DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION - B.S.

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1 Kent State University Catalog DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION - B.S. College of Communication and Information School of Journalism and Mass Communication 0 Franklin Hall Kent Campus jmc@kent.edu Description The Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media Production allows students to gain first-hand experience in all aspects of single camera and live multi-camera production, including shooting, audio recording, editing, writing, directing and producing digital films and live television. Film styles covered include narrative fiction, documentary, commercial and corporate productions. The Digital Media Production major comprises two concentrations: The Television concentration provides students opportunities to learn how to produce and create live television programming in both the studio and remote production truck. Students may assist in the production aspects of student media entities, Black Squirrel Radio and TV-, producing scripted shows and/or live sports. Graduates generally secure permanent or freelance positions with television stations and remote broadcast entities. The Digital Film concentration provides opportunities for students learn how to direct, produce, shoot and edit single-camera style programs. Students learn documentary, commercial and fiction film production. Students may assist in the production aspects of TV- and Kent State University Independent Films. Graduates generally secure permanent or freelance positions at production companies and corporate media departments. Students in the major have the opportunity to work as student employees at TeleProductions, Kent State University's professional broadcast department. In addition, students supplement their coursework with an internship in their field of specialization. There are many study abroad/ away opportunities. Fully Offered At: Kent Campus Accreditation Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) Admission Requirements The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago. Freshman Students on the Kent Campus: The freshman admission policy on the Kent Campus is s Admission decisions are based upon the following: cumulative grade point average, ACT and/or SAT scores, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. The Admissions Office at the Kent Campus may defer the admission of students who do not meet admissions criteria but who demonstrate areas of promise for successful college study. Deferred applicants may begin their college coursework at one of seven Regional Campuses of Kent State University. For more information on admissions, including additional requirements for some academic programs, visit the admissions website for new freshmen. Freshman Students on the Regional Campuses: Kent State campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, have open enrollment admission for students who hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent. Transfer, Transitioning and Former Students: For more information about admission criteria for transfer, transitioning and former students, please visit the admissions website. English Language Proficiency Requirements for International Students: All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning a minimum 55 TOEFL score (7 on the Internet-based version), minimum 75 MELAB score, minimum 6.0 IELTS score or minimum 48 PTE Academic score, or by completing the ELS level Intensive Program. For more information on international admission, visit the Office of Global Education s admission website. Current Kent Students must have a minimum.000 overall GPA to be admitted directly into any major within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Program Learning Outcomes Graduates of this program will be able to:. Demonstrate critical thinking, grounded in a legal and ethical framework.. Gather information, analyze it, and make informed judgments using methods and tools appropriate to their professions.. Demonstrate the ability to apply theory and research appropriate to their professions, including quantitative and qualitative methods. 4. Demonstrate the ability to apply basic ethical principles to their professional work. 5. Demonstrate the ability to apply laws and regulations applicable to their professional work. 6. Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve. 7. Demonstrate understanding of how media and their professions evolved historically, their role in societal development and their global interaction today with institutions and individuals. 8. Demonstrate appreciation for diverse cultures and individual differences, and reflect that appreciation in their work. University Requirements All students in a bachelor's degree program at Kent State University must complete the following university requirements for graduation. NOTE: University requirements may be fulfilled in this program by specific course requirements. Please see Program Requirements for details. Digital Media Production - B.S.

2 Kent State University Catalog Requirement Destination Kent State: First Year Experience Course is not required for students with 5 transfer credits, excluding College Credit Plus, or age + at time of admission. Diversity Domestic/Global (DIVD/DIVG) Students must successfully complete one domestic and one global course, of which one must be from the Kent Core. Experiental Learning Requirement Students must successfully complete one course or approved experience. Credits/ Courses courses varies Kent Core (see table below) 6-7 Writing-Intensive Course (WIC) Students must earn a minimum C grade in the course. course Upper-Division Requirement 9 (or 4) Students must successfully complete 9 upper-division (numbered 0000 to 49999) credit hours to graduate. Students in a B.A. and/or B.S. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 4 upper-division credit hours. Total Credit Hour Requirement 0 Some bachelor's degrees require students to complete more than 0 credit hours. Kent Core Requirements Requirement Kent Core Composition (KCMP) 6 Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (KMCR) Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (KHUM/KFA) (min one course each) Kent Core Social Sciences (KSS) (must be from two disciplines) 6 Kent Core Basic Sciences (KBS/KLAB) (must include one laboratory) 6-7 Kent Core Additional (KADL) 6 Credits/ Courses Total Credit Hours: 6-7 Program Requirements Major Requirements Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA) (min C- grade is required in all courses) JMC 000 MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS) JMC 0009 VIDEO AUDIO PRODUCTION AESTHETICS JMC 00 VIDEO AUDIO FUNDAMENTALS JMC 0004 WRITING FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO MEDIA JMC LAW OF MASS JMC 4000 ETHICS AND ISSUES IN MASS (WIC) JMC 4009 INTERNSHIP JMC SENIOR DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION PROJECT s, choose from the following: JMC 0008 JMC 00 JMC 800 RESEARCH AND MEASUREMENT IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS JMC 004 PROGRAMMING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA JMC 0 AUDIO SET-UP AND MIXING 9 8 JMC 0 AUDIO FOR DIGITAL FILM 4 JMC 06 TELEVISION ENGINEERING JMC 04 STUDIO TELEVISION JMC 04 DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 4 JMC 400 TELEVISION SPORTS PRODUCTION 5 JMC 4006 DIGITAL VIDEO EDITING 4 JMC 4007 JMC 4009 JMC 4095 SCRIPTWRITING FOR VIDEO AND FILM INTERNSHIP SELECTED TOPICS IN JOURNALISM AND MASS 6 JMC 406 RECORD PROMOTION JMC 4404 REMOTE TELEVISION JMC JMC JMC 4500 JMC 4500 JMC 450 JMC 450 JMC 4500 JMC JMC JMC POST PRODUCTION SOUND MOBILE MULTIMEDIA ADVANCED LIGHTING FOR DIGITAL FILM AND TELEVISION FEATURE FILM PREPRODUCTION FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION FEATURE FILM POST PRODUCTION AVID EDITOR CERTIFICATION BROADCAST DOCUMENTARY MOTION GRAPHICS FOR VIDEO EDITING MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA) COMM 5000 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN (KADL) COMM 000 GRAMMAR REVIEW (min C- grade) ENG 006 PROFESSIONAL WRITING ENTR 7056 INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP HIST 070 HIST 07 LIS 000 PHY 040 PHY 04 UC 0097 EARLY AMERICA: FROM PRE-COLONIZATION TO CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (DIVD) (KHUM) MODERN AMERICA: FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION (DIVD) (KHUM) INFORMATION FLUENCY IN THE WORKPLACE AND BEYOND (KBS) LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR VCD 400 VISUAL DESIGN LITERACY Kent Core Composition 6 Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning Kent Core Fine Arts Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) Kent Core Basic Science Kent Core Additional General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 0 credit hours, including 9 upper-division credit hours) Concentrations Choose from the following: 8 Digital Film Television Minimum Total Credit Hours: 0 4 Digital Media Production - B.S.

3 Kent State University Catalog Students may substitute JMC 000 for JMC 000. A minimum C grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement. If course is not being used to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement, a minimum grade of C- must be earned. Students in the Television concentration cannot apply this course toward this elective group as the course is required in the concentration Students in the Digital Film concentration cannot apply this course toward this elective group as the course is required in the concentration. See advisor for appropriate topics. All general elective credit hours for the degree must be from courses outside of the discipline. Progression Requirements Students must maintain a minimum.700 major GPA and a minimum.000 overall GPA to continue taking JMC courses. Failure to do so will result in students not being permitted to enroll in JMC courses until they meet with their academic advisor to complete a plan of study. In addition, no grade lower than a C- in a JMC course will be counted toward graduation or as a prerequisite for a subsequent class. Graduation Requirements Minimum Major GPA Minimum Overall GPA A minimum C- grade may be required in some courses. Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA. Students must complete minimum 7 credit hours outside the journalism and mass communication discipline per the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The following courses are considered within the discipline and cannot be used toward the 7-credit-hour requirement: COMM 0000 FOUNDATIONS OF COMM 008 SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES COMM 586 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMM 590 THEORY COMM 600 PUBLIC IN SOCIETY COMM 650 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH COMM 0000 RESEARCH METHODS COMM 5860 INTERVIEWING COMM 4000 SPORTS COMM 4000 MEDIA, WAR AND PROPAGANDA COMM 4000 TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN INTERACTION COMM MEDIA USE AND EFFECTS COMM FREEDOM OF SPEECH COMM 4509 COMM 4509 COMM INTERNSHIP IN STUDIES VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN SPECIAL TOPICS IN STUDIES COMM 4596 INDEPENDENT STUDY: STUDIES COMM 4590 AND INFLUENCE (WIC) COMM 4609 SENIOR SEMINAR COMM 4609 PRACTICUM IN APPLIED COMM 4650 HEALTH AND MEDIA JMC any course VCD 000 VCD 00 INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL DESIGN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL DESIGN STUDIO VCD 400 COMMUNICATING WITH COLOR VCD 8000 PHOTOGRAPHY VCD 800 PHOTOGRAPHY II VCD 0000 BASIC COMPUTER-GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VCD 000 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN RESEARCH VCD 000 INTERMEDIATE STUDIO SKILLS:GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VCD 800 ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY VCD 800 PHOTO TECHNOLOGY VCD 8004 PHOTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES VCD 8005 COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY VCD 8007 ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING VCD 000 I VCD 00 II VCD 000 GRAPHIC DESIGN I VCD 00 GRAPHIC DESIGN II VCD 4004 VISUAL ETHICS VCD 4005 INTRODUCTION TO D GRAPHIC DESIGN VCD 4006 MOTION DESIGN VCD 7000 VISUAL DESIGN FOR MEDIA: ADVANCED VCD 800 PHOTOGRAPHICS VCD 8007 PHOTO- TECHNIQUES VCD 8009 INTERNSHIP SEMINAR - PHOTO- VCD 80 EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY VCD 4005 PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO VCD 4005 GRAPHIC DESIGN-TRAVEL AND FIELD VCD 4005 GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO-GLYPHIX -8 VCD 4009 VCD VCD VCD 409 VCD 409 VCD 4095 INTERNSHIP I-GRAPHIC DESIGN/ SPECIAL TOPICS:GRAPHIC DESIGN/ INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND INTERNSHIP II-GRAPHIC DESIGN/ /PHOTO- VARIABLE TITLE WORKSHOP IN VISUAL DESIGN SELECTED TOPICS:GRAPHIC DESIGN/ VCD 4000 ADVANCED :MEDIA VCD 400 EDITORIAL VCD 400 ADVERTISING VCD 4000 STUDIO PRODUCTION VCD 400 INTERACTION DESIGN Digital Media Production - B.S.

4 4 Kent State University Catalog VCD 400 TYPOGRAPHIC/PHOTOGRAPHIC GRAPHIC DESIGN VCD 400 CORPORATE IDENTITY/GRAPHIC DESIGN VCD 4004 ISSUES FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN BUSINESSES VCD 4005 PACKAGING, PROMOTION AND RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS VCD 4006 ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHIC DESIGN VCD 4007 INFORMATION GRAPHICS VCD 4008 BRANDED IDENTITY VCD 405 TYPE HIGH PRESS VCD GRAPHIC DESIGN PERSPECTIVES (WIC) VCD WEB DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING I VCD 4600 WEB DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING II VCD 4600 ADVANCED TYPOGRAPHY VCD 4605 WEB DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING STUDIO VCD 4800 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT VCD 4800 ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT VCD 4800 PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO - PHOTO- VCD FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY VCD 4809 PRACTICUM IN PHOTOGRAPHY - VCD 4998 SENIOR RESEARCH PAPER:GRAPHIC DESIGN/ (WIC) VCD 4999 SENIOR CAPSTONE Concentration Requirements (courses count in major GPA) (min C- grade is required in all courses) JMC 0 AUDIO SET-UP AND MIXING JMC 04 STUDIO TELEVISION JMC 4404 REMOTE TELEVISION JMC PRODUCING AND DIRECTING LIVE TELEVISION Television Advanced Skills Electives, choose from the following: 6 JMC 004 JMC 06 PROGRAMMING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA TELEVISION ENGINEERING JMC 400 TELEVISION SPORTS PRODUCTION JMC POST PRODUCTION SOUND JMC MOBILE MULTIMEDIA Minimum Total Credit Hours: 8 All transfer coursework with a subject TRAN, KAPS, COMM, JMC or VCD (and no number other than "xxxx") will not count toward the 7- credit-hour requirement automatically, nor will Kent State coursework with a subject designator of CCI. Prior Kent State coursework with the subject designator of JOUR also will not count toward the 7- credit-hour requirement. Students must meet with their academic advisor for further evaluation of their coursework for applicability to this requirement. Digital Film Concentration Requirements [CI-BS-DMP-DFM] Concentration Requirements (courses count in major GPA) (min C- grade is required in all courses) JMC 0 AUDIO FOR DIGITAL FILM JMC 04 DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY JMC 4006 DIGITAL VIDEO EDITING JMC PRODUCING AND DIRECTING FOR SINGLE CAMERA Digital Film Advanced Skills Electives, choose from the following: 6 JMC 4007 SCRIPTWRITING FOR VIDEO AND FILM JMC POST PRODUCTION SOUND JMC MOBILE MULTIMEDIA JMC 4500 ADVANCED LIGHTING FOR DIGITAL FILM AND TELEVISION JMC 4500 AVID EDITOR CERTIFICATION JMC MOTION GRAPHICS FOR VIDEO EDITING Minimum Total Credit Hours: 8 Television Concentration Requirements [CI-BS-DMP-TV] 4 Digital Media Production - B.S.

5 Kent State University Catalog Roadmap This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Course Title Credits Semester One COMM 5000 HIST 070 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN (KADL) EARLY AMERICA: FROM PRE-COLONIZATION TO CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (DIVD) (KHUM) JMC 000 MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS) UC 0097 DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR Kent Core Requirement Kent Core Requirement Semester Two Credit Hours 6 COMM 000 GRAMMAR REVIEW HIST 07 MODERN AMERICA: FROM INDUSTRIALIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION (DIVD) (KHUM) JMC 0009 VIDEO AUDIO PRODUCTION AESTHETICS PHY 040 PHY 04 (KBS) LABORATORY (KBS) (KLAB) Kent Core Requirement Semester Three Credit Hours 4 JMC 00 VIDEO AUDIO FUNDAMENTALS JMC 0004 WRITING FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO MEDIA VCD 400 VISUAL DESIGN LITERACY Kent Core Requirement Kent Core Requirement Semester Four Credit Hours 5 ENG 006 PROFESSIONAL WRITING Concentration Requirement Kent Core Requirement Kent Core Requirement Semester Five Credit Hours 5 Concentration Requirement Concentration Requirement General Electives 7 Semester Six Credit Hours 5 ENTR 7056 INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIS 000 INFORMATION FLUENCY IN THE WORKPLACE AND BEYOND Concentration Requirement General Electives 6 Credit Hours 5 Third Summer Term JMC 4009 INTERNSHIP Semester Seven Credit Hours JMC LAW OF MASS Concentration Advanced Skills Elective General Electives 7 Semester Eight JMC 4000 JMC Credit Hours 6 ETHICS AND ISSUES IN MASS (WIC) SENIOR DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION PROJECT Concentration Advanced Skills Elective General Electives 4 Credit Hours Minimum Total Credit Hours: 0 Digital Media Production - B.S. 5