Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree major in 
Television, Film and Media Studies,
Broadcast Journalism option (88 units)

Television, Film and Media Studies Core Requirements (28 units):

Lower Division Required Courses (20 units)

TVF    200 Introduction to Single camera & Editing (4)
TVF    201 Introduction to Television Studio Production (4)
TVF    220 Introduction to Broadcasting (4)
TVF    224 Survey of Film (4)
TVF    265 Introduction to Scriptwriting (4)

Upper Division Required Courses (8 units):

TVF    420 Responsibility and Regulation in Broadcasting and Film (4)
COMM 300 Applied Writing in Speech Communication (4)

Broadcast Journalism Option (60 units total)

Lower Division Option Core (12 units):

TVF    249 Announcing (4)
TVF    292 Introduction to Newswriting and Reporting (4)
COMM 267 Introduction to Oral Interpretation (4)


Upper Division (40-44 units):

TVF    301 Intermediate TV Studio Production (4)
TVF    320 Audio Production (4)
TVF    330 Documentary in Broadcasting and Film (4)
JOUR 391 University Times (4,4)
TVF    430 Documentary Field Production (4)
TVF    460 Theories of Mass Communication (4)
TVF    475 Television News/Magazine Production (4,4)
TVF    480 New Media Technologies (4)
JOUR 492 Radio and Television News Writing (4)


Electives (4-8 units):    May include courses below, other upper division TVFcourses, or courses in related fields, with advisor approval

TVF    303A Introduction to Digital Graphics for Film & TV (2)
TVF    303B Introduction to TV Digital Post Production (2)
TVF    328 Film History (4)
TVF    354L Selected Studies in Production (1-8)
TVF    362 Film & Television Aesthetics (4)
TVF    370 BCST & Film as Shapers of the Public Mind (4)
TVF    480 New Media Technologies (4)
JOUR 391 University Times (4,4)
TVF    398 Coooperative Education (1-8)
TVF    403A Advanced Digital Graphics for Film & TV (4)
TVF    403B Advanced TV Digital Post Production (4)
ENGL 406 Writing NonFiction (4)
TVF    424 Crosscultural BCST & Film (4)
TVF    440 Noncommercial BCST & Film (4)
TVF    453 Internationlal Communication Media (4)
TVF    454 Selected Studies in Broadcasting (4-12)
TVF    454L Selected Studies in Production (4-12)
TVF    470 Administration & Studio Operation (4)
TVF    499 Undergraduate Directed Study (1-8)

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