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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Media Arts and Design, Digital Video and Cinema Concentration, B.A.


Degree and Major Requirements

A student must complete a minimum of 39 SMAD credits. In addition to courses in the School of Media Arts and Design, students must complete at least 75 non-SMAD credits.

The core mission of the Digital Video and Cinema concentration is to prepare students to be visual storytellers. Students will develop a broad understanding of the aesthetics, techniques and technologies that embody the visual storytelling process as well as a critical perspective of how media tools are used to create content, convey information and impact audiences.

The program offers preparation in writing, development, production, and post-production in various genres, and an exploration of the continuously evolving commercial and artistic potential of visual media and story. Digital Video and Cinema students are encouraged to complement their concentration with a robust liberal arts experience that could include a minor and/or a second major. An internship is also recommended.

Digital Video and Cinema 

The core mission of the Digital Video and Cinema concentration is to prepare students to be visual storytellers. Students will develop a broad understanding of the aesthetics, techniques and technologies that embody the visual storytelling process as well as a critical perspective of how media tools are used to create content, convey information and impact audiences.

The program offers preparation in writing, development, production and post-production in various genres, and an exploration of the continuously evolving commercial and artistic potential of visual media and story. Digital Video and Cinema students are encouraged to complement their concentration with a robust liberal arts experience that could include a minor and/or a second major. An internship is also recommended.

 

Degree and Major Requirements


A student must complete a minimum of 39 SMAD credits. In addition to courses in the Media Arts and Design, School of , students must complete at least 75 non-SMAD credits.

Degree Requirements


Required Courses


  • General Education  41 Credit Hours 1
  • Foreign Language classes (intermediate level required) 0-14 Credit Hours 2
  • Philosophy course (in addition to General Education  courses) 3 Credit Hours
  • University electives 23-37 Credit Hours
  • Major requirements (listed below) 39 Credit Hours
Total: 120 Credit Hours

Footnotes

1 The General Education  program contains a set of requirements each student must fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary.
2 The foreign language requirement may be satisfied by successful completion of the second semester of the intermediate level of the student’s chosen language (typically 232) or by placing out of that language through the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures’ placement test.

Major Requirements


Choose one of the following programs: 24 Credit Hours

  • Converged Media
  • Creative Advertising
  • Digital Video and Cinema
  • Journalism
Total: 39 Credit Hours

Footnote

1 Students may receive SMAD credit for either SMAD 301  or SMAD 301L , but not both.

Concentration Requirements


Course Requirements


Choose one of the following: 3 Credit Hours


Choose one of the following: 3 Credit Hours


Footnotes

1 This course fulfills the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement for the major.
2 These courses satisfy concentration requirements when the topic is appropriate.
3 Students may receive SMAD credit for either SMAD 463 or SMAD 463L, but not both.

Total: 39 Credit Hours


Recommended Schedule for Majors


First Year


Total: 30 Credit Hours


Second Year


Total: 30 Credit Hours


Third Year


Total: 30 Credit Hours


Fourth Year


Total: 30 Credit Hours