Electronic Media and Film Studies Minor

Program Overview

This program provides a comprehensive foundation in digital media, encompassing production, writing, and theory. Students complete required courses in digital media, audio and television production, and cinema studies. They then choose from a wide range of restricted elective courses in production, writing, and theory, as well as additional coursework in electronic media and film studies or communication, media, and theatre arts.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Required Courses (13 hours):
• Introduction to Digital Media (3 hours)
• Introduction to Audio Production and Direction (3 hours)
• Intro to Television Production and Direction (3 hours)
• Introduction to Cinema Studies (3 hours) or History and Criticism of Radio and Television (3 hours)
• Choose one course from the following: Television Laboratory (1 hour) or Eagle Radio (1 hour)
• Restricted Elective Courses (13 hours):
• Production, Writing, and Theory Coursework (9 hours):
• Select one course from each group below:
• Production Courses:
• Multitrack Sound Recording (3 hours)
• Lighting for TV and Film (3 hours)
• Digital Video Editing (3 hours)
• Broadcasting Announcing (3 hours)
• Streaming Media (3 hours)
• Sound Design for Digital Media (3 hours)
• Intermediate Radio Production and Direction (3 hours)
• Videography: ENG/EFP (3 hours)
• Digital Movie Production I (3 hours)
• Radio-Television-Film Dramatic Performance (3 hours)
• Podcasting and Advanced Radio Production (3 hours)
• Advanced Television Production and Direction (3 hours)
• Digital Movie Production II (3 hours)
• Documentary Film Production (3 hours)
• Writing Courses:
Radio-Television News (3 hours)
• Continuity Writing for Electronic Media (3 hours)
• Screenwriting (3 hours)
• Theory Courses:
Introduction to Cinema Studies (3 hours)
• History of Cinema (3 hours)
• Global Cinema (3 hours)
• History and Criticism of Radio and Television (3 hours)
• Mobile Technologies in the Global South (3 hours)
• A Survey of American Cinema (3 hours)
• Studies in Film (3 hours)
• Studies in Electronic Media (3 hours)
• Hollywood: Past, Present and Future (3 hours)
• American Film Genres (3 hours)
• Film Theory and Criticism (3 hours)
• Current Perspectives in Digital Media (3 hours)
• Radio-Television Station Management (3 hours)
• Special Topics (3 hours)
• Additional Coursework (4 hours):
• Select three hours from Electronic Media and Film Studies and the remaining hours from Communication, Media and Theatre Arts courses (excluding COMM 124).