Roy H. Park School of Communications

Thomas W. Bohn, Dean

Virginia Mansfield-Richardson, Associate Dean

For full faculty listing, see "Faculty and Administration".

Introduction

The mission of the Roy H. Park School of Communications is to provide students with a strong foundation in the theory, history, criticism, ethics, policy, and practice of communications and to prepare them for careers in commercial, educational, instructional media, and organizational communication media or graduate study. The curriculum provides a strong liberal arts foundation as well as in-depth training in communications.

The Park School offers the following degree programs:

Bachelor of Science

· Television-Radio

· Cinema and Photography

· Organizational Communication, Learning, and Design

· Telecommunications Management (offered in cooperation with the School of Business)

Bachelor of Fine Arts

· Film, Photography, and Visual Arts

Bachelor of Arts

· Media Studies

· Journalism

Each program involves students in all aspects of communication including the history, structure, and function of communication organizations; the technical, creative, and aesthetic elements of media production; and the evaluation, criticism, and analysis of media and communication systems.

Creative expression and experimentation are strongly encouraged, and students are invited to participate in the school's various student-operated cocurricular opportunities, including radio stations WICB-FM and 106-VIC; television cable access channel ICTV; the campus newspaper, the Ithacan; the College yearbook, the Cayugan; the Web Team; and the professional production unit, Park Productions. Students may also join the Public Relations Student Society of America; the Society of Professional Journalists; the National Broadcasting Society (NBS); Alpha Delta Sigma (American Advertising Federation); and other student organizations.

Laboratory Fees

The Park School does not charge laboratory fees. However, students enrolled in certain courses may be required to supply their own equipment and/or materials, including computer data storage media. In cinema and photography, students are expected to furnish their own light meters and cameras for all still photography courses. In addition, students must purchase materials such as photographic film and paper, motion picture film, and mounting board. Because of the large number of production courses, B.F.A. majors incur additional costs for materials.