Academic Catalog

Television, Film, and Digital Media - B.S.

Summary

Major Requirements52-56
Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC) Requirements and Other Electives 164-68
Total Credits120
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This major is approved to fulfill the Integrative Core Curriculum requirement for the Creative Arts perspective.

Degree Requirements

Core Requirements
TVR 12400Introduction to Television and Film Industries4
CNPH 14100Introduction to Photography4
TVR 13100Media Writing4
or MASS 13400 Screenwriting
TVR 31200Media Law4
Select one Production course:2-4
Introduction to Audio Production
Introduction to Television Studio Production
Introduction to Television and Film Production
Cinema Production 1
Select one Studies course:4
History of Narrative Film, Television, and Emerging Media Part I
History of Narrative Film, Television, and Emerging Media Part II
Introduction to Media Aesthetics and Analysis
Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis
Hollywood and American Film
History of Photography
Select one Research course:4
Design of New Media: Theory, Function and Analysis
Critical Thinking and Mass Communication
Mass Media Research Methods
Select one Theory course:4
Topics in Media Technology
Race, Gender, and Digital Technology
Electronic Media Criticism
Utopias and Dystopias of Emerging Media
Fiction Film Theory
History and Theory of Documentary
Select one Program Capstone course: 14
Senior Seminar
Audio Production for TV and Film Capstone
Emerging Media Capstone
Senior Media Thesis
Live Event Production
Documentary Workshop
Contemporary Photo Workshop (Contemporary Photo Workshop)
Required Concentration18-20
Students must complete one of three concentrations: Emerging Media; Photography; or Television & Film Production. The concentration must be declared by the end of the second year.
Requirements for each concentration are listed below. Credits fulfilling a major core requirement cannot count towards a concentration.
Required Elective options cannot double count for Concentration requirements
Total Credits52-56
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Program capstone courses do not satisfy the Capstone requirement for the ICC.

Emerging Media Concentration
Choose ONE of the Following FOUNDATIONAL courses:3-4
Introduction to Website Development
Working with Structured Data
Presentation and Graphic Design
Computer Programming I
Choose TWO of the following TECHNICAL courses:8
Computer Programming II
Introduction to Animation
Experience Design
Interactive Media
Motion Design and Animation
Virtual Production
Advanced Cinema Production: Animation
Writing for Video Games and Emerging Media
EMED 32000Utopias and Dystopias of Emerging Media4
TVR 38500Emerging Media Project4
Total Credits19-20
Photography Concentration
CNPH 24000History of Photography4
CNPH 24200Advanced Digital Photography4
CNPH xxxxxChoose THREE additional 200- or 300- level photography courses12
Total Credits20
Television and Film Production Concentration
Select a 100-level Production course in addition to the one counting towards the Core:2-4
Introduction to Audio Production
Introduction to Television Studio Production
Introduction to Television and Film Production
Select 16 credits from courses with attribute PROD at the 200-level or above, with at least 4 credits at the 300-level or above. 16
Total Credits18-20