The BA in video production is a comprehensive course of study, balancing a solid grounding in theory with extensive hands-on experience. Field and studio production classes work with state-of-the-art technology, focusing in areas that include documentary, narrative, corporate, and experimental video.
Successful graduates of this program will be able to:
- plan and execute a video production.
- communicate ideas through visuals alone.
- demonstrate proficiency with field production techniques, technically and aesthetically.
- demonstrate an ability to edit for continuity and for affect
- communicate ideas verbally using appropriate terms and concepts for the medium and express themselves clearly in writing, using the same terms and concepts.
- use studio equipment and techniques to complete a video project.
- demonstrate proficiency with postproduction and delivery applications other than basic editing.
- demonstrate a clear ethical, professional, and cultural understanding and display a readiness to work in a global market.
- express a unique aesthetic.
A minimum of 128 credit hours consisting of the following:
- 57 required credit hours
- Applicable university global citizenship or general education program hours
- Electives
| MEDC 1010: Introduction to Mass Communications OR MEDC 1630: Media Literacy | 3 hours |
| EPMD 1000: Introduction to Media Production | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2200: Ethics in the Media | 3 hours |
| MEDC 4100: The Law and the Media | 3 hours |
| VIDE 1000: Introduction to Video Production | 3 hours |
| AUDI 1000 Audio Production I (for non-majors) | 3 hours |
| VIDE 2100 Producing Video Productions | 3 hours |
| VIDE 2200 Field Production | 3 hours |
| VIDE 2300 Studio Production | 3 hours |
| VIDE 2400 Video Editing | 3 hours |
| VIDE 2500 Post Production | 3 hours |
| VIDE 4500 Proseminar in Video Production (Production House) | 3 hours |
| EPMD 4700 Professional Development | 3 hours |
| VIDE 4950 Professional Media Practicum | 3 hours |
In addition, a minimum of 12 skill and 3 theory credit hours are to be chosen from the following:
Skills (at least 12 hours from the following)
| VIDE 3200 Advanced Camera | 3 hours |
| VIDE 3300 Advanced Studio Production | 3 hours |
| VIDE 3500 Motion Graphics | 3 hours |
| VIDE 3550 Visual Special Effects | 3 hours |
| VIDE 3650 Special Topics | 3 hours |
| VIDE 4000 Documentary Video Production | 3 hours |
| VIDE 4100 Experimental Video | 3 hours |
| FILM 3900 Lighting for Film and Video | 3 hours |
| SCPT 2900 Scriptwriting | 3 hours |
| INTM 1600 Introduction to Interactive Digital Media | 3 hours |
| INTM 3580 Delivering Digital Media | 3 hours |
| SCPT 3400 Television Scriptwriting | 3 hours |
| SCPT 3500 Writing Screenplays for Film | 3 hours |
| FILM 2320 Filmmaking I | 3 hours |
Theory (at least 3 hours from the following)
| FLST 1800 Film Appreciation | 3 hours |
| FLST 2060 Modern World Cinema | 4 hours |
| FLST 2070 History of Animation | 3 hours |
| FLST 3160 Topics in Film Studies | 3 hours |
| FLST 3170 Topics in Documentary Film Studies | 3 hours |
| JOUR 2070 History of Broadcasting | 3 hours |
| MEDC 1630 Media Literacy | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media | 3 hours |
| MEDC 3850 Television A Critical Study | 3 hours |
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