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4+1 Cinema, Religion, and Worldview (MA)

The 4+1 MA in Cinema, Religion, and Worldview program at Walla Walla University allows students in certain majors, accepted into the program, to take specific 400-level courses during their senior year, which make them eligible for completing the MA CRW in one calendar year, plus a summer and the completion of a Capstone Project or Thesis. Eligible majors include: BA in Global Communication, Religion, Strategic Communication, and Theology; BS in Film/TV/Media, Graphic Design or Digital Media & Design.

Undergraduate students in their senior year join the 4+1 program and take a prescribed 16 credits in courses that prepare them for entrance into the MA CRW. Students benefit by paying undergraduate tuition for these 16 Credits and may be able to complete both degrees in 4+1 years.

Students should apply for the 4+1 program in their junior year to be eligible to participate.

After earning their undergraduate degree, students in good standing will be formally admitted to the Graduate School and the MA in Cinema, Religion, and Worldview program.

Admission Requirements:

  • Overall Undergraduate GPA of 3.25 or higher

  • GPA of 3.5 or higher in the major

Continuing Requirements:

  • A grade of B or better in all designated courses
  • Maintain a 3.25 or higher institutional GPA

MA Year:
COMM 501Narrative Structure and Screenwriting

3
or
GRPH 565Web Ministry

2
COMM 505Production Process: Script to Screen

3
COMM 510Filmmaking Workshop

3
COMM 520Editing and Post Production

3
COMM 560Spiritual and Social Influences through Media

3
COMM 575Communication Theory

3
COMM 579Directed Study/Project

1-2: 2
or
GRPH 553Web Design and Managment

3
COMM 585Communicating Religious and Spiritual Messages

3
COMM 590Project or Thesis

2-6; 8
COMM 596Graduate Seminar

1
RELT 565Foundational Theology

3
RELT 567Foundational Narratives

3
Total Credit Hours:36

Courses to be taken senior year:
COMM 444Media, Culture, and Worldview

2
COMM 475Communication Theory

3
COMM 480Redemptive Cinema

3
COMM 496Communication Research I

3
COMM 497Communication Research II

1