TELEVISION AND RADIO

TVRD-125 Concept and Story Development
3 Credits
This course is an introduction to concept development and storytelling methods through a series of short writing assignments of various forms. Students will generate ideas and stories for creative projects in print and electronic media such as television, radio, and film. This course is writing intensive. Prerequisite: ENGL-121. (3 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as ENGL-125.

TVRD-126 Introduction to Journalism
3 Credits
This course will provide a framework for the practical applications required to operate as a journalist in the twenty-first century. Students will discuss the role and responsibility of press in a free society and will benefit from the opportunity to evaluate popular journalistic mediums and their respective contents while applying their conclusions to their own decisions and styles as future journalists. They will take on the role of journalist as they adhere to the professional standards of news, feature, and opinion pieces for a magazine or newspaper. Finally, students will implement the writing process, from research, interviewing, and note taking through editing, proofreading, and potential publication. Prerequisite: ENGL-121. (3 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as ENGL-126.

TVRD-129 Mass Media
3 Credits
The major forms of mass media are studied both historically and in their present forms. Emphasis is on the effects of radio, television, and film in our society. Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL-121. (3 hours weekly)

TVRD-130 Introduction to Video I
3 Credits
This course will include the basic skills of video: direction, camera techniques, lighting and sound techniques, and editing techniques. The emphasis will be on producing short video segments using television field production techniques and design principles. (4 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as ARTT-130.

TVRD-131 Introduction to Video II
3 Credits
This course will include the intermediate skills of video: producing, directing, camera techniques, lighting and sound techniques, and editing techniques. The emphasis will be on producing television shows using field and studio production techniques and design principles. Prerequisite: TVRD-130 or ARTT-130. (4 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as ARTT-131.

TVRD-139 Principles of Film and Media Production
3 Credits
This course is an interdisciplinary study of film and media production. Emphasis is on the overview of the various types of media production a film/video student could pursue in the commercial, corporate, or artistic world. (3 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as FILM-139.

TVRD-150 Introduction to Radio I
3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the radio industry standards and production. Students will learn the basic workings of a radio station, programming, writing, recording, editing and announcing skills. Students will also learn about the different types of radio stations, the evolution of radio, and challenges of the future. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-151 Introduction to Radio II
3 Credits
This course is an in-depth study of radio programming for news. Students will design, develop and produce a news format radio show. The emphasis will be on news gathering, story line up, writing and announcing the news. Students will work as a team throughout the semester. Prerequisite: TVRD-150. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-220 Introduction to Broadcasting
3 Credits
This course is a survey and introduction that concentrates on the historical development, scope, and influence of radio and television in America. Discussion in the course will focus on the philosophy, structure, organization and operation of the broadcasting medium, and will acquaint students with the interrelationships of the industry to the audience, advertisers, and government regulators. Prerequisite: ENGL-121. (3 hours weekly)

TVRD-223 Writing for Screen Narrative
3 Credits
This course will teach the strategies and means to develop and execute narrative scripts with the primary focus on the short form narrative film. Emphasis is placed on the student’s increasing ability to employ the tools of the craft, including but not limited to: story structure, mythic structure, plot, characterization, dialogue, format, story editing and revision. Conventional scriptwriting techniques will be covered as well as critical approaches to understanding these techniques. Elements of the feature film form will be studied, extrapolated and applied to shorter forms as well. Prerequisite: ENGL-121. (3 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as ENGL-223 and FILM-223.

TVRD-224 Writing for Radio and Multimedia
3 Credits
This course is an overview and introduction to writing for ear and writing for multimedia productions as they relate specifically to radio. Students will write and voice original scripts using studio recording equipment, editing software, and multimedia software tools. Emphasis is on analysis of peer scripts as well as the scripts of professional productions, and on revision. Students create several projects with focus on audience demographics, research, script writing format, storyboarding and completing a multimedia production. Topics include news writing, interviewing, promos, PSAs, commercials, pitches, personal essays, blogging and audio slideshows. Prerequisite: ENGL -121. (3 hours weekly) NOTE: Also listed as ENGL-224.

TVRD-225 Cinematography and Lighting for Film and Television
3 Credits
This course will develop complex skills in both the theory and practice of cinematography and lighting. Advanced camera functions will be explored from a technical and creative perspective, and students will develop visual solutions for a variety of shooting situations. Lighting techniques will be examined using studio lights, grip equipment, and additive gels. Emphasis will be placed on working collaboratively in a professional studio environment to create lighting designs for both film and television. Prerequisite: ARTT-130 or TVRD-130. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-230 Television Production I
3 Credits
This course will include the basic structure of dramatic television productions: script breakdown, casting, directing talent, as well as camera, sound, and lighting techniques for dramatic productions. Television majors will be working with students from THET-241, Acting for Television. Prerequisite: ARTT-131 or TVRD-131. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-231 Television Production II
3 Credits
This course will include complex skills in dramatic television productions: script breakdown, casting, directing talent, as well as camera, sound, and lighting techniques for dramatic productions. Television majors will be working with students from THET-241, Acting for Television, and assembling production crews to complete short dramatic scenes. Prerequisites: TVRD-230 and TVRD-223 or ENGL-223. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-250 Radio Production I
3 Credits
This course builds on the skills learned in Introduction to Radio I and II through hands-on radio production and programming. Students will work as a team in a real internet radio lab and will be able to produce and air a quality music-based radio show. Prerequisite: TVRD-151. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-251 Radio Production II
3 Credits
This advanced course concentrates on information-based talk radio. Students will produce an NPR style feature, produce and publish a podcast, and conduct a one-hour talk show in the college radio lab. Students will work on interviewing skills and learn about different types of talk formats. The importance of research and show preparation will be discussed. Prerequisites: TVRD-250 and TVRD-224 or ENGL-224. (4 hours weekly)

TVRD-290 Television and Radio Internship I
3 Credits
This internship combines classroom theory and work applications with on-the-job training. Students will learn how to make the transition from school to work. The internship is a practicum with measurable learning objectives designed to broaden the educational experience.

TVRD-291 Television and Radio Internship II
3 Credits
This course is the second of two internship courses which combines classroom theory and work applications with on-the-job training. Students will continue to learn how to make the transition from school to work. The internship is a practicum with measurable learning objectives designed to broaden the educational experience. Prerequisite: TVRD-290.