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Nov 21, 2024
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Fitchburg State University 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Film/Video Production Concentration, Communications Media, B.S.
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Communications Media
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Chairperson
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| Jeff Warmouth |
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| Professors |
Associate Professors |
Assistant Professors |
| Robert Carr |
Jonathan Amakawa |
Rachelle Dermer |
| Robert Harris |
Mary Baker |
J Flynn |
| Randy Howe |
Kyle Moody |
Andres Gonzalez |
| Jon Krasner |
Britton Snyder |
Xiaoying Meng |
| Viera Lorencova |
John (J.J.) Sylvia |
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| M. Zachary Lee |
Mary Vreeland |
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| Kevin McCarthy |
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| Kelly Morgan |
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| Charles Roberts |
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| Charles Sides |
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| Donald Tarallo, Jr. |
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| Samuel Tobin |
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| Jeff Warmouth |
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Objectives for the Program in Communications Media
The aim of the Communications Media Department is to educate media professionals who are technically and aesthetically competent and ready for employment in their areas of emphasis. Graduates from the Communications Media Department will have an understanding of the dynamic relationship between the needs of clients, the needs of audiences, and the capabilities of the medium they use to create their messages.
Student Learning Outcomes
B.S. in Communications Media
- Students should demonstrate proficiency in the core tools and skills of their discipline.
- Students should be able to apply aesthetic principles to their work by developing and defending a portfolio that demonstrates craftship and meets professional standards for their discipline.
- Students should be able to explain how their work fits in the historical and theoretical context of their discipline.
- Students should apply core theoretical principles to the analysis and critique of media.
- Students should recognize and apply ethical perspectives to their work.
Requirements for the Major in Communications Media
The Bachelor of Science degree in Communications Media requires 54 semester hours in its major requirements. Course requirements are organized into five phases.
General Education Program Requirement
Phase I Freshman Introductory Requirements
Phase I exposes students to the foundations, concepts, and practices used in the preparation, delivery, evaluation, and research of verbal and visual messages. Phase II Applied Concentration
Phase II enables students to become involved with an in-depth investigation of an area in communications which is most closely aligned with individual talents and interests. Students must select and complete one concentration with the consent of their advisor. A minimum of five required courses must be taken within a concentration.
Note: Only students who have completed the requirements of a second concentration can formally declare this concentration to have it recognized on their transcript. Students interested in Communication Studies as a second concentration may formally declare it at any time.
Note: For some concentration courses, students are expected to pay for supplies that may range in cost from $100 to $300 per course.
Film/Video Production Concentration
Media History Requirement
Communications Media students are required to complete a media history course, prior to their capstone internship, selected from the following list. Dual concentration students need only take one media history course from either of their concentrations to fulfill the requirement.
Choose one Specialized Elective from the following list:
Additional Film/Video Electives
Phase III Departmental Electives
In consultation with their advisor, students select four courses from GAME, COMM, TETA, or THEA:
- Four additional courses in the same concentration
- Four courses in other concentrations
- Four courses from a combination of concentrations, including additional theory, conceptual, or methodological courses
Any course which a student is using to fulfill either a General Education Program Requirement or a Minor may NOT be counted toward Phase III Requirements for the major.
Phase IV Upper-Level Theory/Conceptual/Methodological Requirements
Students in their junior/senior year will take the following:
Writing Electives
(Select One)
Note:
*Fulfills Jr/Sr Writing requirement
**Computer Literacy requirement is met through a Production Concentration (e.g. COMM 3305 , COMM 3470 , COMM 3645 ,COMM 3960 )
***Fulfills speaking/listening requirements
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