2023-2024 Catalog

Minor: Media Production, 15 Credits

Our media production minor allows students to acquire skills in the creation of media to support their major. The program works particularly well for students who already understand media fundamentals of form and style, taught in courses such as Introduction to Cinema Studies. The main areas of emphasis for the minor are video, sound, and emerging media, and the curricular offerings range from video field production, sound design, television studio production, and screenplay writing. All students in the minor learn basic skills in media storytelling using sound, image, and online publishing.  Students then choose elective options for media that interest them the most.  This minor appeals to students looking for new ways to express their creativity.  It is recommended that students work with a faculty advisor in their major as well as faculty in Communication and Media Arts to find the best synergy between their major program of study and the creative possibilities of media production.

Required Courses

Required Course (3 Credits)

COMM 112Storytelling Across Media

3

Choose Two of the Following (6 credits):

 

COMM 207/THTR 207Introduction to Lighting for Film and Video

3

COMM 216/DANC 216/MUS 216Digital Sound Workshop

3

COMM 222TV Studio Production

3

COMM 233Video Field Production

3

 

 

Electives

Choose Two of the Following (6 credits)

ART 226Digital Photography

3

COMM 225New Media Workshop

3

COMM 251/THTR 251Introduction to Art Direction for Film and Video

3

COMM 300Special Topics in Media Production

3

COMM 322Writing for Television

3

COMM 324Video Postproduction

3

COMM 325 Interactive Media

3

COMM 326Producing For Creative Media

3

COMM 338On Air Reporting

3

COMM 342Advanced TV Studio Production 

3

COMM 346Podcasting

3

COMM 347Integrated Media

3

COMM 349/MUS 349 Projects in Digital Sound

3

COMM 353Screenplay Writing

3

COMM 356Cinematography

3

COMM 359Directing Video

3

COMM 365/MUS 365Film & Media Scoring

3

COMM 300, COMM 325, COMM 347, COMM 349, and COMM 359 may be taken more than once if offered with a different topic.