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MFA Master of Fine Arts in Television Production MS Master of Science in Television and Radio Department of Television and Radio BROOKLYN COLLEGE Contents Graduate Studies in the Department of Television and Radio Page 3 ± Students ± Facilities ± Faculty ± Staff ± About Brooklyn College ± The Department’s Web Site Page 3 Page 3 Pages 4 - 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 Master of Fine Arts in Television Production Page 8 ± Degree Requirements ± Plan of Study ± Matriculation Requirements and Application Procedure ± MFA Application for Admission Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Master of Science in Television and Radio Page 12 ± Degree Requirements ± Plan of Study ± Matriculation Requirements and Application Procedure Pages 12 - 13 Page 13 Page 14 Course Descriptions Pages 15 - 18 Graduate Study in the Department of Television and Radio Brooklyn College is recognized as one of the leading institutions offering innovative graduate programs in television, radio and the new media, which attract competitive applicants from around the world. The Department has long been acknowledged as a major supplier of broadcast and cable professionals and independent producers known to bring to the industry a diversity of backgrounds, life experiences, and social and cultural viewpoints. Its graduate programs have also provided the necessary ground for further study in doctoral programs that prepare the student for university-level teaching and scholarship. Students The M.F.A. and M.S. programs in television and radio attract students from all parts of the United States and abroad. Many have under-graduate degrees in related fields, and have been, or in the case of M.S. students, are working in some aspect of the media. Some have less experience but exhibit the talent and commitment necessary for success in the programs. Facilities The high-quality television production facilities at Brooklyn College provide graduate students enrolled in our programs an opportunity to master state-of-the-art field, studio, and post-production technology. The Brooklyn College Television Center opened in 1963 as part of the Department of Speech and Theater. Since 1973, it has operated in conjunction with the Department of Television and Radio, providing production facilities and technical support to the Department. Center facilities are also available for rental by private clients. To help bridge the distance between academic experience and the workplace, the Department employs students in its Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program as part-time professional assistants in the Television Center, as well as in Departmental teaching, research and administrative capacities. Studio productions originate in Studio B, which is 63' x 35' with a 14' grid height. Studio B is equipped with a full compliment of over 65 lighting instruments, six HK-323 Ikegami cameras (two with QTV TelePrompTer facility), Grass Valley 1600-3F switcher, Chyron character generator, Leitch electronic still store and Ward-Beck audio console. Master Control is equipped with 1" type C, Betacam SP, Betacam, DVCPro, U-Matic and S-VHS/VHS video recorders. Post-production facilities combine cutting edge and traditional technologies. The Center has five nonlinear editing suites, including two AVID Media Composers (offline and online), a Media 100, and two Power Mac G4 Final Cut Pro DV workstations; and a cuts-only linear/tape-based editing suite (currently configured for Betacam SP and U-Matic editing, using a Sony edit controller). The Television Center has a fully outfitted carpentry shop where sets for studio productions are created. Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) tools are being added for use in engineering, scenic and lighting design. New radio station and academic radio laboratory facilities, which will include state-of-the-art digital technologies, are scheduled for completion of construction in Spring 2002. The radio station will include two production studios, an air studio, disc/tape library, and offices. The academic radio laboratory will house two production consoles and digital audio post-production workstations. Field production units include both mini-disc and tape formats. Students can also make use of our campus radio station, WBCR, which houses state-of-the-art digital audio equipment, and the Department of Art's Digital Media Center, which specializes in graphics-intensive postproduction work and includes Windows NT and Power Macintosh workstations. Faculty 3 Muriel Balash, Adjunct Assistant Professor. B.A. (magna cum laude) Seton Hall University, 1975. Freelance director, writer, producer. Recent credits include: Director of Oscar Nominee for best feature documentary, “A Portrait of Gisselle,” ABC ARTS (90 minutes); co-producer, director and editor, “Jenny Is a Good Thing,” Oscar Nominee for best live action short documentary; producer and director, “Pepito’s Dream,” children’s drama based on trilogy published by the United Nations and nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, Shalleck Productions (30 minutes); director, “A Man of the Theater: Jean-Louis Barrault”, BETA Productions co-produced with FR3, France, PBS (60 minutes) invited to Berlin Film Festival; editor, “Georgia O’Keefe,” DGA and Peabody awards, Emmy for best editor. Produced and directed for A&E, WNET Thirteen, “SESAME STREET.” Has taught at Seton Hall and conducts private screen writing course. Jerome Coopersmith, Adjunct Professor. B.A., New York University, 1947. Author of more than 200 television dramas; including perennial, “An American Christmas Carol”; principal writer for “HAWAII 50” for 6 years; wrote pilot and 20 dramas for Golden Age classic, “ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATER.” Employed as screenwriter for Warner Brothers; Tony nomination for “Baker Street,” and author of 3 other Broadway or Off-Broadway plays. Eugene Cunningham, Adjunct Assistant Professor. M.A., Queens College, 1986. VP, Director Research and Marketing, Petry, Inc. Has taught Broadcast Audience Research in the Department of Television and Radio since 1984. Chairman, Research Advisory Committee – Association of Independent Television Stations, 1986-1989; Current Co-chairperson of TVB’s National Sales Advisory Committee. Panelist at several industry conferences on the subject of ratings. James Day, Professor Emeritus. B. A., University of California, Berkeley, 1941. Currently president of Publivision, Inc. Formerly founder and President, KQED, San Francisco; President of National Educational Television (NET); President, WNET/Thirteen. Founding board member of PBS, Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street), and the International Public Television Screening Conference (INPUT). Host of many interview series featuring noted scholars, artists and policy makers. Spent two years in Japan as a civilian radio specialist with the Army of Occupation. Consultant to governments of Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Venezuela. Author, The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television, 1995. Specialties include programming, public broadcasting, comparative systems, and international television. Also taught at Stanford and Hunter and was Scholar in Residence at the Rockefeller Study Center, Bellagio, Italy. George Dessart, Professor, Graduate Deputy Chair and Executive Director, Center for the Study of World Television. B. S. Trinity College, 1948. Thirty-five years in television, radio and cable industries. Positions included V.P. Program Practices, CBS Broadcasting Group, V. P. Television Stations Division. Producer/ writer/director, documentaries and other broadcasts. EMMYs and numerous other awards; author, Television in the Real World, 1978; co-author, Down the Tube: An inside account of the failure of American television, 1998; articles in Television Quarterly, Encyclopedia of Television, Nature, Medicine and other publications. Secretary, International Council, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS); founder and publisher of ALMANAC; Past President, NATAS, New York. Fulbright Scholar. Consultant to broadcasters and governments in Brazil, China, Finland, Russia, Venezuela. Previously taught at the Annenberg School, U of P, City, Hunter, and Lehman Colleges (CUNY), N.Y.U. Katherine G. Fry, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Temple University, 1994. Current research and publications in media and cultural geography, media criticism. Editorial Assistant for Critical Studies in Mass Communication. Specializations include mass media and society, critical cultural studies, communication theory and international mass communication. Recent and upcoming publications include “A Cultural Geography of Lake Wobegon,” Howard Journal of Communication , 1998; "Myths of Nature and Place: Network Television News Coverage of the Great Flood of 1993,” Proceedings of the 54th Annual conference of the New York State Speech Communication Association; and "Starbucks Coffee: Promoting the Postmodern Brew," Critical Studies in Media Commercialism, 1999. In progress, a book proposal for Constructing the Heartland: Television News and Natural Disasters. Taught previously at Drexel and Ursinus. 4 Hal Himmelstein, Professor and Chair. Ph.D., Ohio University, 1978. Publishes in the areas of television myth and ideology, television advertising, political communication, intercultural broadcasting, and video art. His book on the state of American television criticism, On The Small Screen, chosen as Outstanding Academic Book in Mass Communication, 1981-82 by Choice Magazine. Second edition of Television Myth and the American Mind (Praeger, 1994). Articles in access, Wide Angle, The Journal of Film and Video, ALMANAC, The Encyclopedia of Television, and various anthologies. Fulbright Senior Research Scholar at the University of Helsinki in Fall 1990, and Visiting Professor, Institute of Television and Radio, Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yleisradio), Spring 1991. Has lectured extensively abroad in Russia, France and Sweden. Previously taught at University of Kansas, Ohio University and Fordham University. Barbara Jo Lewis, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., New York University, 1997. For more than a decade, was an advertising agency producer for Wells Rich Greene, DMB&B, Ketchum, and other major agencies. Awards include AFI for MFA thesis film, "Larissa," post-production recognition on Emmy award-winning documentary "Countdown to Collision," and George Ketchum and Chicago Film Festival award for "Anything Goes." Current research and publications extend doctoral studies in culture and communication and include "Children of the Mechanical Bride: Additional Abstractions of Human Stereotypes,” Proceedings of The legacy of McLuhan: A symposium sponsored by Fordham University;" "Cyborg Consciousness: Conceptions of Human Identity in a Technological World,” Proceedings of the 55th annual conference of the New York State Communication Association. Stuart MacLelland, Assistant Professor. M.F.A. Brooklyn College, 1987. Electronic media producer and television director with over fifteen years experience. Broadcast credits include producing and directing over 250 episodes of "WORLD:COMM,” a syndicated PBS program, and many internationally distributed magazine-style segments. Has written, produced and directed commercial, promotional and marketing programs for many clients including Chanel, Estee Lauder, Time Warner, Tommy Hilfiger, Ferraro International and Clinical Trial Services. Specializes in art and cultural programming, employing both single and multiple camera technique. In 1996, he was a visiting professor at Beijing Broadcasting Institute. In 1997, he presented a series of lectures and electronic media production seminars at Shanghai University. Donald MacLennan, Professor. Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1965. Secretary of Faculty Council, Brooklyn College. Specializes in writing, producing and directing informational radio and television programs. Has produced stereo telecasts of classical music and dance performances. On air experience as a radio newscaster and disk jockey, and television producer/director of sports programs and instructional television series in Detroit, Ann Arbor, St. Louis, Columbia and Kansas City. Has experience in designing studio facilities and instructional systems, and teaches media criticism, production and aesthetics. Supervises the undergraduate internship program. Served as Director of the Brooklyn College Television Center from 1973-1978, and Department Chair, 1996-1998. Adrian Meppen, Associate Professor. M.S., Columbia University, 1963. News Producer, Editor and Writer, WCBS-TV, New York. News Editor, The New York Times. Reporter, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday. Co-author of journalism text, Broadcast news writing, reporting, and production, 1984. Vice President, Writers Guild of America, East. Susan Murray, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1999. Published in The Independent Film and Video Monthly, The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, and the Encyclopedia of Television. "Saving Our So-Called Lives: Girl Fandom, Adolescent Subjectivity, and My So-Called Life," appears in the anthology, Kids' Media Culture, 1999. Currently completing her first book "Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars!": Early Television and the Renegotiation of Broadcast Stardom. George Rodman, Professor. Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1975. Author of a number of textbooks on mass media, human communication and public speaking used in hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the United States. Writer of television scripts for network production. Most recent books have been The New Public Speaker, and the sixth edition of Understanding Human Communication, co-authored with Ron Adler of Santa Barbara (CA) City College. Has also recently contracted to write The American Media, dealing with the interrelationships between media history, structure and ethics. 5 Specialization includes mass media criticism and script writing. Former Deputy Chairman for Graduate Studies. Has also taught at University of Southern California and Hofstra University. Aaron Shelden, Adjunct Associate Professor. M.A., New York University, 1964. President of management consulting and television creative services company engaged in marketing, promotion, advertising, and video development and production. Clients have included television stations and networks, cable networks, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Chair of Public Relations and Publicity Committee, New York Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts and Science. Former Director of Communications, CBS Television Stations Division. Irene Sosa, Assistant Professor. M. F. A., New York University, 1988. New York-based independent film and video maker from Venezuela. Recent works include the documentaries, "Sexual Exiles”; "Woman As Protagonist: The Art of Nancy Spero." Short video documentaries since 1989 include "To Soar II," "Minerva," "Sky Goddess," "Madrid," "Nancy Spero in Derry, Northern Ireland," "Pepon Osorio's Retrospective.” Her videos have been shown at EXIT ART, Festival Du Films Sur L'Art (Montreal), the Chicago Art Institute, the University of Illinois, The American Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), WNYC Channel 31 NY, Centre George Pompidou Paris-France, among other venues. Multimedia collaborations as film maker in "Historias" and "Familias," two multimedia dance performances; with photographer Susan Unterberg on "Close Ties" at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC; and "When I Grow Up," a multimedia performance piece at the "Rompeforma" performance festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at PS122 in 1995. Recipient of New York Foundation of the Arts, Andrea Frank Foundation and New York State Council of the Arts grants. Has taught at Boricua College. Martin Spinelli, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo, 1999. Literary and experimental radio projects such as “ENGAGED” and “LINEbreak,” both heard on stations around the world and archived at the Museum of Television & Radio. Producer and presenter at public, commercial and alternative stations on both sides of the Atlantic. Has filed radio news and features with major public networks in the U.S. as well as with the BBC. Radio/Audio Editor of the Electronic Poetry Center. Forthcoming articles include: "Democratic Rhetoric and Emergent Media: The Marketing of Participatory Community on Radio and the Internet," in The International Journal of Cultural Studies, and "Not Hearing Poetry on Public Radio" in Radio Century, Radio Culture. Research interests include: the utopian promotion and practical value of new media, contemporary radio art and sound poetry, Italian Futurism, and cultural studies. Staff Kathy Napoli, CUNY Administrative Assistant. Extensive experience in administration and management. Department’s liaison for faculty, students and college community. Previously held positions at the Research Foundation, Crossland Savings Bank and New York Life Insurance Company. Currently appointed shop steward for Local 384 at Brooklyn College. Special interests include: computer software, television production and public relations. Saul Spicer, Post Production Supervisor; Department Webmaster & Tape Librarian. M.F.A. Television Production, Brooklyn College 1996. Special interests include emerging technologies in broadcasting and music, critical writing, serious music and film. Wrote, directed and produced "Elevator" (1996), a cultural analysis of elevators and elevator travel. Associate Producer/Editor, CBS News Productions (1997), where he edited the nightly news magazine program "Against the Law" for CBS Eye on People. Freelance AVID editor for a variety of New York City-based clients (1996-97). His article, “Push...Portals...Profits: U.S. Broadcasters and the Internet" appeared in the 1998 edition of "ALMANAC," the annual of the International Council of NATAS. Most recently, he co-directed Samuel Beckett's Happy Days for television. About Brooklyn College When Brooklyn College was established in 1930 by the merger of the Brooklyn Collegiate Centers of Hunter and City Colleges, it became the first public coeducational college in New York City. Since that time, the achievements of Brooklyn College graduates have been significant. It is among the institutions 6 supplying the greatest number of Ph.D. recipients nationally. Hundreds of corporate presidents, executive vice-presidents, and board chairpersons are Brooklyn College alumni. The college is known for its innovations in many areas, including broadcast and electronic communication education. Unlike many metropolitan college campuses, Brooklyn College's 26-acre campus, built in the 1930s, provides an oasis of sprawling lawns and the proverbial "ivy-covered walls" in the midst of a bustling, vibrant multicultural enclave in the famed Flatbush section of the Borough of Brooklyn. Brooklyn College does not operate dormitory or residence facilities. However, the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies can help students find suitable accommodations in privately owned apartments and rooms in the area. The Department’s Web Site For further information, visit our web site at www.bctvr.org, which includes complete information on all our programs and courses, examples of student work, on-air schedules for our broadcast programs, and details of student and alumni activities. The site also lists contact information for department faculty and staff, and maps and directions for visiting Brooklyn College. 7 Master of Fine Arts in Television Production The Master of Fine Arts in Television Production is a two-year full-time program that emphasizes professional-level television field and studio production and post-production editing. Students in the M.F.A. program receive intensive laboratory instruction and workplace experience in all aspects of television production, including field and studio producing, directing, writing, camera and audio operation, lighting, set design, post-production video editing, graphics-intensive post-production, performance, and program marketing and promotion. M.F.A. Creative Thesis Productions are aired on New York City broadcast television stations and cable systems in a weekly showcase titled "BC Presents." Over the years, the Department of Television and Radio has produced public affairs television series, such as "ALL ABOUT TV" and "WORLD:COMM," in which M.F.A.s have been intimately involved as associate producers, field producers, researchers, writers, studio crew, and videotape editors. These programs are often replayed on other public broadcasting television stations throughout the country. Annual work grants are awarded to all M.F.A. students for work done in conjunction with both the Department of Television and Radio and the Brooklyn College Television Center. This work is an integral part of the program and is a requirement for the M.F.A. degree. Students are expected to devote full-time to their studies and work program. Degree Requirements (49 credits) The following courses are required: TV/R 701X, 710X, 732X, 740G, 752X, 781G, 782G, 783G, 784G, 785.1G, 785.2G, 785.3G, 785.4G, and fifteen credits of electives approved in consultation with the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. No more than nine credits of electives may be offered from other departments. Creative work developed in the M.F.A. program must culminate in a Creative Thesis Project of superior artistic and technical quality, along with a production book acceptable to the department. This requirement will be fulfilled by successfully completing TV/R 784G. Details of the Creative Thesis Project and the production book are available from the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. All M.F.A. candidates must pass a three-hour comprehensive examination at the end of their program to demonstrate mastery of advanced concepts in applied aesthetics, audiovisual production techniques, and production management and program promotion. Courses in the Television and Radio Department offered toward the degree must be 700 level courses and be approved by the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. 8 Plan of Study 1st Semester Production Assistant Internship 781 - Post-production editing theory & technique (4 hours) - Utility Crew (3 hours; 6 hours every other week) Television Practicum I 785.1 Introduction to the Graduate Study of TV and Radio 701 Single Camera Production for Television 752 Elective 4 1 3 3 3 14 2nd Semester Production Services Internship 782 - Electronic Graphics (1 hour) - Staging and Lighting (4 hours) Television Practicum II 785.2 Problems in Television Program Production 732 The Television Script: Structuring and Writing 740 Elective 3 1 3 3 3 13 3rd Semester Program Production Internship I 783 - Crew/Research (4 hours) - Remote/Production-Direction/Post (2 hours) - Evaluation (1 hour) Television Practicum III 785.3 Elective(s) 4 1 3-6 8-11 4th Semester Program Production Internship II 784 - Crew/Research (4 hours) - Remote/Production-Direction/Post (3 hours) - Evaluation (2 hours) Television Practicum IV 785.4 Television and Radio Seminar 710 Elective(s) 4 1 3 3-6 11-14 49 TOTAL 9 Matriculation Requirements and Application Procedure Applicants must offer a minimum of 24 credits with a B average in media related courses. Courses should include broadcast and electronic communications production and direction, applied aesthetics, creative writing, social and cultural impact of communication, organization of broadcast and electronic communications media, and program planning, marketing and promotion. Other courses may be substituted with permission of the department. Students are accepted every two years for the M.F.A. program. There will be entering classes in September 2000, 2002 etc. The deadline for application for the Fall, 2000 class is March 1 for those educated in the United States, February 1 for those educated abroad. Application for the MFA program is a two-step process: 1. All applicants must submit the following materials directly to the Office of the Division of Graduate Studies: ± Completed Brooklyn College application blanks (as contained in the Division of Graduate Studies Application) ± A check or money order for the application fee ± At least two letters of recommendation ± Official undergraduate transcript mailed directly from the institution attended ± TOEFL scores (for applicants whose primary native language is not English) ± A statement of financial responsibility (for international students) 2. Applicants must also submit a photocopy of the entire Graduate Admissions Application (as described above) directly to the Department of Television and Radio, together with the following additional materials: Intern application form (attached) A 500-word biographical statement indicating experience, interests, and professional objectives A 500-word proposal for a program the applicant would like to produce while enrolled in the program. Unofficial undergraduate transcript Either GRE or MAT scores, or official confirmation stating the date upon which you will take the test A VHS tape (PAL or NTSC) containing samples of your production work ± ± ± ± ± ± Send Department of Television and Radio materials to: Kathy Napoli Department of Television and Radio 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889 The department's intern selection committee may also require an applicant interview. Notice to International Students Please note that the required TEST FOR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TOEFL) score for admission to graduate programs in the Department of Television and Radio is 580 or above in the paperbased test, or 237 or better in the computer-based version. 10 Master of Fine Arts in Television Production APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION Personal Information Name: Title Last First Middle Phone: ( Home ) ( Business ) Current Address: Street City State/Province Zip/Postal Code Country Permanent Address (if different from above): Street City State/Province Zip/Postal Code Country Date of Birth: Social Security Number: Place of Birth: Marital Status: Number of Children Education Undergraduate School: Degree: Academic Major: Previous Graduate School: Degree: Date of Degree: Date of Degree: Other Area: Television/Radio Production Experience (continue on additional sheet if necessary) In College: Professional Experience: Television areas in which you have special interests or abilities: Special Honors or Awards: Master of Science in Television and Radio The Master of Science in Television and Radio offers students a broad exposure to fields of knowledge in broadcast and electronic communications directly related to television production, writing and applied aesthetics, critical/cultural media studies, and management, marketing and programming. The M.S. student has maximum flexibility in constructing a program of study germane to his or her professional goals. Candidates for the M.S. degree must complete 30 credits and pass a comprehensive written examination given in their last semester. Courses are given in the evening, Mondays through Thursdays, and are taught both on campus and in Manhattan. Brooklyn College’s affiliations with professional organizations in New York permit students to gain experience through internship programs. Students have held internships at ABC’s “20/20”, with CNBC, with CBS News, with SONY Music, with HBO, with MTV and with the Children’s Television Workshop, and numerous other companies. Brooklyn College’s Department of Television and Radio is also home to two ongoing research programs, The Center for the Study of World Television (CSWT) and The Television Advertising and Culture Archive (TACA). In March 1999, CSWT convened an international symposium held at the United Nations Headquarters in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Public Information and the International Council Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Exploring “Global Television and its Effects on the Economies and Cultures of the Developing World,” the symposium brought together journalists, programmers and communications scholars from five continents. The next symposium is being planned for Spring, 2001. Graduate students have been intimately engaged in both research areas. They are currently coding the more than 7,000 commercials from the Ted Bates and the Celia Nachatovitz Diamant Classic Television Commercials collections in preparation for publication of a series of thematic multimedia materials soon to be available on CD-ROM. The two complementary programs, the M.F.A. and the M.S., are designed to prepare graduates to perform at a high level of professional competence, to take leading roles, and to attain distinction in their chosen fields. Degree Requirements (30 credits) All M.S. students must complete 30 credits, at least 24 credits of which must be taken in the Television and Radio Department. 18 of these credits are in required courses offered by the Department. The remaining 12 credits are elective, and must be approved in consultation with the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. Courses in the Television and Radio Department offered toward the degree must be 700-level courses. Every M.S. student is required to successfully complete the Department's Graduate "Core" (6 credits), which consists of TV/Radio 701: "Introduction to the Study of Television and Radio"--a broad survey of the literature pertaining to mass media scholarship, methods of academic inquiry, and bibliographic skills--taken in the student's first semester of course work; and TV/Radio 710: "Television and Radio Seminar"--a review of material relevant to the various subject areas to be addressed in the Comprehensive Examination--to be taken in the student's final semester of course work. Every M.S. student shall be required to successfully complete two courses (6 credits) in one of the following three specializations: Production/Writing/Aesthetics TV/R 732--Problems in TV Program Production TV/R 752--Single Camera Production for TV Critical/Cultural Studies TV/R 714--Critical Analysis of TV & Radio TV/R 712--TV & Radio in Society Management/Programming/ Marketing TV/R 722--Seminar in Program Development TV/R 725--TV & Radio Mgt. Theory & Practice 12 In addition to the above, the student must take at least one required course in each of the specializations ancillary to his or her area of specialization (6 credits). The remaining 12 credits shall be selected by the student, with the approval of the Graduate Deputy, from among the "specialization courses" above and/or the following offerings. (Note: Up to 6 credits may be taken outside the Department with the approval of the Graduate Deputy.) Management/Programming/ Marketing TV/R 740G—The TV Script: TV/R 728—World Television TV/R 713—Regulation of TV & Structuring & Writing Radio TV/R 772—Broadcast Journalism TV/R 776—The TV & Radio TV/R 726—Seminar in TV & Documentary Radio Management TV/R 797—Production TV/R 792—Research Methods in TV/R 794.5—TV & Radio Aesthetics TV & Radio Audience Research TV/R 769—Fieldwork in Electronic Media—will TV/R 796—Special Problems—will be available be available each semester. Students may take this each semester. Students may take this course only once during their course of study. A student’s work course only once during their course of study. “Externship” experience in a professional broadcast in this course will be channeled into one of the Department’s major research initiatives: The Center or other electronic media organization. for the Study of World Television, and the Advertising and Culture Archive at Brooklyn College. Students must pass a written comprehensive examination. Information about the comprehensive examination may be found in the Brooklyn College Bulletin, Division of Graduate Studies, in the chapter "Academic Standing." The Department of Television and Radio's comprehensive examination is 6 hours in length and consists of 4 questions. Questions pertain to each of the 3 areas of specialization offered. A student must answer two questions in his or her chosen area of specialization, and one question in each of the other two areas. Production/Writing/Aesthetics Critical/Cultural Studies Plan of Study MS candidates formulate their plan of study on an individual basis in consultation with the Department’s Deputy Chair of Graduate Studies. 13 Matriculation Requirements and Application Procedure Applicants must offer at least 12 credits, with an index of approximately B, in courses in television and radio. Other courses may be substituted with permission of the department. Applicants must also submit the Graduate Record Examination Aptitude Test (GRE) score or the Miller Analogy Test (MAT) score. The M.S. program is offered on a continuous basis: students may enter the program in either the Fall or the Spring Semester. Applications for Fall entry will be accepted until March 1 (February 1 for those educated outside the United States); the deadline for Spring entry is November 1 (or October 1 for those educated outside the U.S.) Some students have elected to apply for the MS program while waiting for the MFA admissions process to begin. If they are subsequently accepted to the MFA program, students having entered the MS program will already have completed some of the required courses and may transfer credits for them and for elective credits. Please note, however, that although your enrollment as an MS student would mean that faculty members would have an opportunity to observe you, it would not guarantee future acceptance in the MFA program. All applicants must submit the following materials directly to the Office of the Division of Graduate Studies: ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Completed Brooklyn College application blanks (as contained in the Division of Graduate Studies Application) A check or money order for the application fee At least two letters of recommendation Official undergraduate transcript mailed directly from the institution attended TOEFL scores (for applicants whose primary native language is not English) Either GRE or MAT scores, or official confirmation stating the date upon which you will take the test A statement of financial responsibility (for international students) Note that there is no separate departmental application form for the MS program. Notice to International Students Please note that the required TEST FOR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TOEFL) score for admission to graduate programs in the Department of Television and Radio is 580 or above in the paper-based test, or 237 or better in the computer-based version. 14 Course Descriptions TV/R 701X Introduction to the Graduate Study of Television and Radio 45 hours; 3 credits Introduction to the literature of mass media scholarship, methods of inquiry, bibliographic skills, and topical issues in the field. Prerequisite: Permission of the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. TV/R 710X Television and Radio Seminar 45 hours; 3 credits Intensive review of major spheres of knowledge in the discipline, emphasizing production/writing/aesthetics, critical/cultural theory, and management/programming/marketing. To be taken in student's final semester. Prerequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 712X Mass Media in Society 45 hours; 3 credits Role of television and radio in significant aspects of everyday life, including culture, politics, education, child development, etc. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 713X Regulation of Television and Radio 45 hours; 3 credits Examination of the various laws and regulations under which television and radio programs are created and distributed, including an analysis of how broadcasting is treated differently from other media. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 714X Critical Analysis of Television and Radio 45 hours; 3 credits Survey of the various critical approaches to the study of television and radio, emphasizing structural/functionalism, reception theory, and cultural geography. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 722X Seminar in Television and Radio Program Development 45 hours; 3 credits The entire process of program development from consideration of audience and purpose in the original conception of idea to final execution. Preparation of sample program proposals, treatments, presentations, and scripts. (Not open to students who have completed Television and Radio 794.1X.) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 725X Television and Radio Management Theory and Practice 45 hours; 3 credits Theories of management of electronic mass communication; industry structure, management styles and practices; finance and budgeting systems; human resource management; negotiation strategies. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. 15 TV/R 726X Seminar in Television and Radio Management 45 hours; 3 credits Principles of management. Problems of prevailing practices in television and radio. (Not open to students who have completed Television and Radio 791.6X.) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X and 725X. TV/R 728 World Television 45 hours; 3 credits The globalization of television and radio; implications of transnational satellite communication; problems and opportunities in international co-production; changing patterns in distribution to a global market. Analysis of program genres and styles in the context of language, culture and developmental differences. (Not open to students who have completed TV/R 796, Special Problems in World Television.) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 730X Television and Radio Applied Production Aesthetics 45 hours; 3 credits Analysis of the various audiovisual aesthetic “fields”—light, color, two-dimensional and three-dimensional space, time, motion/pace/rhythm, sound; narrative storytelling devices; and character types as cultural archetypes. Historical development of humorous and dramatic expression in television and radio. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 732X Problems in Television Program Production 30 hours lecture, 30 hours laboratory; 3 credits Integrating various elements into a television program. Utilization of technical facilities. Relationship between purpose, script, production elements, producer-director, talent as a team. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. Permission of the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. TV/R 740G The Television Script: Structuring and Writing 45 hours; 3 credits Develop skills in writing documentary, creative, and other scripts for television. Adapting material from other media. Various script formats. Developing and pitching ideas. Writing treatments. Creating storyboards. Completion of two scripts for different programs. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 752X Single Camera Production for Television 30 hours lecture, 30 hours laboratory; 3 credits Problems of the television producer/director in using film or videotape. Problems of budgeting, costing, and scripting out-of-studio film and videotape productions. Basic videotape editing. (Not open to students who have completed Television and Radio 787X) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. Permission of the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. 16 TV/R 769X Fieldwork in Electronic Media 200 hours of fieldwork plus conference hours to be arranged; 3 credits Placement in a professional electronic media organization for intensive supervised assignment. Joint supervision by a faculty member and member of the organization. Regular conferences with faculty supervisor. Preparation of written report on fieldwork experience. Prerequisite: Completion of 12 credits and matriculation for a Master of Science in Television and Radio degree, or completion of 24 credits and matriculation for a Master of Fine Arts in Television Production degree. Permission of the Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. TV/R 772X Television and Radio Journalism 45 hours; 3 credits Analysis and evaluation of broadcast news editorials and commentaries. Examination of network and local news operations. Relationship between print and electronic news reporting considered in terms of their effect on the audience. Historical study of the concepts of free speech, investigative reporting, and the right of citizens' access to government information. (Not open to students who have completed Television and Radio 793X.) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 776X The Television and Radio Documentary 45 hours; 3 credits Historical survey of non-fiction television and radio programs conceived to inform and persuade audiences to act on ideas. Comparison of the effect on audiences of different methods of presentation. Future trends in television and radio documentary. (Not open to students who have completed Television and Radio 786.6X.) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 781G Production Assistant Internship 15 hours lecture, 105 hours laboratory; 4 credits Study and application of television post-production theory and techniques. Work with faculty as production assistants on television and radio productions. Prerequisite: Matriculation for the M.F.A. degree in television production. TV/R 782G Production Service Internship 15 hours lecture, 75 hours laboratory; 3 credits Study and application of various aspects of television program production such as set design and construction, lighting design and installation, and graphics design and creation. Work in conjunction with television and radio producers. Prerequisite: Matriculation for the M.F.A. degree in television production. TV/R 783G, 784G Program Production Internship I, II 15 hours lecture, 90 hours laboratory; 4 credits each term Independent research, development, direction, production, and post-production of a television program or other audiovisual material suitable for broadcast or other distribution. Rotation of advanced crew assignments for field and studio productions. Development of a suitable production report. Review and approval of work in progress by faculty member. Prerequisite of 783G: Television and Radio 781G and 782G. Prerequisite of 784G: Television and Radio 783G. 17 TV/R 785.1G, 785.2G, 785.3G, 785.4G Television Practicum I, II, III, IV Minimum of 45 hours fieldwork; 1 credit Faculty-supervised work and projects in the Department of Television and Radio and the Brooklyn College Television Center, including work as teaching, research, and administrative assistants. Prerequisite: Matriculation for the M.F.A. degree in television production. TV/R 792X Research Methods in Television and Radio 45 hours; 3 credits Historiographic, critical, legal, and empirical (qualitative and quantitative) research methods and their application to research questions germane to problems in broadcast and electronic communication. Prerequisite: Television and Radio 701X. TV/R 794.5X Television and Radio Audience Research 45 hours; 3 credits Survey of methods of measuring audiences for radio and television programs. Types of data collection and reporting. Use of demographic data to make programming and management decisions. Original research and reports. Prerequisite: Television and Radio 701X. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Television and Radio 725X. TV/R 796X Special Problems 45 hours; 3 credits Directed research supervised by a faculty member. Prerequisite: Permission of Deputy Chair for Graduate Study. TV/R 797X Special Topic in Mass Media 45 hours; 3 credits Prerequisite: Television and Radio 701X. 18