TV and Film Studies (Video Option)

126 Credit Hours
Day and Evening
Queens and Staten Island Campuses

The baccalaureate in Television and Film (Video Option) provides intensive work within the video or television area. The course of study covers handson and theoretical work in both studio and field production, and in editing. This background prepares the student for the Senior Project and for internships. Students can participate in WRED-TV, the co-curricular TV Club which produces “Eye of the Storm,” a weekly cable program. The upper level and studio courses are offered only on the Queens campus.

Major Area Requirements
15 credit hours in Communication Arts

• CAS 1101: Introduction to Mass Communications
• CAS 1210: Television Production I
• CAS 1472: Ethical Values for the Communications Arts
• CAS 1500: Visual Aesthetics
• CAS 1800: Senior Project

15 credit hours in Production, Writing, Industry Practices and History

• CAS 1211: Television Production II
• CAS 1212: Television Production III
• CAS 1213: Introduction to Field Production
• CAS 1214: Television Program Development
• CAS 1215: Video Editing
• CAS 1217: Television Performance
• CAS 1221: Directing Television, Film and Video
• CAS 1310: Writing for Television
• CAS 1320: Non-Fiction Screenwriting
• CAS 1321: Dramatic Screenplay Writing
• CAS 1322: Advanced Screenplay Writing
• CAS 1410: The Business of Television
• CAS 1411: Communications Technologies
• CAS 1421: The Business of Film and Video
• CAS 1422: Film and Video Production Management
• CAS 1471: Legal Aspects of Communications Arts
• 9 credit hours from CAS electives
• 6 Internship credits CAS 1602 or CAS 1606

Students completing this program have a major in Television and Film but with a strong concentration in the television or video area.