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Cinema-Television

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Cinema-Television (Television Track) Degree Requirements

General Education Curriculum Requirement 41 hours

Common Core Requirements
CTV 1320 Survey of Television and Media
CTV 2301 Film and Video Aesthetics
CTV 2304 Basic Video and Audio Production

9 hours

Television Course Requirements
CTV 2332 American Popular Film or
CTV 3304 History of Documentary Film-Television
CTV 2353 American Television History
CTV 3303 Video Production I: Studio
CTV 3328 Media Management or
CTV 3361 Media Programming
CTV 3393 Video Production II: Field or
CTV 4318 Advanced Production Workshop
CTV 4339 Television Criticism
CTV 4360 Social Effects of Mass Media
CTV 4361 Media Policy
CTV 4390 Technology and the Mass Media or
TV 4395 Electronic Media Audience Analysis
CTV 4399 Global Media Systems

24 hours

Cinema-TV Electives
Any 9 Hours (may not be double-counted with any grouping above)
Any Three CTV Courses (with approval of adviser); suggested courses include:
CTV 2354 Basic Screenwriting
CTV 2360 The Black Experience in Cinema-TV
CTV 2364 History of Cinema-TV Comedy
CTV 3308 Non-Linear Editing
CTV 3335 Film Exhibition and Distribution
CTV 3355 Film Production I
CTV 3356 Film Production II
CTV 3357 Film/TV Lighting
CTV 3374 TV Production Process
CTV 4300 Cinema-Television Seminar
CTV 4316 Producers Seminar
CTV 4328 Media Economics
CTV 4353 Film-Television Theory
CTV 4360 Social Effects of Mass Media
CTV 4361 Media Policy

9 hours

Fine Arts Component
One course (3 hrs.) Selected from the following: 3
ASDE 1300 Introduction to Studio Drawing
ASPH 1300 Basics of Photography
ASPH 2300 Black and White Photography
ARHS 1303 Introduction to Western Art I
ARHS 1304 Introduction to Western Art II
ARHS 1331 Romantic Century: Cultural Content of Artistic Form in the 19th Century
ARHS 1332 20th Century Art: Sources and Styles of Modern Art
THEA 3311 The Art of Acting
THEA 3313 Introduction to Design for the Theater
THEA 3314 Lighting Design: Theater, Film, and Television
THEA 3316 Scene Design: Theater, Film, and Television
THEA 3318 Costume Design: Theater, Film, and Television

3 hours

Meadows Elective/Corequirement (in Meadows outside the major)

3 hours

Free Electives

42 hours

 

 

Meadows Point Image
Kelli Herd, a lecturer in the Division of Cinema-Television, was named the recipient of a H.O.P.E. (Honoring Our Professors’ Excellence) Award. Read more.