- Demonstrate the ability to accomplish communicative goals (self-efficacy).
- Apply ethical principles and biblical practices.
- Utilize communication to embrace differences.
- Influence public discourse.
- Solve communication problems through digital media solutions.
- Design the steps needed to produce various digital media deliverables.
- Propose cost-scalable communication strategies using digital media.
- Collaboratively develop digital media solutions by leading and participating on a creative team.
- Propose the best analytics for digital media solutions.
Admission Requirements
The admission requirements for this program are as follows:
- Proof of high school graduation or GED certification.
- Original transcripts from all previous college or university study at regionally accredited colleges or universities or an institution accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education.
- Prior completion of at least 60 transferable credit hours from a regionally accredited college or university or an institution accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education is required before the student is eligible to start a bachelor core program.
Transfer Credit Policy
- Credit must have been earned at a regionally accredited college or university or an institution accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education with a minimum grade of "C."
- Courses must be approved by the Division of Liberal Arts.
- Students must complete at least 30 hours of the core curriculum at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate with a baccalaureate degree with a major in Digital Communication from the College of Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS) at Indiana Wesleyan University, the following requirements must be met:
- Completion of 120 semester hours.
- Cumulative GPA of 2.25 or higher.
- Completion of the designated Communication credit hours with a GPA of 2.25 or higher.
- Completion of 30 hours of general education as specified (General Education Requirements).
- Payment of all tuition and fees is required to receive a diploma.
Digital Communication (BS) - Program of Study
Core Requirements
Directed Communication Studies
| COM-112 | Introduction to Multimedia Storytelling | 2 |
| COM-122 | Storytelling Project | 1 |
| COM-280 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COM-366 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
Major Requirements
| COM-205 | Introduction to Digital Media Solutions | 3 |
| COM-219 | Digital Photo Imaging | 3 |
| COM-239 | Digital Video Production | 3 |
| COM-305 | Graphic Design for Digital Communication | 3 |
| COM-319 | Mobile Application Solutions | 3 |
| COM-405 | Web Presence Solutions | 3 |
| COM-419 | Social Media Solutions | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 43 |
