Sample Degree Plan
Communication: Digital Film Production, B.S. Sample Degree Map
The Communication: Digital Film Production, B.S. degree allows students to learn background theory while developing conceptual and technological skills used in the production of programs both inside the studio and on location. There are many opportunities for hands-on learning with courses in multi-camera, field and post-production, and digital applications. With the completion of the major, students participate in a video drama or documentary production capstone project.
Sample Degree Plan
First Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 199 | Communication Orientation | 1 |
COMM 101 | Fundamentals of Communication | 3 |
COMM 105 | Public Speaking | 3 |
COMM 155 | Rhetoric of Vision and Sound | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 251 | Audio Production | 3 |
COMM 254 | Video Field Production | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Second Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 255 | TV Production I | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 309 | Film Analysis | 3 |
COMM 361 | Screenwriting | 3 |
COMM 366 | Post Production | 3 |
FF | Course | 3 |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Third Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 368 | Camera & Lighting Techniques | 3 |
COMM xxx | Group B Course | 3 |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM xxx | Digital Film Elective | 3 |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
TOTAL | 15 |
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 454 | Fiction I Capstone | 4 |
COMM 420 | Communication Law and Ethics | 3 |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
TOTAL | 16 |
Spring Semester
Course | Credits | |
COMM 464 | Fiction II Capstone | 4 |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
Minor/General Elective Course | 3 | |
TOTAL | 13 |