The Film and Media Arts Emphasis promotes intellectual rigor, creative exploration and skill development. Students write, produce, direct and edit several narrative, documentary and experimental shorts while studying histories and theories of the moving image. Students work with digital-video, motion-picture cameras, non-linear editing systems, and television and radio production. Internships and extracurricular activities further prepare students for creative success, professional careers and advanced graduate studies.

In addition to the 6 credit hours of the department's core courses, the Film and Media Arts emphasis requires COMS 230 - Introduction to Film Studies (3 cr. hrs) and 24 hours of Film and Media Arts electives for a total of 33 credit hours.

Required Courses: (3 Hours)
COMS 230 Introduction to Film Studies (3)

Film and Media Arts Electives: (24 Hours)
COMS 220 Modern Communications Media (3)
COMS 250 Introduction to Media Production (3)
COMS 320 Mass Media, Culture and Society (3)
COMS 339 Film Theory and Criticism (3)
COMS 341WI Rhetorical Theory & Criticism
COMS 354 Introduction to Screenwriting (3)
COMS 363 Radio Production I (3)
COMS 373 Intermediate Media Production (3)
COMS 376 History of the Film Industry (3)
COMS 380 Contemporary Issues in the Mass Media (3)
COMS 384 Documentary Film (3)
COMS 385 Documentary Production (3)

COMS 391 The Worlds of Alfred Hitchcock (3)
COMS 392 Great Directors of Foreign Film (3)
COMS 393 History of the Hollywood Musical (3)
COMS 394 The World of "Film Noir" (3)
COMS 400 Animation & Motion Graphics
COMS 400 Special Studies 1-(3)
COMS 402CD American Social Film:
                   Silver Screen & the American Dream (3)
COMS 403CE Radical Changes Since 1945 (3)
COMS 454 Screenwriting (3)
COMS 457 Producing and Distributing Media (3)
COMS 470 Directing (3)
COMS 471 Advanced Media Production (3)
COMS 478 Media Law (3)
COMS 484 Communication Studies Activities (1-4)
COMS 498 Special Problems in Communication Studies (1-6)

The Media Production track in the Department of Communication Studies offers students opportunities for skill-building and creativity while exploring film history and theory. Students will learn and use: video, digital, Super-8 and 16mm cameras; Final Cut Pro, Pro-tools and AVID editing; a production studio and broadcast control room; and much more. A Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a concentration in Media Production means students begin their professional and post-graduate endeavors with accomplished creative work, technical skills, internship experience and intellectual depth.