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MAJOR: RADIO-TV-FILM, CSUF, BACHELOR OF ARTS Rev. 10/11
[3] REQUIRED RTVF CORE COURSES: Take ALL THREE (3) of these classes (9 units).
COURSE PREREQ ** ** Tracks
____100 Intro to Radio-TV-Film none I C=Critical Stud.
____350 Story Structure (upper division writing—UDW) ENGL 101 W I=Industry Stud.
____495 Internship in RTVF (internship office, CP-460-24, 657-278-7128, senior, all GPA 2.25+, 100, 350, ** P=Production
pcaldwell@fullerton.edu, https://commrtvfinternship.fullerton.edu,
deadlines — Fall-May 15, Spring-Oct 15, Summer-Feb 15)
and either 220, 225, or 325
W=Writing
[1] REQUIRED RTVF PRODUCTION COURSE: Take AT LEAST ONE (1) of these three classes (min 3 units).
COURSE PREREQ **
or ____225 Prod for Non-Prod Track none P
either ____220 TV Studio Production none P
or ____325 Video Production I (Track) 300 or co P
RTVF 220, 225, and 325 each meets the production requirement. If you take more than one, the first meets this requirement and the other(s)
count(s) as elective(s) below. You may NOT double-count the SAME class for both this production requirement and an elective below. Note: If
you plan to take advanced production courses below, you will need 325 and also 300 as prerequisites.
[8] ELECTIVE RTVF COURSES: Take AT LEAST EIGHT (8) of these classes (min 24 units), including ENOUGH UD.
Caution when registering for lower division (LD) classes (100- & 200-level): You need at least 40 units of upper division (UD) coursework
(300- & 400-level) across ALL UNIVERSITY classes. Consult your Titan Degree Audit (TDA).
COURSE PREREQ ** ____375 Documentary Film & TV GE C1 or C2 C
Lower Division Electives
____377T National Cinemas 300 or 301, 370 C
____210 Intro to Audio Production none P
(may repeat three times)
____220 TV Studio Production none P ____378T Film Genres *
300 or 301 C
____225 Prod for Non-Prod Track none P
(may repeat three times)
____250 Writing Short Scripts none W ____379T Auteurs *
300 or 301 C
____271 Amer Film 1: Begin-1945 none C
(may repeat three times)
____272 Amer Film 2: 1945-Present none C ____381 Regulation & Censorship GE D4 gov’t I
Upper Division Electives
____385 Radio Station Operations GE A1 oral comm I
____300 Language of Film GE A3 crit think P ____410 Sound Design for Film-TV 210 P
____301 Critical Studies: Film GE A3 crit think C ____425 Advanced Video Production 225 or 325 P
____302 Critical Studies: TV GE A3 crit think C ____427 Documentary Production 225 or 325, 375 P
____305 Diversity in TV & Interactive* GE C1 or C2 I
____428 Experimental Film Prod * 225 or 325, 300 P
____310 Advanced Audio Production 210
P ____429 Producing for Film-Video 225 or 325, 350 P
____315 Live Radio Production GE A1 oral comm P ____430 Film Production 2
330 P
____325 Video Production 1 300 or corequisite P
(additional film costs)
____327 Documentary Interview * 220 or 225 or 325 P ____431 Cinematography
330 P
____330 Film Production 1
225 or 325, 300 P
(additional film costs)
(additional film costs)
____432 Editing Film & Video * 300, 325
P
____341 Film-TV Industry GE C2 intro hum I
____434 Digital Effects: Film-TV 225 or 325 P
____346 Video Game Analysis * GE C1 intro arts I
____435 Directing Film & TV 225 or 325, 300 P
____351 TV Script: Sitcom (UDW) 350 W ____455 Screenwriting (UDW) 350 W
____352 TV Script: Drama (UDW) 350 W ____456 Rewriting the Screenplay 455 W
____353T Screenwriting Genres 350 W ____457 Advanced Scene Writing * 455 W
(may repeat twice)
____459 Adaptation for Screenwrtrs * 455 W
____360 Radio & TV Programming GE D4 gov’t I
____471 Construction of Stardom * 301
C
____361 American TV GE C1 or C2 I
____472 New Asian Cinema
GE C1 or C2 C
____362 Media Literacy GE C1 or C2 I
____473 Feminist Film Theory * 301 C
(GE E for non-majors)
____480 Management in RTVF GE D4 gov’t I
____365 Children’s TV
GE D1 soc sci I
____495 Internship in RTVF
see above **
(GE D5 for non-majors)
(may repeat once only)
____370 World Cinema
(GE C3 for non-majors)
GE C1 or C2 C Other Advisor-Approved Courses
____371 Contemp American Film GE C1 or C2 C
* Asterisk denotes a special course in the approval process to become permanent: counts fully as an RTVF elective.
ELECTIVES BY TRACK. Here are the ELECTIVE courses clustered by the four tracks. You are NOT required to do all eight (8) electives in
just one track. These are informal tracks for advising only. You may take a mix of any eight (8) courses across any tracks. Boxes are prereq’s.
C=Critical Studies: 271, 272, I=Industry Studies: 100, 305, P=Production: 210, 220, 225, W=Writing: 250, 350, 351, 352,
301, 302, 370, 371, 375, 377T, 341, 346, 360, 361, 362, 365, 300, 310, 315, 325, 327, 330, 353T, 455, 456, 457, 459
378T, 379T, 471, 472, 473 381, 385, 480
410, 425, 427, 428, 429, 430,
431, 432, 434, 435
[4] ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES: Take AT LEAST FOUR (4) additional classes in any of the categories A-C below, or a mix.
A. EITHER ____Additional major electives. Any four (4) additional RTVF courses BEYOND THE EIGHT (8) you take above.
B. OR ____Minor, second major, or teaching credential (if you choose to do either).
C. OR ____Collateral electives. Any four (4) outside COLLATERAL elective courses listed on the NEXT PAGE.

COLLATERAL ELECTIVES: Take AT LEAST FOUR (4) more classes from the previous page, or from the list below, or approved subs.
Minor and double major courses (UD) substitute here. Consult each department for course and prereq’ updates. Bold also counts as UD GE.
COURSE PREREQ ** ____COMM 446 Entertainment & Soc 233 I
____AFRO 405 Blacks through Film 107 S ____COMM 448T Entertain Industry 346 I
____AMST 300 Intro Am Pop Culture GE D1 soc sci S ____COMM 449 Capstone Entertain 346 I
(GE D5)
____COMM 497 Public Comm Pract consent I
____AMST 301 American Character GE D1 soc sci S ____CPRL 400 Relig’n, Media & Cult’r consent S
(GE D5, Z)
____CPRL 411 Religion & Film none S
____AMST 318 Hollywood & America none S ____ENGL 300 Analysis Liter Forms none W
____AMST 442 TV & Am Culture GE D3 history S ____ENGL 301 Advanced Coll Writing 101 W
____ANTH 370 Anth Non-West Films 100or102or104 S ____ENGL 303 Structure Mod Engl none W
____ANTH 407 Anthro Video Prod 6 UD units P ____ENGL 331 Shakespeare on Film none S
____ANTH 420 Visual Anthropology 100-104 S ____ENGL 404T Adv Creative Writing 204 or consent W
____ANTH 470 Survey Anthro Films 100-04 S ____HIST 377 Womn’s Im’g Am Film 170AB or 180 S
____ART 300 Writing in Visual Arts none W
(GE C3)
____ART 323A/B Graphic Design 103, 223A/B P ____LBST 325 Science Silver Screen none S
____ART 338A/B Creative Photog 103, A for B P ____MGMT 446 Entertain Bus Law consent I
____ART 363A/B Illustration 103, 107A/B, 117 P ____MLNG Any upper division film consent S
____ART 367 Elements Sequent’l Art 317A P
course in any language
____ART 423 Computer Animat’n 323A or 363B P ____MLNG 304 Japan Cult’r: Anime none S
____ART 439 Creative Photo Studio 338A/B P
(GE C2)
____ART 479 Video: Aesthetic Tech 300-level studio P ____MLNG 307 Spanish Cult’r Cine consent S
____ART 483 A-I Special Studies Art varies by section P
(GE C3)
____ART 487E Special Studies Entert 12 UD art units P ____MLNG 308 German Culture Cine consent S
____ASAM 325 Asian American Film GE C1, C2 S ____MUS 355 Film Music
100, mus or 101 S
(GE C3)
(GE C3)
____CAS 360 Adolescents & Media GE D1 soc sci S ____PHIL 349 Philosophy, Lit & Cine none S
(GE E)
(GE C3)
____COMM 300 Visual Comm GE C1 or C2 IS ____POSC 417 Film & Politics none S
(GE C3)
____POSC 448 Politics & Media none S
____COMM 301 Writing Bdcst-Film ENGL 101 W ____SOCI 345 Sociology of Comm 101 IS
____COMM 310 Mass Media Ethics none IS ____THTR 351 Theatre Management none P
____COMM 317 Digital Foundations GE C1 or C2 P ____THTR 364 Seminar in Playwriting none W
(GE C3)
____THTR 370A/B Fundament Direct 263A, A for B P
____COMM 319 Photojournalism 217 P ____THTR 383 Drama into Film GE C1 arts S
____COMM 321 Advance Color Photo 319 P
(GE C3)
____COMM 326 Comm Photography 321 P ____THTR 386 Fund Lighting Design none P
____COMM 333 Mass Media Effects GE D1 soc sci IS ____THTR 387 Audio Techniques none P
(GE D5)
____THTR 451 Theatre Prod Mgmt 351 P
____COMM 346 Intro Entert Tourism none I ____THTR 464 Advanced Playwriting 364 W
____COMM 358 Graphics Comm none P ____THTR 470A/B Advance Directing 288,350,370 P
____COMM 380 Intrctv Media Design 317 P ____THTR 475A-E World Theater 200 S
____COMM 407 Comm Law 233 I ____THTR 482A/B Act IV: Actor & Dir 363A/B or 370A/B P
____COMM 410 Princ Comm Res’rch 233 IS ____THTR 486 Advance Lighting Des 386 P
____COMM 422 Comm Technologies 233 I ____THTR 487 Advanced Audio 387 P
____COMM 425 Hist/Phil Mass Com
(GE D5)
233 IS Other Advisor-Approved Courses
____COMM 445 Entert Enterprise 346 I
ADVISING NOTES: VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ!
1. 36 major. RTVF is a 36-unit major; additional 12 collateral units may be RTVF or outside collaterals or part of a minor or 2d major.
2. 40 UD. You need at least 40 units of upper division (UD) coursework (300- & 400-level) across ALL classes. Check TDA.
3. 60 EWP. Sign up for the Examination in Writing Proficiency (EWP) when you have junior status—60 units,
http://www.fullerton.edu/testing/ewp.htm, University Testing Services, UH-229, 657-278-3838, testingcenter@fullerton.edu.
4. 85 grad check. Apply for graduation online (Student Center: To Do) when you have 85 or more units, have a cumulative GPA of 1.85 or
higher, and have a declared major (e.g., RTVF): http://www.fullerton.edu/admissions/CurrentStudent/Graduation.asp.
5. 120 total. Minimum total units for BA in RTVF: 36 major + 12 major or collateral + 51 GE + 21 free electives (consider a minor).
6. “C” requirement. Minimum 2.0 AVERAGE across all university and major classes, and in any prerequisite and UDW class (RTVF 350).
7. GE. RTVF General Education courses may not be used by majors to fulfill GE requirements, but may be used by minors. Academic
Advisement, UH-123, 657-278-3606, acadvise@fullerton.edu, http://www.fullerton.edu/aac/.
8. Contact. RTVF office CP-650-07, 657-278-7883, rtvf@fullerton.edu, http://communications.fullerton.edu/rtvf, listserve rtvfsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rtvf/join.
9. Transfer. If transferring equivalent courses, submit documentation to RTVF office, CP-650-07; if transfer course is prerequisite for
advanced course, authorization is required from RTVF office.
10. Assist.org. Articulated courses in CA, http://www.assist.org; non-articulated courses may transfer with advisor memo.
11. Minors, double majors, & teaching. Other majors and minors: see university catalog and respective departments. Teacher credential:
Center for Careers in Teaching, H-113, 657-278-7130, askcct@fullerton.edu, http://www.fullerton.edu/cct.
12. Equipment. RTVF stock room http://rtvfstockroom.fullerton.edu; college facilities http://communications.fullerton.edu/facilities.
13. Titan Communications. Radio-TV production, http://titancom.fullerton.edu: Titan TV, http://titancom.fullerton.edu/titantv.html; Titan
Radio, http://tir.fullerton.edu/.
14. Career Center. LH-208, 657-278-3121, careercenter@fullerton.edu, student portal—http://www.fullerton.edu, Career Center link.