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2010-2011 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

Communication - Bachelor of Science

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Program Total Credits: 123

The Bachelor of Science in Communication is an undergraduate program preparing students in the application, practices and critical study of digital video production.

In the first two years, students take applied introductory courses in video production, digital editing, sound and Webcasting. To supplement the applied courses, they will take courses in the history of communicating as well as Western art history. Collaboration is a hallmark of most professional media. In the Sophomore year, students will work on teams to develop and produce original collaborative video projects.

By the spring of their Sophomore year, students will be required to choose between a concentration in narrative, scripted video or documentary video. Students opting for the narrative track will spend their Junior year in a two-semester sequential course writing, casting, directing, shooting, editing and mixing two short original scripted video projects. To prepare them for their original short screenplays, they will take three courses in screenwriting, beginning in their Sophomore year. For students opting for the documentary track, they will spend their Junior year in a two semester sequential course developing, researching, interviewing, directing, shooting, editing and mixing two short original documentaries. To prepare them, they will take courses in media ethics, modern American history and a media studies elective. To supplement their applied production courses, there are required courses in film theory and history as well as professional writing and economics. All students will spend their entire Senior year completing a major original video project either scripted or a documentary.

Required internships, often completed during the summer between their Junior and Senior year, offer students an exposure to the professional world of media.

Freshman Year Credits: 30

Fall Credits: 15

Spring Credits: 15

Sophomore Year Credits: 30

Fall Credits: 15

  • Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3 cr
  • Elective Credits: 3 cr

Spring Credits: 15

  • Elective Credits: 3 cr
  • Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3 cr
  • Video Production Track (see list below) Credits: 3 cr
  • Video Production Track (see list below) Credits: 3 cr

Junior Year Credits: 30

Fall Credits: 15

  • Electives Credits: 3 cr
  • Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 3 cr
  • Video Production Track (see list below) Credits: 3 cr
  • Video Production Track (see list below) Credits: 3cr

Spring Credits: 15

  • LAPI XXX - Liberal Arts (Period Interpretation) Credits: 3 cr
  • Electives Credits: 3 cr
  • Video Production Track (see list below) Credits: 3 cr
  • Video Production Track (see list below) Credits: 3 cr

Senior Year Credits: 33

Fall Credits: 18

  • Electives Credits: 6 cr
  • Liberal Arts Electives Credits: 3 cr

Spring Credits: 15

  • LAPI XXX - Liberal Arts (Period Interpretation) Credits: 3 cr
  • Liberal Arts Electives Credits: 3 cr
  • Electives Credits: 3 cr

Liberal Arts Distribution

  • Liberal Arts Electives Credits: 15

CMAC Core/Discipline History

Video Production Tracks

Select one of the following tracks below:

Documentary Video Production

  •  Media Studies Course (see list below) Credits: 3 cr

Narrative Video Production

Media Studies Courses

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