Program: B.A., Cinema and Television Arts
Radio Production
Overview
Radio Production Option: Pre-production, production and post-production techniques for all radio formats—encompassing producing, directing and all other creative aspects of studio and field production.
Program Requirements
All Lower and Upper Division courses taken toward completion of the CTVA major must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Lower Division (12 units)
CTVA 100 Introduction to Mass Communication Arts (3)
CTVA 210 Television-Film Aesthetics (3)
CTVA 220 Foundations of Media Writing (3)
CTVA 230 Fundamentals of Audio Production (3)
Upper Division (33 units)
Required Courses (3 units):
CTVA 305 History of Broadcasting (3)
CTVA 330 Advanced Audio Production (3)
Select one of the following courses (3 units):
CTVA 301 Design of the Media Message (3)
CTVA 319 Criticism in Cinema and Television Arts (3)
CTVA 400 Media and Society (3)
Select one of the following courses (3 units):
CTVA 315 New Directions in Electronic Media Systems (3)
CTVA 487 Social Controls and Regulation of Electronic Media (3)
Select one of the following courses (3 units):
CTVA 320 Writing for Film and Television (3)
CTVA 327 Writing for Industrial Media (3)
Select one of the following courses (3 units):
CTVA 361 Computer Fundamentals for Multimedia (3)
CTVA 362 Corporate and Instructional Media (3)
CTVA 480 Electronic Media Management (3)
Select three of the following courses (9 units):
CTVA 384 Electronic Media Advertising (3)
CTVA 401 Mass Communications Research (3)
CTVA 475 Audience Analysis (3)
CTVA 481 Network Practices (3)
CTVA 482 Network Program Development (3)
Additional Units
Select 6 additional units in CTVA or an allied field, with the approval of an advisor, as prescribed in the official departmental advisement form for Radio Production, or CTVA 329C, CTVA 494C or CTVA 494F.
General Education
CTVA 100 can be counted toward GE Lifelong Learning and the major.
Total Units in the Option: 45
General Education Units: 45 (Does not include CTVA 100, which is required in the major.)
Additional Units: 30
Total Units Required for a B.A. Degree: 120
Contact
Chair: Jon Stahl
Manzanita Hall (MZ) 195
(818) 677-3192
www.csun.edu/ctva
CTVA Advisor: ctva411@csun.edu
Student Learning Outcomes
At the end of a program of study, students will (as reflected by the curriculum in their individual Option) be able to:
- Understand and articulate the history, theories and critical models of cinema and the electronic media;
- Conceptualize, structure and write dramatic and non-dramatic scripts for cinema, television and new media;
- Employ pre-production, production and post-production techniques for all electronic and digital media formats in both the studio and the field;
- Conceptualize, produce, direct, edit and distribute cinema projects for both entertainment and informational purposes;
- Operate and manage business structures, personnel, budgets, advertising, sales, research and regulation of independent, studio and network electronic media.