Media Arts and Production

Major 

Required:13
Introduction to Media Production
Elements of Media
Introduction to Film
Acting for the Camera
Required Upper-Level Courses18
Production (choose 5 courses):
Radio Broadcasting
Video Production
How to Create Great Social Media Content
Documentary Video Production
Live Video Streaming Practicum
Game Design
Audio Synthesis
Capstone:
All students must complete a capstone project in their final year.
Electives:18
Electives should draw from at least three of these five categories: Production, Performance, Writing, Surveys, Arts Entrepneurship.
9 credits (3 courses) must have an upper-level designation (300-400)
Production:
Social Media Video Production
Fundamentals of Recording Technology
Basic Studio Practices
Video Game Music
Stagecraft
Costume Technology
INTERCURRICULAR THEATRE I
Performance:
Beginning Acting
Improvisation for Business
Voice for the Actor I
Writing Courses:
Ethics in Writing
Introduction to Creative Writing
Screenwriting
Topics in Game Writing
Playwriting I
Surveys:
Communication Law
Information, Media and Society
Social Media Strategies
Film and Society
Introduction to Film History and Theory
International Cinema
Survey of Gaming and Interactive Media
Arts Entrepreneurship:
Professional Perspectives in the Arts
Arts in the Community
Social Entrepreneurship
Public History Methods
Public and Non-Profit Management
Leadership in Organizations
Total Credits49

Minor 

Supporting Core6
Required:
Introduction to Media Production
Choose one course:
Elements of Media
Social Media Video Production
Introduction to Film
Acting for the Camera
Upper-Level Courses:12
Production:
Select three courses:
Video Production
Documentary Video Production
Radio Broadcasting
How to Create Great Social Media Content
Live Video Streaming Practicum
Game Design
Audio Synthesis
Elective:3
Choose one course:
Communication Law
Information, Media and Society
Social Media Strategies
Screenwriting
Topics in Game Writing
Social Entrepreneurship
Public History Methods
Introduction to Film History and Theory
International Cinema
Survey of Gaming and Interactive Media
Public and Non-Profit Management
Leadership in Organizations
Playwriting I
Total Credits21

Faculty  

Thomas Campbell; Professor; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Bryan James Carr; Professor; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Kaoime E Malloy; Professor; M.F.A., University of Iowa

Charles A Rybak; Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Julialicia Case; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Kerry Kuenzi; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado*

Ann Mattis; Associate Professor; Ph.D., Loyola University

Joseph Yoo; Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas

Justin Kavlie; Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Zack Kruse; Assistant Teaching Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State University