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BRDM-3720 Audio Production Practicum
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
The practicum is designed to place the student in a variety
of professional settings on and off campus, with the purpose of
allowing the student to practice audio skills acquired in earlier
courses. The course is repeatable for a total of two hours.
Prerequisites: BRDM-1110 Introduction to Broadcasting and
Digital Media; BRDM-1120 Audio Technical Training.
(Fee: $45)
BRDM-3731 Video Production Practicum
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
Production on a video crew in large auditorium production as
assigned by the instructor. The course is repeatable for a total of
six hours.
(Fee: $45)
BRDM-3733 Sports Production Practicum
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
Production on a video crew in sports production as assigned
by the instructor. The course is repeatable for a total of six hours.
(Fee: $45)
BRDM-3734 Film Practicum
–Fa, Sp
1 hours
Production on a digital film crew as assigned by the instructor.
BRDM-3741 Sales and Management Practicum
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
The practicum is designed to place the student in a variety
of professional settings on and off campus, with the purpose
of allowing the student to observe and practice sales and
management skills acquired in earlier courses. The course is
repeatable for a total of three hours.
Prerequisites: BRDM-3410
Electronic Media Sales; BRDM-3420 Broadcasting and Media
Management; junior or senior status; permission of the instructor.
BRDM-3761 Interactive Media Practicum
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
The student will develop an interactive medium product, such
as a webpage or as a member of a production team under the
supervision of a faculty mentor. Repeatable for a total of 2 credit
hours.
Prerequisite: BRDM/JOUR-3605 Writing and Design for
Web and Mobile Media.
(Fee: $45)
BRDM-3765 Animation Practicum
–Fa
1 hour
The student will develop an animation project individually or
with a team, working under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
Repeatable for a total of 2 credit hours.
Prerequisites: BRDM-3630
Principles of Computer Animation; permission of faculty mentor.
(Fee: $25)
BRDM-4110 Electronic Media Law and Regulation
–Fa
3 hours
A study of the legal protections and requirements placed upon
the electronic media. Emphasis is placed upon court decisions
that help to define First Amendment freedoms for those in the
media, as well as regulations placed upon the electronic media.
BRDM-4155 Image and Word in a Visual Culture
–Fa
3 hours
An inquiry into the tension between image and word in
Jewish and Christian thought and the implications for Christians
living in a visual culture. Traces this tension through the art of
Judaism and the Medieval church, the iconoclastic controversies
of early Byzantium and the English Civil Wars, and recent and
contemporary religious thinkers. Crosslisted as HON-4155.
BRDM-4310
3 hours
Advanced Cinematography and Lighting
–Sp
Taught from the director’s perspective, each student will lean
advanced digital film production techniques including camera
movement, lighting techniques, and non-linear editing advanced
use of effects and color correction.
Prerequisite: BRDM-2110
Video Technical Training; BRDM-3310 Digital Film Production.
(Fee: $45)
BRDM-4410 Media Marketing and Promotions
–Fa
3 hours
This course will explore issues involved in managing a firm’s
promotional operations, including advertising, sales promotion,
personal selling, public relations, institutional promotion, and
publicity. Promotional strategy, objective setting, communication
models and listener/viewer response, competitive positioning,
legal issues, media strategy, planning and design, and
measurement of promotion effectiveness are also studied.
Prerequisites: BRDM-1110 Introduction to Broadcasting and
Digital Media, and BRDM-3420 Broadcasting and Media
Management
BRDM-4650
3 hours
Designing Solutions for New Audiences
–Sp
Because of the ongoing changes in the communication system,
media companies and businesses are in constant reinvention
of the ways in which they meet the needs of their audiences by
innovations in programming, products and services. In this course
students will be presented with a current problem in the use of
new and emerging media to connect a client with its audience.
Teams will then design a solution to meet the needs of both client
and audience. Crosslisted with JOUR.
Prerequisite: BRDM/JOUR-
3650 Networked Audience.
BRDM-4700 Special Topics in Electronic Media
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
Available to advanced students who desire intense study in
special areas of electronic media.
Prerequisites: junior or senior
status as an broadcasting and digital media major; permission of
the faculty mentor.
BRDM-4710 Independent Study: Digital Media
1–3 hours
Taken to allow the student to study an area beyond what is
provided through regular course offerings. The student must make
a proposal of what is to be studied for the term when applying to
a faculty mentor. The student will then follow a schedule approved
by the faculty mentor for studying the topic and submitting
a report. Repeatable to a total of 6 credit hours in the field.
Prerequisite: approval of proposal by faculty mentor.
BRDM-4810 Senior Seminar
–Fa, Sp
1 hour
The course is designed to help the student transition from
the college to professional world. Students will interact with
professionals to network and to focus on developing résumés and
portfolios, interviewing skills, and an understanding of business
etiquette.
Prerequisite: senior status as broadcasting and digital
media major.
(Fee: $45)
BRDM-4920 Senior Project
3 hours
The student selects one of two options: 1) a paper reporting
on the student’s original research that investigated a topic in
electronic media or 2) a media production. A proposal detailing
the student’s plan for the senior project must be submitted and
approved by the faculty mentor prior to registration for the course.
Capstone course.
Prerequisites: BRDM-3111 Survey Research
for Electronic Media; GPA of 3.0 in major courses; senior status;
permission of BRDM faculty.
(Fee: $35)
BRDM-4930 Electronic Media Internship
3–12 hours
Students are placed with media companies to gain experience
in actual career situations. The work must be done under the
supervision of an employee of the company approved by the
faculty mentor. Students should discuss this option with their
advisors at least one semester prior to the internship. Internship
agreements must be signed by the student, job supervisor, and
faculty mentor prior to registration for the experience. Internships
depend upon availability and approval by the electronic media
faculty. Capstone course.
Prerequisites: GPA of 3.0 in major
courses; senior status; approval by the electronic media faculty.
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Course Descriptions
BRDM-3720 – BRDM-4930
COMMUNICATION