2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Electronic Media Communication
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Billy Pittard, Chair
Barr, Bowen, Gordon, Harris, Heigle, Heinrich, Hendrick, Jimison, Kalwinsky, McNulty, Neff, O’Neill, Sultan, Trundle, Zheng
The purpose of the Department of Electronic Media Communication (EMC) is to prepare students to work in all forms of digital or electronic media. The department’s programs include Animation, Electronic Media Communication, New Media Communication, Photography, and specialty programs in media management and video and film production. The department offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Mass Communication and Animation.
EMC strives to provide hands-on learning experiences whenever possible. Facilities include an equipment checkout system for students that includes a variety of cameras and other field production equipment; a 40-foot mobile television production lab; three production studios including a 3,000 square foot TV/film studio and a robotic TV studio with virtual sets; video editing facilities; an animation lab; traditional and digital photography facilities, two photographic studios, and a student photo gallery; a student-run FM radio station, and a student-run TV station. The Baldwin Photographic Gallery resides in the department and exhibits the works of renowned photographers, students, and faculty.
The department offers a variety of robust and meaningful extracurricular opportunities for all of its students including industry-specific student organizations and a unique varsity team for live television production.
Students majoring in any of the EMC programs must earn a C (2.00) or better in each course taken in the College of Media and Entertainment in order to graduate. Total university credit for practicum and internship courses cannot exceed six hours. Students in Electronic Media Communication may not minor in any program that shares the same degree.
All EMC programs require admission to candidacy upon completion of 45 semester hours of university-level coursework. Specific requirements are listed by program. Most upper-division courses in the department have admission to EMC candidacy as a prerequisite.
The Department of Electronic Media Communication will not accept more than 12 semester hours of transfer credit toward either a major or minor in the department. This is a maximum number of credits that will be accepted and does not constitute a guarantee that each student desiring to transfer up to 12 semester hours into the program will be granted credit for all transfer hours. Each case will be judged on an individual basis.
Transfer credit will normally be granted for theory/concept courses such as American Media and Social Institutions. Other courses that will normally be accepted from accredited institutions of higher learning include Introduction to Mass Communication and Writing for Media. On a case-by-case basis, a production course may be accepted as a lower division elective if the student earned a B or better in the course.
Further information on departmental procedures for awarding transfer credit is available from the department.
Honors College
The Department of Electronic Media Communication periodically offers the following courses in Honors:
See Honors College for more information.
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