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Academic Programs / Communications & TheaterBroadcasting, Telecommunications & Mass MediaPatrick Murphy, Ph.D., Chair 215-204-3876 William Mooney, Assistant Chair 215-204-1884 bmooney@temple.edu Amy Caples, Director of Recruiting
The Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media expands students' knowledge and skills to create, evaluate, and manage media content and organizations. With the urban and global communities as their living laboratories, students draw on their creativity, entrepreneurship, intellectual curiosity and analytical abilities to navigate digital media in our global society.
The BTMM curriculum features courses in three areas: 1) Media Production & Performance: Coursework introduces students to conceptual and technical tools employed to create media content for the digital world. Students who study in this area develop strong professional skills as well as critical and analytical abilities that enable them to evaluate content for various media. They seek career opportunities as producers, writers, videographers, editors, recording engineers, web site designers and talent in traditional and emerging media. 2) Media Business & Entrepreneurship: The practical and ethical ways to start, operate or participate in an enterprise that creates, produces, and/or distributes media content. Students who take these courses seek career opportunities as media entrepreneurs, media production freelancers, owners/operators of production companies or recording studios, web site developers, or founders/owners of a station, channel or network. 3) Media Analysis: Critical understanding of the roles of media in contemporary life, including media technology as a cultural force; the nature of media institutions, audiences, and texts; and the media as a source of shared social identities. Students who take these courses are prepared for careers as media consultants, editorial or technical writers, community activists, corporate communication producers and market research analysts. The flexible degree requirements allow students to emphasize one or more areas in the major, including: - TV Production - Radio Production - Media Performance - Web Design - Recording Industry - Media Management - Media Entrepreneurship - Investigation of Social Processes in Media - Investigation of Media Institutions Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Summary of Requirements:- University requirements:
- School of Communications and Theater requirements. General Requirements:
Course Requirements:
Internships and Senior Seminar: The academic experience for all BTMM majors culminates with an internship or practicum and the Senior Seminar. Together, these courses provide students the opportunity to explore their potential professional futures. Internship opportunities exist locally (at virtually every media-oriented organization in the greater Philadelphia region), nationally (in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other U.S. media markets), and internationally (in London, England, and Tokyo, Japan, through the School of Communications and Theater's International Studies program). To qualify for an internship, students must have Junior or Senior standing, a minimum of 2.75 GPA in the major, and passing grades (C-) in the BTMM foundation courses. There are four practicum options. In the Broadcast Production Practicum (BTMM 4596), students produce a weekly live-to-tape TV newsmagazine that airs on local cable TV. The Sports Production Practicum (BTMM 4597) is a weekly sports program produced by students. A summer offering, TV Production Workshop (BTMM 4787), also fulfills the requirement for a practicum and involves the production of various content also for broadcast on local cable. The Radio Practicum (BTMM 4887) involves work at Temple University's jazz and classical music radio station, WRTI 90.1 FM, a National Public Radio affiliate.
Suggested Semester By Semester PlanPlease note that this is a suggested academic plan. Depending on your situation, your academic plan may look different.
Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting, Telecommunications, & Mass mediaRequirements for New Students starting in the 2010-2011 Academic Year
Minor in Digital Media TechnologiesThe Digital Media Technologies Minor is a 21-23 semester hour interdisciplinary minor offered through the Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and Mass Media (BTMM) Department within the School of Communications and Theater and the Computer and Information Sciences (C+IN SC) Department within the College of Science and Technology. It is designed to expand students' knowledge of the information age and to empower them to understand how to communicate using emerging media and computer technologies. The ability to tell stories through emerging digital media technologies will be critically and analytically explored as students examine the science of those technologies. The algorithms of communicating via emergent technologies will be at the core of this minor. This program addresses serious gaps in the current curriculum because current students of media have little understanding of the science of digital media and fast evolving interactive web-based information sharing technologies. The minor is available to undergraduate students in BTMM, Computer & Information Science, as well as other departments and colleges. Upon completion of the minor, students should be able to demonstrate the following competencies:
Transfer credits are not accepted for credit for the minor. Students must receive the permission of their advisor before starting in this program. Minor credit is not given for BTMM grades below C. Students must maintain at least a 2.00 grade point average in the program for successful completion of the minor. Students with averages under 2.00 for more than two semesters will be dropped from the program. Students with averages under 2.00 may not begin the program. Requirements for the minor in Digital Media Technologies are as follows:
*Other requirements:
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