Department of Television-Radio

Bachelor of Science

Nancy Cornwell, Professor and Chair

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.

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

B.S. in Television-Radio

Majors in the television-radio degree must elect one of six 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 degree program. Concentration in a specific area is never at the expense of a broad education, and extensive study in the liberal arts is required.

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. All majors must complete a minimum of 60 credits outside communications, which includes the distribution requirements, 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 2.75, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Requirements for the Major

*Denotes a liberal arts course

Departmental requirements

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

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Supplemental requirements

Additional requirements for the video production concentration

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

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Additional requirements for the audio production concentration

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Additional requirements for the scriptwriting concentration

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³ Students in the scriptwriting concentration are required to take both TVR 13100 Media Writing and TVR 13400 Developing Story Narratives.

Additional requirements for the international communications concentration

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⁴ Electives must be from the list of international course options available from the coordinator of the international communications concentration and minor.

Additional requirements for the documentary production concentration

⁵ Students in the documentary production concentration are required to take both TVR 13100 Media Writing and TVR 13400 Developing Story Narratives.

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Additional requirements for the directed studies concentration

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 and radio department.

Summary

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.

Information concerning admission criteria and program requirements is available in the dean's office and the department office. Students applying to any minor offered by the television-radio department must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75, 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 an overall cumulative GPA of 2.50. As stated above, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 in order to apply to any minor in the television-radio department, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Minor in Audio Production

Nancy Cornwell, Professor, Department Chair, and Minor Coordinator

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 2.75 in order to apply to the minor, but that does not guarantee acceptance.

This minor is not open to television-radio majors.

Required courses for the minor

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Minor in International Communications

Nancy Cornwell, Professor, Department Chair, and Minor Coordinator

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.

This minor is not open to television-radio majors who have a declared concentration in international communications; it is 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 2.75 in order to apply for this minor, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Required courses for the minor

⁶ Requires approval from the coordinator of the minor.

Minor in Scriptwriting

Julie Blumberg, Assistant Professor and Coordinator

The minor in scriptwriting 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 2.75 in order to apply to the minor, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

This minor is not open to television-radio majors who have a declared concentration in scriptwriting; it is 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.

Required courses for the minor

Additional requirements for the minor

All students who are minors in scriptwriting must complete THPA 16000 Introduction to Theater before taking THPA 36500 Playwriting. They also must complete TVR 10100 Introduction to Media Production before taking any of the level-3 courses. The writing department elective must be approved by the minor adviser.