Department of Television-Radio

Bachelor of Science

Chair, TBA

The Department of Television-Radio offers a bachelor of science in television-radio, a four-year curriculum designed to prepare students for careers in media communications, including radio and television broadcasting, and other communication-related professions.

Majors in the department must elect one of five concentrations before registration for the first semester of their sophomore year. Transfer students must indicate a choice of concentration when applying for admission to the department. Concentration in a specific area is never at the expense of a broad education, and extensive study in the liberal arts is required.

Students are invited to participate in the activities and management of the school's student media opportunities, including WICB-FM and 106-VIC radio; ICTV television; the student newspaper, the Ithacan; the College's end-of-year publication, the Year in Review; the student online magazines iMPrint and In.Sight; the professional production unit Park Productions; and the alternative magazine of satire and opinion, Buzzsaw Haircut. Students may also participate in the Public Relations Student Society of America, the National Broadcasting Society, the American Advertising Federation, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Qualified students may undertake internships with participating radio and television stations and other communications-oriented agencies.

Academic Policies

Television-radio majors must complete the departmental requirements and one set of concentration requirements. In addition to meeting general College guidelines for academic standing and Park School academic policies, majors in television-radio are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50 in all television-radio (TVR prefix) courses, as well as an overall cumulative GPA of 2.80. All majors must complete a minimum of 60 credits outside communications and a minimum of 50 percent of their credits (normally 60 credits) in courses designated as liberal arts (LA). Students applying for internal transfer to the B.S. in television-radio from other majors at Ithaca College (including majors within the Park School) must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Television-Radio, B.S.
Audio Production Minor
International Communications Minor
Scriptwriting Minor

B.S. in Television-Radio

Requirements for the Major

*Denotes a liberal arts course

Departmental requirements

TVR 10100	Introduction to Media Production	4
TVR 12100	Introduction to Mass Media*	3
TVR 13100	Media Writing* or	3
TVR 13400	Developing Story Narratives* 1
TVR 31200	Government and Media*	3
TVR 32200	New Telecommunications Technologies	3
TVR 46000	Senior Seminar: Topics in Media Effects*	3
	Total	19

¹ Students in the scriptwriting concentration are required to take both TVR 13100 Media Writing and TVR 13400 Developing Story Narratives.

Additional requirements for the video production concentration

TVR 11500	Introduction to Field Production	4
TVR 21500	Intermediate Field Production	4
TVR 22500	Television Production and Direction	4
TVR 49100	Video Workshop	4

Choose one of the following:

TVR 26000	Quantitative Mass Media Research Methods* (3)
TVR 26200	Qualitative Mass Media Research Methods* (3)
TVR 29700	Documentary Research (4)	3-4

Choose one of the following:

TVR 12200	Media Aesthetics and Analysis*
CNPH 10100	Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis*
TVR 13400	Developing Story Narratives* 2	3

² Students who elect TVR 13400 Developing Story Narratives must also take TVR 13100 Media Writing as a core course.

Choose two of the following:

TVR 27100	Audio Production (4)
TVR 30400	Advanced Studio Production (4)
TVR 30900	Motion Graphics and Animation (4)
TVR 31000	Experimental Video (4)
TVR 31500	Advanced Field Production (4)
TVR 39700	Nonfiction Production (4)	8
	Total	30-31

Additional requirements for the audio production concentration

PHYS 16000	The Physics of Sound*	3
MUNM 25100	Music and the Media*	3
TVR 27100	Audio Production	4
TVR 37100	Advanced Audio Production	4
TVR 47100	Audio Workshop	4

Choose one of the following:

TVR 26000	Quantitative Mass Media Research Methods* (3)
TVR 26200	Qualitative Mass Media Research Methods* (3)
TVR 29700	Documentary Research (4)	3-4

Choose two of the following:

THPA 30600	Sound Technology* (3)
THPA 30700	Sound Design* (3)
MUMC 14500	Introduction to Electroacoustic Music* (2)
MUMC 24800	Digital Sound Production* (2)
MUMC 24900	Techniques and Analysis of Electroacoustic Music Composition* (2)
MUMC 25000	Digital Recording and Editing* (2)
MUMC 34800	Advanced Microphone Techniques (2)
MUMC 34900	Advanced Recording Techniques (2)	4-6
	Total	25-28

Additional requirements for the scriptwriting concentration

TVR 12200	Introduction to Media Aesthetics and Analysis* or
CNPH 10100	Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis	3
TVR 13400	Developing Story Narratives	3
CNPH 23300	Screenwriting	3
TVR 33300	Writing for Series Television	3
TVR 43100	Advanced Writing for Television	3

Choose one of the following:

TVR 26000	Quantitative Mass Media Research Methods* (3)
TVR 26200	Qualitative Mass Media Research Methods* (3)
TVR 29700	Documentary Research (4)	3-4
	Total	18-19

Additional requirements for the international communications concentration

POLT 12900	Introduction to Global Studies (politics)* or
ANTH 12900	Introduction to Global Studies (anthropology)*	3
TVR 22000	Global Flow of Information*	3
TVR 26200	Qualitative Mass Media Research Methods*	3
TVR 32400	European Mass Media*	3
TVR 32500	Seminar in Development Communications*	3
TVR 46200	Seminar in Geomedia*	3

Choose one of the following 3-credit courses (requires approval of adviser and department chair):

ECON 36200	Comparative Economic Systems*
ECON 36800	Current International Economic Issues*
ECON 41100	International Economics*
GERM 34100	German Cultural History*
POLT 30600	U.S. Foreign Policy*
POLT 32200	British Foreign Policy* (London Center)*
POLT 32500	Chinese Politics*
POLT 32600	Russian Politics*
POLT 32700	The Politics of Development*
POLT 32800	International Conflict*
POLT 33000	Western European Politics*
POLT 33100	Latin American Politics*
HIST 20300	Introductory Geography*
HIST 30700	United States as a World Power I, 1900-1945*
HIST 30800	United States as a World Power II, 1945 to the Present*
HIST 34200	Japan*
HIST 38200	Europe in the 20th Century*
SPAN 24300	Latin American Civilization*
SPCM 34700	Intercultural Communications*
SOCI 30300	Global Race and Ethnic Relations*
ANTH 22000	Southeast Asia, Its Peoples and Cultures*
ANTH 29000-29900	Seminar in World Ethnography: Selected Topics*
INTB 26500	International Business Operations
INTB 48000	Export/Import Operations
MKTG 38000	International Marketing	3
	Total	21

Additional requirements for the directed studies concentration

Choose one of the following:

TVR 26000	Quantitative Mass Media Research Methods*(3)
TVR 26200	Qualitative Mass Media Research Methods*(3)
TVR 29700	Documentary Research (4)	3-4
	Selected communications courses (approved by the department chair)	12
	Total	15-16

A plan of study that differs from other concentrations by at least two courses, together with a rationale, must be developed by the student in consultation with his or her adviser and approved by the chair of the television-radio department.

Supplemental requirements for all majors

	Speech course	3
WRTG xxxxx	Introductory writing course (except WRTG 10100; placement based on verbal SAT and a writing sample)	3
	Fine arts (FA) course	3
	Business or economics course	3
	Social or computer science course	3
	Total	15

Summary

Departmental requirements	19
Concentration requirements	15-31
Supplemental requirements	15
Electives	55-71
Total, B.S. in television-radio	120

Minors

The minor programs of the television-radio department offer students an opportunity to extend and enhance their college experience. Some enrollment restrictions apply; see the individual descriptions.

Applications for minors are accepted in October for the following spring semester and March for the following fall semester. Information concerning admission criteria and program requirements is available in the dean's or department office. Students applying to any minor offered by the television-radio department must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Course Duplication

A course that fulfills a requirement for a student's major and minor programs is counted toward the major. The minor discipline determines whether the requirement is to be waived or how else it must be fulfilled. Course duplication will only be considered an issue when a required course is specified by number and title in both the major and minor.

Special Academic Policy for Television-Radio Minor Programs

Minors are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50 in required television-radio (TVR prefix) courses, as well as an overall cumulative GPA of 2.50. As stated above, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 in order to apply to any minor in the television-radio department, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Minor in Audio Production

Megan Roberts, Associate Professor and Coordinator

Not open to television-radio majors.

This minor provides broad-based knowledge of the theory and practice of audio production. Students learn the scientific and aesthetic aspects of sound, as well as a broad range of audio production techniques applicable to music, theater, and electronic media. Courses are drawn from the Park School, the School of Music, and the physics and theater arts departments in the School of Humanities and Sciences. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 in order to apply to the minor, but that does not guarantee acceptance.

Required courses for the minor

TVR 10100	Introduction to Media Production	4
PHYS 16000	The Physics of Sound	3
MUNM 25100	Music and the Media	3
TVR 27100	Audio Production	4
TVR 37100	Advanced Audio Production	4

Choose a minimum of 6 credits from the following:

THPA 30600	Sound Technology (3)
THPA 30700	Sound Design (3)
MUMC 14500	Introduction to Electroacoustic Music (2)
MUMC 24800	Digital Sound Production (2)
MUMC 24900	Techniques and Analysis of Electroacoustic Music Composition (2)
MUMC 25000	Digital Recording and Editing (2)
TVR 47100	Audio Workshop (4)	6-7
	Total	24-25

Additional requirements for the minor

All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of B or better to qualify the student for placement in advanced courses.

Minor in International Communications

Katalin Lustyik, Assistant Professor and Coordinator

Not open to television-radio majors who have a declared concentration in international communications; open to all other television-radio majors. Television-radio majors with a minor in international communications will have the course TVR 12100 Introduction to Mass Media waived as a requirement for the minor, since that course is required for the major. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 in order to apply for this minor, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance. There is currently a moratorium on new students accepted into the minor. Interested students should meet with the department chair.

The minor in international communications gives students from a variety of disciplines a broad knowledge of international communication theory and practice. It also provides knowledge of the global flow of information. Students have opportunities to relate theories and practices of international communication to their own disciplines.

Required courses for the minor

TVR 12100	Introduction to Mass Media	3
POLT 12900	Introduction to Global Studies (politics) or
ANTH 12900	Introduction to Global Studies (anthropology)	3
TVR 22000	Global Flow of Information	3
TVR 26200	Qualitative Mass Media Research Methods	3
TVR 32400	European Mass Media	3
TVR 32500	Seminar in Development Communications	3
TVR 46200	Seminar in Geomedia	3
	One additional elective from the list of international course options available from advisers or the department office	3
	Total	24

Minor in Scriptwriting

Coordinator, TBA

Not open to television-radio majors who have a declared concentration in scriptwriting; open to all other television-radio majors. Television-radio majors with a minor in scriptwriting will have the course TVR 12100 Introduction to Mass Media waived as a requirement for the minor, since that course is required for the major.

This minor is offered in cooperation with the Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts and both the theater arts department and the writing department in the School of Humanities and Sciences. The minor develops skills and knowledge of this specialized discipline in both its dramatic and nondramatic aspects. Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 in order to apply to the minor, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Required courses for the minor

TVR 10100	Introduction to Media Production	4
TVR 13400	Developing Story Narratives	3
TVR 33300	Writing for Series Television	3
TVR 43100	Advanced Writing for Television	3
THPA 16000	Introduction to Theater	3
CNPH 23300	Screenwriting	3
THPA 36500	Playwriting	3
	Writing department elective (level 2 or above)	3
	Total	25

Additional requirements for the minor

All students who are minors in scriptwriting must complete THPA 16000 Introduction to Theater before taking THPA 36500 Playwriting. All students who are minors in scriptwriting must complete TVR 10100 Introduction to Media Production before taking any of the level-3 courses. Students must receive a grade of B or better in all prerequisite courses. The writing department elective must be approved by the minor adviser.