RTVF Major

The Radio-TV-Film Dept. encourages students to see the media industries from multiple perspectives and prepares students for many different careers. After a set of "core" courses, students are required to take a mix of courses from three major areas: industry studies, analysis/history, and production.

Types of Courses

• The Industry sequence uses Business of Media as a foundations course. In Industry courses, students study the business and legal context in which media products are produced and distributed. These courses are open to RTVF majors only.
  
  
• Media Analysis/History courses use Media Analysis as a foundations course. The purpose of these courses is to study a variety of film/television styles and to analyze how media both reflect and influence culture. These courses are open to RTVF majors and minors.
  
  
• Production courses include sequences in Video Production, Audio Production, and Screenwriting.  In all of the Production courses, fundamental principles of professionalism and teamwork are developed as students learn practical technical skills in camera operation, lighting, sound recording, editing, etc. These courses are open to RTVF majors only.
  
  
• Open Electives: These are courses with no pre-requisites which are open to all TCU students. Several of these fulfill Core Curriculum requirements. RTVF majors and minors may take them as electives only; they do not fulfill RTVF major or minor requirements.

Major in Radio-TV-Film

A minimum of 37 semester hours in the RTVF major is required. At least 12 semester hours must be at the 30000-level or above. Specific department requirements are described below.

Step One: All RTVF majors will complete the following core courses with a "C" or better and a combined GPA of at least 2.5:

10113 History of Broadcasting

10123 History of Film

10143 Introduction to Film and Television Aesthetics

 

Step Two: All RTVF majors take two courses in each of three areas:

I. Production: Any two Production courses

II. Industry: RTVF 20523 and any other RTVF Industry course

III. Analysis: RTVF 20583 and any other RTVF Analysis course

 

Step Three: Each student must then complete any combination of three additional RTVF Production, Industry, and/or Analysis courses. NOTE: RTVF Open Electives may NOT be used to fulfill RTVF major or minor requirements.

 

Step Four: All RTVF majors must complete 40901 Senior Seminar (1 semester hour) in the last semester of their senior year.

Majors in Radio-Television-Film must achieve the following minimum academic requirements as a prerequisite to enroll in Radio-Television-Film courses at the 20000-level and above:

1. Overall TCU GPA of 2.5;

2. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 for all courses taken within the Department of Radio-Television-Film;

3. "C" or better in all courses taken in the Department of Radio-Television-Film.
Students whose overall or departmental grade point average falls below 2.5 cannot enroll in a sophomore, junior or senior level RTVF course until the 2.5 GPA is achieved.
The only exceptions are Open Electives courses, which have no prerequisites and are open to all TCU students, but which may not be used to fulfill RTVF major or minor requirements.

I. Industry Courses

20523 Business of Media

30513 Audience Research

30523 Media Marketing & Promotion

30573 Broadcast & Cable Programming

30663 Film in a Global Society

40223 Entertainment Law and Finance

40503 Media Industry Law & Regulation

40513 Topics In Media Industries Studies

40523 Management for Broadcast, Cable, and Film

40773 Media in Britain

40813 Sex and Violence

50443 Studies in International Broadcasting

50403 New Technologies

 

II.  Analysis Courses

20583 Media Analysis

30363 Analysis of Screen Performance

30410 Film Genres

30593 Television, Culture, and Society

30643 British Cinema and European Culture

40003 Senior Honors Research Paper

40440 Topics in Film

40570 Topics in Television

40580 Topics in Sports Media

40623 Topics in National Cinemas

40683 Film Theory and Criticism

50400 Advanced Studies in RTVF

 

III. Production Courses

20203 Audio Production I

20213 Video I

20243 Lighting and Design

20510 FM Station Operations

30153 Dramatic Style and Structure

30203 Audio Production II

30213 Video II

30223 Cinematography

30243 Directing

30353 Acting for Television

30393 Theory and Practice of Digital Media

30510 Advanced FM Station Operations

30713 Remote Sports Production

30723 Producing the Live Sports Event

30733 Audio Production for Sports Television and Radio

40113 Sports Broadcasting

40153 Dramatic Writing

40213 Video III

40333 Post Production

40383 Documentary Production

40713 Global Sports Media

45113 Producing

 

IV. Open Electives

NOTE: These are courses with no pre-requisites which are open to all TCU students. Several of these fulfill Core Curriculum requirements. RTVF majors and minors may take them as general electives only; they do not fulfill RTVF major or minor requirements.

10013 TV Studies for Non-Majors

10053 Survey of Film

10073 Media Adaptations

10093 Media, Politics and Social Values

30433 American Cinema

30983 Women in Television and Film

40653 Popular Music and the Recording Industry

 

Additional Requirements

A minimum of 124 semester hours is required to graduate from TCU. At least 42 semester hours must be earned at the 30000-level or above.

• A minimum of 37 semester hours in the RTVF major is required. At least 12 semester hours must be at the 30000-level or above. Specific department requirements are described below.
• RTVF majors must complete a minor of at least 18 hours. Requirements for individual minors must be followed.
• RTVF majors must complete the Core Curriculum requirements as described elsewhere in this catalog. Information about the Core Curriculum can be found at the website: http://www.core.tcu.edu/
• A student earning a Bachelor of Arts will take 6 semester hours in one foreign language at the 20000-level or above.

F or current RTVF class offerings, use the following link:

https://wwwb.is.tcu.edu/classsearch/Default.aspx