Students qualify for Regular Admission to LMU if they meet the following criteria:
High school graduate with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
Minimum composite ACT score of 19 or SAT score of 1010.
Students admitted under Regular Admission are eligible to register for courses at any New Student Registration and are not subject to the restrictions applicable to other admission categories.
Regular admission students must have a minimum composite ACT score of 19 or SAT composite score of 1010, and must have a minimum of a 3.2 unweighted high school GPA (on a 4.0 scale). Regular Admission may also be offered to applicants who hold the High School Equivalency Diploma, having completed the General Education Development (GED) examination with an average score of 45 or higher and no component score below 35. All Regular Admission applicants who meet the above criteria are accepted by Undergraduate Admissions team members.
Students admitted under Regular Admission must complete any developmental coursework specified by the Undergraduate Catalog placement criteria, and the student is subject to the guidelines regarding standards of academic progress that are applicable to all LMU students. Students admitted under Regular Admission will be given instructions on how to register for specific new student registration event dates for course registration.
Students who meet the following criteria are reviewed by the Office of Enrollment Management:
GPA of 2.7-3.19, AND/OR ACT composite of 17 or above, or SAT composite of 930 or above. The Office of Enrollment Management could accept the student, request more information (retest or updated transcripts), admit the student as a Cornerstone student (see Conditional Admission), or send the student to the Undergraduate Admissions Committee pending further review.
Further, if English is not his/her native language, the international student must submit her/his official score report from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); for admission to the University, a score or 500 or higher is required on the paper-based TOEFL test; 61 or higher on the Internetbased TOEFL (IBT) test; or 173 or higher on the computerbased TOEFL (CBT) test.
A score of 5.5 or higher is required on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test.
Although admitted to the University, the international student must also enroll in ELI 101 unless the paper-based TOEFL score is 527 or higher; the TOEFL iBT score is 71 or higher; the TOEFL CBT score is 197 or higher; or the IELTS score is 6 or higher.
The LMU Communication and Media program prepares graduates for a number of career options within the field. Students have opportunities to learn on-air reporting, multi-media journalism and producing or explore off-camera skills as editors, copyeditors and videographers. One LMU graduate received an Emmy nomination for her work as a TV news producer.
Students with limited interest in news but who may want to write, direct, edit and produce short movies, commercials, public service announcements, radio programming or related material can explore their creative skills within the LMU Communication and Media Program. LMU graduates have even written, directed, edited and produced their own full-length movies.
Students interested in the sales and promotional events aspects of media communication learn proper sales techniques as well as the skills to write, produce and direct commercials or other promotional material. Many sales people have to be able to produce the content after they sell the advertisements to clients.
Overall, the Communication and Media major prepares students for a range of career options; on-air or behind the camera, students will be prepared for the broad range of job options now available in the media world.
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First Year
Fall Spring
UACT 100 Strategies for College Success a
ISYS 100 Computer Literacy a
ENGL 101 Composition I a
ENGL 102 Composition II a
MCOM 110 Introduction to Mass Media b
MCOM 261 Newswriting for Digital Media b 3
Mathematics Requirement a
LNCN 100 Lincoln's Life and Legacy a
Foreign Language I a
Foreign Language II a
Behavioral/Social Science Requirement a
3 COMM 200 Fundamentals of Speech Communication a
Fall Spring
ENGL 240, 250, or 260 a
MCOM 203 Production Practicum b 1
MCOM 203 Production Practicum b 1 MCOM 281 Single Camera Production b
MCOM 271 Audio Production b
Fine Arts, Humanities, Ethics Requirement a
Fine Arts Requirement a
Science Requirement a
Science Requirement a
Elective 300/400 Level 3
Behavioral/Social Science Requirement a
Elective 3
Fall Spring
MCOM 203 Production Practicum b 1 LNCN 300 American Citizenship a
MCOM 320 Media Theory b
MCOM 370 Television News Production b
History Requirement a
History Requirement a
MCOM Elective b
Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Fall Spring
MCOM 410 Media Law and Ethics b 3 MCOM 485Z Senior Seminar b 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 MCOM Elective 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
Elective 300/400 Level 3 Elective 300/400 Level 3
According to the U.S. Burea of Labor Statistics, some professions within the Communication and Media field have a very positive outlook. Overall employment of broadcast and sound engineering technicians for example is projected to grow 8 percent from 2018 to 2028, faster than the average for all occupations.
Employment of audio and visual equipment technicians is projected to grow 12 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. More audio and video technicians should be needed to set up new, technologically advanced equipment or upgrade and maintain old, complex systems for a variety of organizations. For more details on the career outlook in the field of Communication and Media see: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook; Communication and Media .
