Roy H. Park School of Communications
Thomas W. Bohn, Dean
Virginia Mansfield-Richardson, Associate Dean
For full faculty listing, see p. 358
Introduction |
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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, and organizational media or graduate study. The curriculum provides a broad liberal arts foundation as well as in-depth training in communications.
The Park School offers the following degree programs:
· television-radio
· cinema and photography
· organizational communication, learning, and design
· telecommunications management (offered in cooperation with the School of Business)
· film, photography, and visual 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-run cocurricular opportunities, including radio stations WICB-FM and 106-VIC; television station ICTV; the Ithacan newspaper; the College yearbook, the Cayugan; 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/Alpha Epsilon Rho; Alpha Delta Sigma (American Advertising Federation); and other student organizations.
Laboratory Fees |
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The Park School does not require 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.
