Course List & Statistics
B.A. Time Statistics: 2006-2010
Interdisciplinary Mass Communication Studies: 48 Units
36% of Units, 29% of Time (see Appendix B) (Roughly 12 months of full-time work)
Theoretical Media studies: 15 Units
The Art of Story Telling, 3 Units, Peggy Medberry, MCOM 101, (A)
Visual Aesthetics, 3 Units, Dean Yamada, MCOM 102, (A)
History of Cinema, 3 Units, Dr. Mike Gonzales, MCOM 104, (A)
Philosophy of Aesthetics, 3 Units, Mr. Matthew Kirkpatrick, PHIL 425 (Oxford), (A)
Rhetoric of Media Studies, 3 Units, Dr. Todd Lewis, COMM 470 (COMM Capstone Class), (A)
Practical Media studies: 15 Units
Intro to TV & Film Production, 3 Units, Dr. Gerald Fisher, MCOM103, (A)
The Entertainment Business, 3 Units, John Schmidt, MCOM204, (A)
Editing for Film & Television, 3 Units, Dean Yamada, MCOM315, (A)
Mass Media Law & Ethics, 3 Units, James Hirsen, MCOM433, (A)
Senior Media Project, 3 Units, Dr. Mike Gonzales, CNMA 456, (CNMA Capstone Class) (A)
Information Management studies: 6 Units
Information Gathering and Database Analysis, 3 Units, Mark Landsbaum, MCOM305, (A)
Methods of Communications Research, Dr. Gerald Fisher, 3 Units, MCOM 458, (A)
Theoretical Leadership & Management Studies: 12 Units
Industrial Organizational Psychology; 3 Units, Dr. Wade McNair, PSYC 315, (A)
Organizational Communication, 3 Units, Julie Little, COMM 387, (A)
Theory of Politics, 6 Units, Seth Lazar, PHIL 435 (Oxford), (A-)
Philosophy of Western Civilization Honors Program: 71 Units
(52% Units, 42% of Time (See Appendix B), roughly 17 months of full-time work)
Greek Thought, 4 Units, YMDT 110 (A-)
Old Testament Beginnings, 4 Units, YMDT 111 (A-)
Wisdom Literature, 8 Units, YMDT 226 (A-)
Greco-Roman Thought, 4 Units, YMDT 125, (A-)
Pauline Epistles, 4 Units, YMDT 217, (B+)
Medieval and Reformation Thought, 8 Units, YMDT 214, (B+)
Church Fathers & Wisdom Literature, 8 Units, YMDT 124, (A-)
Early Modern Thought, 8 Units, YMDT 220, (A)
Nineteenth Century Thought, 4 Units, YMDT 325, (A)
Shaping of the British Landscape, 3 Units, HIST 460 (Oxford), (A-)
Humean Epistemology, 4 Units, Phil 425, (Oxford), (B+)
'America', 4 Units, YMDT 410, (A)
Twentieth Century Thought, 4 Units, YMDT 465, (A)
Torrey Berkeley Off-Campus Program, 4 Units, YMDT 492, (A)
Other Units, GE, & Pre-Requisites: 16 Units
(12% Academics, 9% of Time (See Appendix B) (Roughly 4 Months)
PE: 4 Units
Volleyball, 1 Unit,
Tennis, 1 Unit,
Weight Training, 1 Unit,
Mountain Biking, 1 Unit,
Introduction to Psychology, 3 Units
Nature of Mathematics, 3 Units,
Zoology, (Santa Barbara City College) 3 Units
Environmental Biology, (Barstow Community College) 3 Units
Total Units: 135
Appendix B:
Education Organized by Time
Education:
8/2006-5/2007 9/12 Months (-1 for interterm)
9/2007-6/2008 10/12 Months
9/2008-12/2008 3 Months (mid Sept to Mid Dec.)
2/2009-7/2009 6 Months
9/2009-1/2010 5 Months
Total (extrapolated from below) = 34/42 Months: (81%)
Non-Education:
Time-span: 8/2006 to 2/2010: 3.5 years, i.e. 42 Months
1/2007 - 1 month Vacation 2% of time
6/2007-8/2007 - 3 months Department Supervisor (Thousand Pines) 7% of Time
7-2008-8/2008 - 2 months Campus Safety &
1, 2009, 8/2009 - 2 months Vacation, Campus safety;
Total: 8/42 Months (19%)