Explore techniques, conventions, history, and cultural space of comics and cartoons.

Explore fundamentals of screenwriting and narrative storytelling form. Analyze media, such as film, television, and video games.

Explores ways filmmakers express ideas about important movements and social issues.

Examine the historical development of the film, radio, television, and cable industries and roots of the digital. Investigate cultural, technological, and economic contexts to study production, distribution, and reception.

Introduction to Media and Entertainment Industries provides a foundational social science understanding of media and entertainment industries. Drawing on insights from media studies, management, and sociology, uses social science theories, methods, and practices to examine social, political, and economic forces that shape and are shaped by media production, distribution, and monetization.

Explore cultural values, beliefs, and ideologies that shape media. Examine how individuals and communities interpret media. Evaluate politics, economics, and social relationships that shape and reflect media, culture, and society.

Explore the fundamentals of film, television, and digital production concepts and techniques.

Survey of the aesthetic, cultural, economic, political, and technological trends impacting motion pictures around the world from their origins in the late nineteenth century through the present.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Survey of the evolution of United States television programming, aesthetics, production, and policy.

Introductory survey of the history of world cinema to 1960. Explores the development of film as a narrative medium, key filmmakers, films, and of the origins of the main elements of film grammar.

Introduction to the study of race and ethnicity in U.S. film, television, and new media. Includes focus on media histories, media criticism, production strategies, and U.S. audiences.

Introduces the role of global media as a set of texts, technologies, and industries that shape our identities, our social worlds, and our political practices.

Contemporary issues, practices, and skills related to communication and the entertainment industries, including studies in the business of entertainment, the entertainment professions, the creative process, and contemporary Hollywood cinema.

Explores specific career interests with a focus on skills, experience, training, and contacts that are required in Los Angeles. Taught in Los Angeles, California.

Introduction to the study of digital remix cultures. Subjects will include medium specific mash-up cultures and platforms (image, audio, video), authorship and ownership, political remix and culture jamming, and memes. Assignments will merge theory and practice.

Critical analysis of media and its interrelation with issues of gender.

Interactive course designed to teach foundational Digital Media Production tools. Apply digital media tools and techniques to a variety of tasks in the pipeline of production from concept, storyboard, layout to compositor, VFX, CG and interactive design.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Practical work experience related to media industries. Internships to be secured by students.

Survey of basic theories that seek to explain the relationships between film, video, television, and their respective audiences.

Survey of the construction and meanings of stardom in film, television, and new media. Subjects include links with the media industries; stardom and race, class, gender, and sexuality; and new permutations of celebrity culture.

Applications and potential effects of new telecommunications and information technologies in the home, workplace, and in education, social services, and politics.

Survey, analyze, and assess current and emergent digital and social media technologies and cultures.

Students produce projects in either film, video, computer animation, collage, sculpture, assemblage, soundscape, or performance. Prior experience in one or more media is helpful but not necessary.

An introduction to screenwriting for features, short films, documentaries, and television. Lectures explore the basic theory of story, character, and structure. Students write original screenplays during workshop hours.

Analysis of critical methods, selected television programs, and selected critics.

Surveys history and contemporary debates regarding the construction of race, class, gender and sexual orientation in U.S. television from the late 1940s through the present day and related issues of television aesthetics, production practices, audiences, and advocacy.

Comprehensive research or creative projects in areas of special interest developed and executed by the student under faculty supervision.

Fundamentals of audio program production. Students create either brief or long audio programs.

Introduction to production of television programs, including the multicamera format.

Explore the role of design and how the creation and selection of sets, locations, and environments contribute to the visual language of film. Analyze fundamental elements of story, production, critical analysis, and the collaborative process of film making from the design perspective.

Develop designs that will contribute to effective storytelling, from conceptualization to execution based on the needs of a script.

Study of political, social, cultural, and economic factors affecting the use and impact of communication systems in an international context.

Study of political, social, cultural, and economic factors affecting the use and impact of communication systems in an international context.

Advanced study in film, television, and media production.

Individual and group production of short films using high-definition video.

Individual and group production of a documentary, from research and preproduction to completion.

Group research and lectures about producing an independent feature film.

Explores the cinematic form on an elemental level through the making of several short films. Utilizes cinema-making skills through attention to process and experimentation in order to move to a higher level of precision.

Explores core elements of acting technique through scene study, improvisation, and other exercises.

Visual storytelling and the art of cinematography through practice in a workshop environment.

Carries the principles developed in Radio-Television-Film 366M into a variety of hands-on production settings and projects, including large-crew productions at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater, as well as smaller shoots in a variety of other studios and locations.

Special topics in digital media theory, design, or development. May include visual effects and motion graphics or digital media and digital art.

Use of digital tools to create original web-based audiovisual productions and the study of impact of digital media and technology on traditional film and video production.

Designed to introduce students to the core concepts and techniques used in visual effects and motion graphics. Subjects include, but are not limited to, compositing, animation, particles, and greenscreen.

Explores storytelling possibilities of interactive mediums. Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to create characters, storylines, and dialogue for digital mediums.

Advanced topics in digital media theory, design, and development.

Each student will produce a two- to ten-minute animated short film.

Capstone courses in game development.

Critical assessment of major genres, periods, movements, and personalities in United States and international film history.

Critical assessment of the history and current trends in experimental film and video.

Theory and practice of video and film editing techniques.

Survey of business practices in film, television, music, and digital media industries: development, production, distribution, and exhibition.

Explores the commercial challenges that face producers and network and studio executives, and addresses the continual struggle between creativity and the bottom line. Taught in Los Angeles, California.

In-depth look at the principles, techniques, and aesthetics of editing; building a broad background for students' future professional development. Designed to provide a basic-to-intermediate level of familiarity with Avid editing software, by discussing and working on provided narrative, documentary, and technical exercises; various approaches to editing style in each case.

Focus on Indian cinema, primarily Hindi popular cinema--many times known as Bollywood. Examine major works of Hindi cinema and explore independent film making and regional cinema.

Explore political, social, and artistic transformations of the global city of Mumbai from the early 20th into the 21st century using cinema as the primary text complemented by theoretical, creative, and historical readings.

Explores contemporary media industries: how media industries operate,and the "big picture" of the contemporary film, television, and digital media landscape. Large-scale issues being faced by those working in the entertainment industry - including the impact of conglomerate ownership, regulation, globalization, and digitization on creative practices and work roles.

Explore South Asian cinema, focusing on innovative and boundary-pushing films. Draw from a diverse range of countries including India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and languages like Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Dari.

Examination of the economics and the production, research, management, and distribution practices of the film and electronic media industries.

Explore the development of skills in the process by which literary material makes it from page to screens.

Examines the development process in both film and television; preparing pitches, coverage, and development notes; identifying strengths and weaknesses of literary material typical of that submitted to studios, networks, and production companies. Taught in Los Angeles, California.

Examine how the music industry really works, how it relates to other divisions of the entertainment industry, and the effects that changing technologies have on it.

Explores burgeoning areas of digital entertainment including broadband, video-on-demand, interactive television, mobile entertainment, and interactive digital gaming. Taught in Los Angeles, California.

Introduction to fundamental production concepts and techniques through lectures, projects, and lab experiences. Develop a storyteller's point of view and explore the ability to create works with visual, aural, and narrative structures.

Practical work experience related to the study of film, television, radio, or other media. Students must make their own arrangements to secure relevant internships.

Internships to be arranged by student and approved by instructor.

Study of political, social, cultural, and economic factors affecting the use and impact of communication systems in selected regions, such as South Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, East Asia, and Africa.

Addresses the role of media in the Middle East, considering communication texts, processes and industries in political, social, economic, and cultural contexts.

Examine the history of media technology and its cultural and political implication in the German (speaking) context.

Explore the history and culture of modern Egypt through selected readings in twentieth-century film and fiction.

Special topics related to the critical analysis of media in cultural contexts.

Exploration of the historical and aesthetic linkages and affinities between filmmakers and photographers working in greater Mexico, including prominent visitors and Americans of Mexican descent. Considers how Mexican culture is represented but also how borders between Mexico and the wider world--as well as among media--were blurred or brought into sharper focus by these exchanges.

Examine popular and critical roles, representations, and politics of Asian Americans in U.S. media including Hollywood cinema, U.S. network and cable television, Asian American independent film, and online media.

Exploration of the media as artifacts as opposed to narratives or texts. Focuses on the materiality of media within specific socio-cultural, economic, and technological time periods each with their own modes of historic and futuristic discourse.

Special topics related to the critical analysis of media in cultural contexts.

Critical analysis of queer media. Read key queer (media) theory texts and explore dominant strategies used by the media industries, as well as those utilized by LGBTQ+ independents/subcultures, paying close attention to contested discourses of identity, politics, activism and desire. Explore historical shifts in the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals.

An introduction to the evolving representation of mixed-race individuals, romance, and families and to mixed-race stars and producers in U.S. film, television, and new media since the silent film era.

Survey of the representation and participation of Latinas and Latinos in U.S. English-language film and television from the silent film era to the present. Also focuses on issues Latina/os face as media producers, media consumers, and media activists.

Survey of Chicana and Latina feminist scholarship, activism, and creative expression with an emphasis on Latina media production and representation in U.S. entertainment media.

Advanced topics addressing media, communication, and society.

Issues surrounding the hype, myth, paradox, and reality of social media in a global context.

Investigate the ways in which Latinx activists have used mainstream, alternative, legacy, and new media (as well as other visual and performing arts), to affect social and political change in the United States.

Advanced study of global media issues, including traditional and digital media use, social inclusion, and migration to the United States from Latin America, Asia, and elsewhere. Students conduct research on the relationships between media and migration.

Examination of the social, political, and economic contexts in which media and culture are produced, distributed, and monetized. Emphasis on new media and communication technologies.

Advanced topics addressing media and policy in society.

A workshop in visual storytelling and non-dialogue filmmaking.

Workshop in contemporary documentary practice, including directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound recording, and distribution.

Students work in small production groups and make documentaries in and about East Austin for public screening at the end of the semester and for Webcasting.

Meet creative and business executives from Rooster Teeth. Create original short content while learning how social media entertainment company Rooster Teeth thinks about the things they make. Examine how to bring an audience into the creative process from the start, learn from Rooster Teeth's success in emerging social media entertainment, and explore the role of community in the future of digital media.

Explores the role of the director, focusing on the director-actor relationship, narrative structure, and visual language.

Examine the roles and responsibilities of a producer; including development, financing, pre-production, production, post-production, marketing, and distribution.

Study production crafts in film, television, and other digital media.

Exploration of the theory and practice of immersive media: stereoscopy, artificial environments, and virtual reality.

Creation of collaborative, performance-based works that emphasize simplicity and ingenuity in image and sound choices. Works will adhere to a production code that is a modified version of the Dogme 95 Vow of Cinematic Chastity.

Study of the art of cinematography beyond the basic principles of camera and lighting. Group production of short films to explore the cinematic tools used to create an overall visual approach to storytelling. Examination of film genre, color, texture, lens continuity, aspect ratio, and practical on set strategies and challenges.

Explore various aspects of film and television producing.

Advanced film production or media studies research.

Intensive production workshop, designed for students who wish to produce a film for a portfolio.

An independent research project based on primary data, resulting in a written summary of theoretical foundations, methodological approach, results, and a discussion.

Advanced screenwriting for film or television. Intensive writing workshop, designed for students who wish to produce a polished script suitable for submission to agents and competitions.

Students develop and write original screenplays. Includes advanced study of screenplay structure, critical analysis of student and professional work, and intensive writing each week toward a completed script.

Examine the behind-the-scenes production of feature films, commercials, and other media including scripts, shot lists, storyboards, shooting schedules, and visual effects.

Examine the behind-the-scenes creation and production of commercials for national brands including creative briefs, consumer insights, scripts, shot lists, storyboards, shooting schedules, visual effects, and behind-the-scenes footage.

Produce film projects developed in Radio-Television-Film 369P (Topic 1) or 369P (Topic 2).

Analysis of critical methods, selected films, and selected critics.

Focus on specialized topics and issues in media history, theory, and criticism.

Focus on specialized topics and issues in media history, theory, and criticism.

Intensive reading, research, and/or production project.

Introduction to research theory and design. Designed to help students develop skills in understanding and critiquing current research, and in designing and proposing research projects.

Introduction to the study and practice of writing for film and television.

Examine history, theory, and methods used in studying the media industries in different national and regional contexts.

Introduction to research implementation. Designed to help students develop skills in conducting a variety of research approaches.

Introduction to theory and practice in narrative writing for film and electronic media.

Creation and development of written work for film and television production. Students will develop a major work, such as a full-length screenplay or television pilot.

Creation and realization of professional materials for film and television.

Covers adapting a screenplay from existing material. Write a film adaptation of a short story or similar source material, which will be assigned by the instructor. Create an outline or treatment, revise their writing extensively, and engage in weekly discussions of each other's work.

Introduction to the fundamentals of writing for television. Develop and write both a one-hour and half-hour television 'spec' based on an existing series.

Develop and write an entire season of an original television series. At the end of the semester, the show will be sent out for consideration by major networks and students will get full writing credit for their episodes.

Covers how to write for both network and cable television. Analyze the dramatic elements of each genre, with each student completing a "spec script for a current sit-com and drama. Develop an original TV pilot as a class, from the original "franchise" premise through a completed story-outline for the pilot episode.

Exploration of cinematic storytelling through the production of short digital videos.

Study of film and video production aesthetics and techniques. Production costs borne by the student.

Study of film and video production aesthetics and techniques. Production costs borne by the student.

Study of film and video production aesthetics and techniques. Production costs borne by the student.

Participate in an internship at a media company or in an adjacent field.

Survey of the history of the motion picture. Lectures and readings; screenings are required for some topics.

Advanced study and research in major directors, genres, periods, and movements of film history.

Analysis and explication of representative critics, critical systems, genres, and artists.

Advanced study in media theory and criticism.

Study of global media systems, theories, and processes.

Study of how development institutions use communication strategies for social change, and how development discourse communicates assumptions about social change.

Research, analysis, and criticism of global media systems and issues. Students study at institutions outside the United States.

Research project chosen from area of student's major interests.

Research and reading in preparation for doctoral examinations.

Research project chosen from area of student's major interests.

Research project chosen from area of student's major interests.

Production of projects in film and video. Production costs borne by the student.

Production costs borne by the student.

Explore core elements of acting technique through scene study, improvisation, and other exercises.

Create collaborative, performance-based works that emphasize simplicity and ingenuity in image and sound choices, adhering to a production code that is a modified version of the Dogme 95 Vow of Cinematic Chastity.

Completion of a research or creative project required for the report option of the master's degree.

Comprehensive consideration of the production process from the standpoint of fiscal and creative management; preproduction and production planning using computer budgeting and scheduling. Software costs borne by the student.

Study of selected issues related to media and society.

Principal eras of broadcast development, audience patterns, legal and industrial precedents of broadcast practices, contemporary industrial and institutional perspectives in radio and television.

Explore various aspects of film and television producing.

Introductory editing topics designed to build the foundation for later postproduction practice. Incorporates technical, aesthetic, and practical considerations into an overall view of editing as a process.

Introduction to editing designed to build the foundation for later postproduction practice and directorial work. Incorporate technical, aesthetic, and practical considerations into an overall view of editing as a process from the perspective of a director.

Theory and application of audio for screen image.

Professional-level experiences in various topics in the production crafts.

Introduction to physical and aesthetic aspects of sound, light, and image and to the science and technologies that record and reproduce them.

Issues in new media theory and practice.

Applications and impact of digital media technologies.

Advanced seminar surveying the literature of media and communication theories.

Surveys the literature of social science approaches to communication study.

Surveys the literature of humanities approaches to media studies.

Lectures on subjects to be announced.

Research and writing to complete masters thesis.

Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.

Study of the teaching/learning process; practice in classroom presentation.