Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree
in Television, Film and media Studies,
Telecommunications and Film option (88 units)


Television, Film and media Studies CORE Requirements (28 units):

Lower Division Required Courses (12 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):

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


Telecommunications and Film Option (60 units total)
Upper Division Required Courses (20 units):

TVF   301 Intermediate Television Studio Production (4)
TVF   328 History of Broadcasting and Film (4)
TVF   362 Broadcast and Film Aesthetics (4)
TVF   460 Theories of Mass Communication (4)
TVF   462 Criticism of Broadcasting and Film (4)

Advanced Production (12-16 units):Select four from following :

TVF   320 Audio Production (4)
TVF   365 Intermediate Scriptwriting (4)
TVF   377 Introduction to Animation (4)
TVF   397 Cinematography (4)
TVF   401 Advanced Video Production(4)
TVF   403A Advanced Digital Graphics for Film & TV (4)
TVF   403B Advanced TV Digital Post Production (4)
TVF   403C Advanced Film Digital Post Production (4)
TVF   430 Documentary Field Production (4)
TVF   454L Selected Studies in Broadcast Production (4-12)
TVF   465 Seminar: Advanced Scriptwriting (4-8)
TVF   475 Television News/Magazine Production (4-8)
TVF   492A Motion Picture Preproduction (3)
TVF   492B Motion Picture Production (3)
TVF   492C Motion Picture Post Production (3)
TVF   497 Production Portfolio (4)

Critical Studies Classes (12-16 units): Select four from following :

TVF   330 The Documentary in Broadcasting and Film (4)
TVF   370 Broadcasting and Film as Shapers of the Public Mind (4)
TVF   410 Contemporary Radio Broadcasting (4)
TVF   411 Children's Media (4)
TVF   424 Crosscultural Broadcasting and Film (4)
TVF   440 Noncommercial Broadcasting and Film (4)
TVF   453 International Communication Media (4)
TVF   454 Selected Studies in Broadcasting (4-12)
TVF   470 Administration and Studio Operations in Broadcasting and Film (4)
TVF   480 New Media Technologies (4)

Electives (8-16 units): May include courses below, other upper division TVF courses, 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   303C Introduction to Film Digital Post Production (2)
TVF   354L Selected Studies in Production (1-8)
TVF   398 Cooperative Education (1-8)
TVF   499 Undergraduate Directed Study (1-8)

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