BTMM PROGRAMS
BTMM offers undergraduate and graduate (master's) degree programs. Both undergraduate and graduate students can take courses at Temple's international campuses.
Undergraduate Program
The core of the BTMM department is its undergraduate program. Through a mix of classroom instruction and hands-on experience, the BTMM degree candidate will be uniquely prepared with the skills and understanding needed to have a successful career in today's rapidly growing communications fields.
In addition to taking three foundation courses, students choose courses from four professional option areas of media/ communication:
Media Business and Entrepreneurship
Near the end of their course work, students complete an internship at a media-related organization off campus, or a practicum on campus. Students also complete the career preparation course Senior Seminar.
Minor in Digital technologies
Minor in Digital Media Technologies The Digital Media Technologies Minor is a 21-23 semester hour interdisciplinary minor offered through the Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and Mass Media (BTMM) Department within SCT and the Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) Department within CST. It is designed to expand students’ knowledge of the information age, 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, CIS, as well as other departments and colleges. Upon completion of this minor, student should be able to demonstrate the following competencies:
Utilization of the hardware, software and technologies for integrating content for computers, the Internet, and mobile devices
Critical analysis of decisions made regarding the use of technology specifically in the social and ethical arenas
Understand the impact of current and emerging technologies locally and globally
Design and implementation of content for various digital media
Ability to evaluate the science of technology as it impacts communications.
Develop and refine presentation, analytical, problem solving and writing skills
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 follows:
REQUIRED (15 credits)
| No | Dept | Course | Description | Credits |
| 1 | BTMM | 1701 | Intro to Digital Media | 3 |
| 2 | CIS | 1052 | Introduction to Web Technology and Programming | 4 |
| 3 | CIS | 1056 | Programming for the WWW | 4 |
| 4 | BTMM | 2741 | Introduction to Cybermedia | 3 |
ELECTIVES (Select 2 | 6-7 credits)*
| Dept | Course | Description | Credits |
| BTMM | 4741 | Cybermedia Workshop | 4 |
| BTMM | 4252 | Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BTMM | 4890 | Advanced Topics (User Generated Contents|Mobile Comm|Tele Presence) | 3 |
| BTMM | 4614 | Creating a Media Business | 3 |
| CST | 4321 | Entrepreneurship in Science and Technology | 3 |
| CIS | 2000+ | CIS 2000+ level course * | 3 or 4 |
Total Credits: 21-23.
Other Requirements:
- For BTMM students, at least one (1) CIS elective is required.
- For CIS students, at least one (1) BTMM elective is required.
- For students of other backgrounds, at least one (1) BTMM and one (1) CIS electives are required.
- Example CIS Electives: CIS2109 (Database Systems), CIS3242 (Mobile Computing Workshop). Both courses accept CIS1052-1056 sequence as pre-requisites.
- All pre-requisites must be completed or permission by instructor received to enroll in minor courses.
Graduate Program
For more information about the program, click here.
Mass Media & Communication Doctoral program
To learn more about the MM&C Program, click here.
Study Away
Temple's London program offers a unique opportunity to study British media and telecommunications and gain international work experience at the same time. BTMM students can also participate in study opportunities in Italy, Ireland, Japan, Los Angeles and elsewhere. For more information please click here.
TUTV
TUTV is Temple University’s new digital cable station. Broadcasting to the city of Philadelphia on channel 50 on Comcast digital cable and channel 45 on Verizon FIOS, TUTV features programming from the School of Communications and Theater (SCT) and other schools and colleges within the university, as well as community and professional broadcast partners. TUTV is a great opportunity for BTMM students.
Programming for TUTV is inclusive of all SCT departments, other Temple schools, colleges, and campuses abroad. The television station airs major events like the Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Awards and original programming such as the student news show Temple Update, documentaries, lectures, symposia, theater productions, and student films. TUTV will capture performances from the Boyer College of Music & Dance and imagery from the Tyler School of Art. It also will collaborate with the Fox School of Business, the School of Medicine and Temple University Athletics.
“The Kal and Lucille Rudman Media Production Center will play a key role in the arts, media and communications here at Temple University and across greater Philadelphia,” says Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart.
Temple Update
Temple Update is a half-hour weekly news magazine produced, reported and edited by BTMM students and aired on a cable outlet. The students produce the program in Annenberg Hall studios in a Television Practicum course and gain valuable experience in field work, news writing, video editing and more. They experience the real world pressure and excitement of working on a live television program and also create material they can use in their job search.
Internships and Senior Seminar
Internships provide students with opportunities to work on the cutting edge of their fields while obtaining course credit. Hundreds of businesses, organizations, and institutions in the metropolitan area, as well as those across the nation, cooperate in providing opportunities for BTMM students to work in relevant professional ways for course credit. Exciting opportunities include networks, radio and television stations, production houses, Web-based companies, recording studios, advertising agencies, and many others. Students interested in pursuing further academic degrees can take internships in research and scholarly for profit and academic organizations. For more information click here.
The Senior Seminar complements the Internship, providing small group discussion about employment and career opportunities, resume writing, and interviewing techniques. The city's most successful media professionals share their expertise with students in guest lectures.
Research and education Labs
BTMM students can also learn about the media by working in specialized laboratories associated with the department. In the Media Education Lab at Temple University professors and graduate and undergraduate students participate in research and community outreach related to media literacy. In the Media Interaction and Network Design Lab at Temple University, professors and students explore how people think about, use and experience new media such as mobile phones and virtual reality.