UTexas

Radio-Television-Film (RTF)

RTF 301C  Comics and Cartoons  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore techniques, conventions, history, and cultural space of comics and cartoons. Radio-Television-Film 301C and 344M (Topic: Comics and Cartoons) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 301D  Media Storytelling and Analysis  3 Hours  

4 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Explore fundamentals of screenwriting and narrative storytelling form. Analyze media, such as film, television, and video games. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 301D, 304, 317. Four lecture hours and two-and-one-half film screening hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 301I  Fundamentals of Filmmaking  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 301N  Introductory Topics in Radio-Television-Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors only.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 301R  Topics in Radio-Television-Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 301S  Social Activism in Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Explores ways filmmakers express ideas about important movements and social issues. Radio-Television-Film 301N (Topic: Social Activism in Film) and 301S may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour screening each week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 302D  History of Media Industries  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 302D and 308 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two-and-one-half film screening hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 302I  Fundamentals of Producing Film and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 303C  Introduction to Media and Entertainment Industries  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours per week for one semester. Additional hours may be arranged.
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 303D  Media and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  1 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 303D and 307 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour each week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 304  Storytelling in Film and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 301D, 304, 317. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 304D  Introduction to Film Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Explore the fundamentals of film, television, and digital production concepts and techniques. Radio-Television-Film 304D and 318 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 306  Introduction to World Cinema History  3 Hours  

(TCCN: COMM 2366, DRAM 2366)  
3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour of film screenings a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 050  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

RTF 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S  Topics in Radio-Television-Film  1-9 Hours  

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  

RTF 320I  Film and Broadcasting History to 1975  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 321C  History of American Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Survey of the evolution of United States television programming, aesthetics, production, and policy. Radio-Television-Film 316 and 321C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two and one-half hours of television and other course-related screenings a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 321D  Film History to 1960  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours and two and one-half hours of film screenings a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 321I  Film and Broadcasting History 1975 to Present  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 322D  Film History 1960 to Present  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 322C and 322D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two and one-half hours of film screenings a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 322I  Producing Film and Television Fundamentals  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 323C  Screening Race  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours and two and one-half hours of film screenings a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 324C  Introduction to Global Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may counted: Journalism 351G, 359S (Topic: Introduction to Global Media), Radio-Television-Film 312C, 324C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 324L  Topics in the Entertainment Professions  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 5: Careers in Entertainment-Los Angeles. Explores specific career interests with a focus on skills, experience, training, and contacts that are required in Los Angeles. Taught in Los Angeles, California. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Careers in Entertainment), 324 (Topic 5), Radio-Television-Film 324L (Topic: Careers in Entertainment), 324L (Topic 5).
  

RTF 324L.5  Careers in Entertainment-Los Angeles  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores specific career interests with a focus on skills, experience, training, and contacts that are required in Los Angeles. Taught in Los Angeles, California. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Careers in Entertainment), 324 (Topic 5), Radio-Television-Film 324L (Topic: Careers in Entertainment), 324L (Topic 5).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 327C  Digital Remix Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 319 and 327C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors and students pursuing the media studies minor.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 328C  Gender and Media Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Critical analysis of media and its interrelation with issues of gender. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 325C, 328C, 359 (Topic: Women and Media Culture), 359S (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender and Media Culture), 324C. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 324C  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 329C  Digital Media Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 329C and 344M (Topic: Digital Media Production may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours each week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S  Topics in Radio-Television-Film  1-9 Hours  

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  

RTF 330C  Semester in Los Angeles: Principles of Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Restrictions: Restricted to non-radio-television-film majors admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 130N, 330N, 630N  Internship in Media Industries  1,3,6 Hours  

3,9,18 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Practical work experience related to media industries. Internships to be secured by students. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 330L, 330M, 330N. For 130N and 330N, an average of 10 work hours a week for one semester; for 630N, an average of 20 work hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Pass/Fail  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 130P  Topics in Radio, Film, and Television Career Exploration  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331C  Media Content Management  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours and two-and-one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331K  Topics in Film, Video, and Television Theory  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Survey of basic theories that seek to explain the relationships between film, video, television, and their respective audiences. Three lecture hours and one two-and-a-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Cult Movies and Gender Issues.

Topic 2: Television and Theories of Gender.

Topic 3: Visualization of Narrative. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 317 and 318 with a grade of at least C in each.

Topic 4: Feminist Media Theory. Survey of basic feminist media theory.

Topic 5: Screen Theory. Survey of basic screen theory.

Topic 6: Critical Studies of Film and Television Stardom. 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. Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic 6) and 331K (Topic: Critical Studies of Film and Television Stardom) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 7: Stardom and Celebrity Culture. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Critical Studies of Film and Television Stardom), 331K (Topic 6), 331K (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Critical Stds Film/TV Stardm), 324J. Three lecture hours and one two-and-a-half hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: WGS 324J Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 8: Transmedia Storytelling. Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Transmedia Storytelling) and 331K (Topic 8) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010
  

RTF 331K.7  Stardom and Celebrity Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Critical Studies of Film and Television Stardom), 331K (Topic 6), 331K (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Critical Stds Film/TV Stardm), 324J. Three lecture hours and one two-and-a-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 324J  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331K.8  Transmedia Storytelling  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Transmedia Storytelling) and 331K (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331P  Topics in New Communication Technologies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Applications and potential effects of new telecommunications and information technologies in the home, workplace, and in education, social services, and politics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Challenge of Interactive Media. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 305, 309, and 318; and 314, 316, or 317.

Topic 2: Challenge of Interactive Multimedia.

Topic 3: Internet Cultures. Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Internet Cultures) and 331P (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Video Game Culture and Criticism. Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Video Game Culture & Criticism) and 331P (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 5: Digital Media Platforms. Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Digital Media Platforms) and 331P (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Video Game Industry. Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Video Game Industry) and 331P (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 331P.3  Internet Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Internet Cultures) and 331P (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331P.4  Video Game Culture and Criticism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Video Game Culture & Criticism) and 331P (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331P.5  Digital Media Platforms  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Digital Media Platforms) and 331P (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331P.6  Video Game Industry  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 331P (Topic: Video Game Industry) and 331P (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331Q  Topics in Digital Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey, analyze, and assess current and emergent digital and social media technologies and cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 331R  Topics in New Media  3 Hours  

4.5 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours and one and one-half studio hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 333  Introduction to Screenwriting  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2 Lab Hours  
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. Creative Writing 325S and Radio-Television-Film 333 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two workshop hours each a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television Film 301D (or 317).  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 335  Topics in Television Analysis and Criticism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Analysis of critical methods, selected television programs, and selected critics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Television in the Post-Network Era. Examination of contemporary television's formal-aesthetic traits as well as its shifting position as a cultural, social, political and industrial force. Exploration of how television is being transformed as it converges with other digital technologies. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic: Contemporary TV Criticism), 335 (Topic: TV Analysis and Criticism), 335 (Topic 1), and 335 (Topic 3).

Topic 2: Race, Class, and Gender in American Television. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic 2), 335 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Race, Class and Gender in American Television), 324D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week. Same as: WGS 324D Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 3: Contemporary Television Criticism. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic: Contemporary TV Criticism), 335 (Topic: TV Analysis and Criticism), 335 (Topic 1), and 335 (Topic 3). Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 4: Queer Television. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic: Queer Television), 335 (Topic 4), Women's and Gender's Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Television), 335D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week. Same as: WGS 335D Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
  

RTF 335.2  Race, Class, and Gender in American Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic 2), 335 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Race, Class and Gender in American Television), 324D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week.
Same as: WGS 324D  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 335.3  Contemporary Television Criticism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic: Contemporary TV Criticism), 335 (Topic: TV Analysis and Criticism), 335 (Topic 1), and 335 (Topic 3).
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 335.4  Queer Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic: Queer Television), 335 (Topic 4), Women's and Gender's Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Television), 335D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week.
Same as: WGS 335D  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 336  Special Projects in Radio-Television-Film  3 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Comprehensive research or creative projects in areas of special interest developed and executed by the student under faculty supervision. May be taken twice for credit. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of the department.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 337  Topics in Radio Fundamentals  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Fundamentals of audio program production. Students create either brief or long audio programs. Three lecture and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; Radio-Television-Film 317 and 318 with a grade of at least B-, and six additional hours of lower division coursework in Radio-Television-Film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Audio Visions. Radio-Television-Film 337 (Topic: Audio Visions) and 337 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Ears Only: Audio Storytelling. Audio production and post for storytelling using voice, actuality, music, ambiences and sound effects. Structuring stories for audio only, plus microphone and recorder techniques, mono, stereo, and binaural recording, field mixers, basic Pro Tools, signal processing, and noise reduction; applicable to sound for picture as well.
  

RTF 340  Topics in Studio Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Introduction to production of television programs, including the multicamera format. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Drama/Music Production.

Topic 2: Public Affairs Production.

Topic 3: Electronic Editing. Radio-Television-Film 340 (Topic 3: Electronic Editing) and 346 may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Multi-Camera Television Directing. Radio-Television-Film 340 (Topic: Multi-Cam Television Directing) and 340 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 340.4  Multi-Camera Television Directing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 340 (Topic: Multi-Cam Television Directing) and 340 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 340D  Topics in Design  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 340M  Music Video and Film Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 340M, 343 (Topic 6), 366K (Topic: Music Film Production), 366K (Topic 5). Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 366K.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 341D  Advanced Topics in Design  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Develop designs that will contribute to effective storytelling, from conceptualization to execution based on the needs of a script. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 342  Topics in Global Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study of political, social, cultural, and economic factors affecting the use and impact of communication systems in an international context. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: National Media Systems.

Topic 2: Comparative Media Systems.

Topic 3: International Communication: Third World Issues. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing; consent of instructor; and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 4: Participatory Media.

Topic 5: Intercultural Communication.

Topic 6: Development Communication. Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 4) and Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.

Topic 7: Global Media Systems.

Topic 8: Development Communication and Social Change. Examines the strategic use of communication technologies and processes to engage in social change in a global context. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic: Dev Comm and Social Change), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Dev Comm and Social Change), Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Dev Comm and Social Change), 342 (Topic 8).

Topic 9: Media and Empire. Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Media and Empire) and 342 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.

Topic 10: Digital Mainland China and Taiwan. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic 10), Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Digital Mnld China & Taiwan), Journalism 356C, 359S (Topic: Digital Mnld China & Taiwan), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Digital Mnld China & Taiwan).
  

RTF 342.10  Digital Mainland China and Taiwan  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic 10), Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Digital Mnld China & Taiwan), Journalism 356C, 359S (Topic: Digital Mnld China & Taiwan), Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Digital Mnld China & Taiwan).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 342S  Topics in Global Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Study of political, social, cultural, and economic factors affecting the use and impact of communication systems in an international context. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one half-hour screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Global Hollywood. Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Global Hollywood) and 342S (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Indian Cinema. Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Indian Cinema) and 342S (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 342S.1  Global Hollywood  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Global Hollywood) and 342S (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 342S.2  Indian Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Indian Cinema) and 342S (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343  Topics in Advanced Video Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Advanced study in film, television, and media production. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 340 or 366K.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Narrative Production. Individual and group production of short films using high-definition video. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic 2: Narrative Production) or 366K (Topic 9: Latinx Filmmaking).

Topic 2: Advanced Documentary Production. Individual and group production of a documentary, from research and preproduction to completion. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic 3: Documentary Production) or 366K (Topic 4: East Austin Stories).

Topic 3: Advanced Soundstage Production. Group production of short films using the Hollywood soundstage as the primary model.

Topic 4: Creating Cross-Platform Fundraising Media. Small group production of client-commissioned fundraising media and an exploration of the realm of independent production contracting. Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic 4) and 344M (Topic: Cross-Platform Content Creation) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Radio-Television-Film 346, 366D, 366K, or 368 with a grade of at least B.

Topic 5: Developing Independent Feature Films. Group research and lectures about producing an independent feature film. Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic: Developing Indie Feature Films) and 343 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and Radio-Television-Film 340 or 366K. Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.

Topic 6: Advanced Music Film Production. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic 6), 366K (Topic: Music Film Production), 366K (Topic 5).

Topic 7: Film Funding and Promotion. Creation and implementation of social media presence, crowd funding, publicity, and festival exposure for independent films. Three lecture hours a week for one semester Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.

Topic 8: Cinema Laboratory. 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. Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic: Cinema Laboratory) and 343 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 343.1  Advanced Narrative Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Individual and group production of short films using high-definition video.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic 2: Narrative Production) or 366K (Topic 9: Latinx Filmmaking).  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343.2  Advanced Documentary Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Individual and group production of a documentary, from research and preproduction to completion.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic 3: Documentary Production) or 366K (Topic 4: East Austin Stories).  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343.5  Developing Independent Feature Films  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Group research and lectures about producing an independent feature film. Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic: Developing Indie Feature Films) and 343 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and Radio-Television-Film 340 or 366K.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343.8  Cinema Laboratory  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic: Cinema Laboratory) and 343 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343C  Acting for Filmmakers  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores core elements of acting technique through scene study, improvisation, and other exercises. Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic: Acting for Filmmakers) and 343C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; and Radio-Television-Film 367D (or 366D) or 366K.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343D  Cinematography  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Visual storytelling and the art of cinematography through practice in a workshop environment. Radio-Television-Film 343D and 368 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 366K.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 343N  Advanced Three-Dimensional Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; Radio-Television-Film 366M.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344C  Topics in Animation  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M  Topics in Special Applications of Digital Media Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Special topics in digital media theory, design, or development. May include visual effects and motion graphics or digital media and digital art. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: For Radio-Television-Film majors, upper-division standing, Radio-Television-Film 301D (or 317), and 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Interactive Digital Storytelling. 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.

Topic 2: Computer Graphics for Film and Games. Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Computer Animation and 3-D Modeling) and 344M (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.

Topic 3: Introduction to Visual Effects and Motion Graphics. 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. Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Visual Effects) and 344M (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Interactive Media and Game Development. Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Interactive Media and Game Development) and 344M (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 5: Writing for Interactive Games and Media. Explores storytelling possibilities of interactive mediums. Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to create characters, storylines, and dialogue for digital mediums. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Wri for Interact Games & Media), 344M (Topic 5), Theatre and Dance 355T (Topic: Writing for Interactive Games). Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 333.

Topic 6: Introduction to 3D Animation. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Computer Animation and 3-D Modeling), 344M (Topic 2), 344M (Topic 6).

Topic 7: Post Production Techniques. Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Post Production Techniques) and 344M (Topic 7) may not both be counted.

Topic 8: CGI for Film and Games. Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: CGI for Film and Games) and 344M (Topic 8) may not both be counted
  

RTF 344M.1  Interactive Digital Storytelling  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M.3  Introduction to Visual Effects and Motion Graphics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Visual Effects) and 344M (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M.4  Interactive Media and Game Development  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Interactive Media and Game Development) and 344M (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M.5  Writing for Interactive Games and Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores storytelling possibilities of interactive mediums. Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to create characters, storylines, and dialogue for digital mediums. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Wri for Interact Games & Media), 344M (Topic 5), Theatre and Dance 355T (Topic: Writing for Interactive Games).
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 333.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M.6  Introduction to 3D Animation  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Computer Animation and 3-D Modeling), 344M (Topic 2), 344M (Topic 6).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M.7  Post Production Techniques  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: Post Production Techniques) and 344M (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344M.8  CGI for Film and Games  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic: CGI for Film and Games) and 344M (Topic 8) may not both be counted
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344N  Topics in Advanced Applications of Digital Media Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced topics in digital media theory, design, and development. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 344M.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Visual Effects and Motion Graphics. Explores advanced subjects, concepts, and techniques in compositing, image and projection, digital painting, and animation. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Advanced Visual Effects) and 344N (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 3: Introduction to Visual Effects and Motion Graphics).

Topic 2: Advanced Effects: Modeling. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 6) (or Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 2: Computer Graphics for Film and Games)).

Topic 3: Advanced Effects: Rigging. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 6) (or Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 2: Computer Graphics for Film and Games)).

Topic 4: Undergraduate Animation Thesis. Each student will produce a two- to ten-minute animated short film. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Undergraduate Animation Thesis) and 344N (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Radio-Television-Film 343N, 344M (Topic 3), 344N (Topic 1), 351C, 351D, or 366M.

Topic 5: Computer Graphic Character Animation. Hands-on approach to learning character animation in Maya. Introduction to the fundamental methods needed to create animated characters, including techniques used to create motion. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Character Animation in 3D) and 344N (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 2).

Topic 6: Game Development Capstone: 2D Games. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Game Development Capstone: 2D Games) and 344N (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 4), and consent of instructor.

Topic 7: Advanced 3D Animation. Hands-on approach to learning character animation in Maya. Introduction to the fundamental methods needed to create animated characters, including techniques used to create motion. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Character Animation in 3D), 344N (Topic 5), and 344N (Topic 7). Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 6: Introduction to 3D Animation) or 344M (Topic 2: Introduction to 3D Animation).

Topic 8: Immersive Filmmaking. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Immersive Film Making), and 344N (Topic 8) may not both be counted.

Topic 9: Motion Capture Studio. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Motion Capture Studio) and 344N (Topic 9).
  

RTF 344N.4  Undergraduate Animation Thesis  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Each student will produce a two- to ten-minute animated short film. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Undergraduate Animation Thesis) and 344N (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Radio-Television-Film 343N, 344M (Topic 3), 344N (Topic 1), 351C, 351D, or 366M.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344N.8  Immersive Filmmaking  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Immersive Film Making), and 344N (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344N.9  Motion Capture Studio  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Motion Capture Studio) and 344N (Topic 9).
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344T  Topics in Game Development Capstone  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Capstone courses in game development. Three lecture hours and three lab hours per week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Game Development Capstone: Two Dimensional Games. Only one of the following may be counted: Arts and Entertainment Technologies 376, Computer Science 354S, 378 (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 2D Games), Music 354S, 376J (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 2D Games), Theatre and Dance 354T (Topic 17), Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic 6), 344T (Topic 1).

Topic 2: Game Development Capstone: Three Dimensional Games. Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 3D Games) and 344T (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 344T.1  Game Development Capstone: Two Dimensional Games  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Arts and Entertainment Technologies 376, Computer Science 354S, 378 (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 2D Games), Music 354S, 376J (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 2D Games), Theatre and Dance 354T (Topic 17), Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic 6), 344T (Topic 1).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 344T.2  Game Development Capstone: Three Dimensional Games  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 344N (Topic: Game Devel Capstone: 3D Games) and 344T (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345  Topics in Film History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Critical assessment of major genres, periods, movements, and personalities in United States and international film history. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Third World Cinema: Asia and the Middle East.

Topic 2: Israeli Cinema and Television.

Topic 3: History of Mexican Cinema.

Topic 4: Latin American Cinema.

Topic 5: Third World Cinema: Africa and the Americas.

Topic 6: Experimental Film and Video. Critical assessment of the history and current trends in experimental film and video. Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Experimental Film and Video) and 345 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.

Topic 7: British Film and Television. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: History of British Film) and RTF 345 (Topic 7) cannot both be counted.

Topic 8: Social Documentary. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Social Documentary) and 345 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.

Topic 9: Women Behind The Camera. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Women Behind the Camera) and 345 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.

Topic 10: Chinese Auteurs. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Chinese Auteurs) and 345 (Topic 10) may not both be counted.

Topic 11: Contemporary Horror. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Contemporary Horror) and 345 (Topic 11) may not both be counted.

Topic 12: Screwball Comedy.

Topic 13: Landscape Cinemas. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Landscape Cinemas) and 345 (Topic 13) may not both be counted.

Topic 14: Documentary and Creative Non-Fiction. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Documentary & Creative Nonfic) and 345 (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 345.10  Chinese Auteurs  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Chinese Auteurs) and 345 (Topic 10) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.11  Contemporary Horror  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Contemporary Horror) and 345 (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.12  Screwball Comedy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.13  Landscape Cinemas  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Landscape Cinemas) and 345 (Topic 13) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.14  Documentary and Creative Non-Fiction  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Documentary & Creative Nonfic) and 345 (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.2  Israeli Cinema and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.3  History of Mexican Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.4  Latin American Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.5  Third World Cinema: Africa and the Americas  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.6  Experimental Film and Video  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Critical assessment of the history and current trends in experimental film and video. Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Experimental Film and Video) and 345 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.7  British Film and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: History of British Film) and RTF 345 (Topic 7) cannot both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.8  Social Documentary  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Social Documentary) and 345 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 345.9  Women Behind The Camera  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Women Behind the Camera) and 345 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 346  Introduction to Editing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  1.5 Lab Hours  
Theory and practice of video and film editing techniques. Three lecture hours and one and one-half laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 301D (or 317) and 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C in each.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347C  Topics in The Business of Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey of business practices in film, television, music, and digital media industries: development, production, distribution, and exhibition. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Semester in Los Angeles: How Hollywood Works. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: How Hollywood Works-L A), (Topic 1), Radio-Television-Film 347C (Topic: How Hollywood Works-L A), (Topic 1). Same as: COM 324.1 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.

Topic 2: Introduction to the Music Business. Radio-Television-Film 347C (Topic: Intro to the Music Business) and 347C (Topic 2) may not both be counted.

Topic 3: The Entertainment Industry: The Big Picture. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: How Hollywood Works-L A), 324 (Topic 1: How Hollywood Works-Los Angeles), Radio-Television-Film 347C (Topic: How Hollywood Works-L A), 347C (Topic 1: How Hollywood Works-Los Angeles), 347C (Topic 3). Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.
  

RTF 347C.1  Semester in Los Angeles: How Hollywood Works  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: How Hollywood Works-L A), (Topic 1), Radio-Television-Film 347C (Topic: How Hollywood Works-L A), (Topic 1).
Same as: COM 324.1  
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347C.2  Introduction to the Music Business  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 347C (Topic: Intro to the Music Business) and 347C (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347D  Advanced Topics in Media Industries  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347E  Advanced Editing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344 (Topic: Advanced Editing), 346E (Topic: Advanced Editing), and 347E. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 346 with a grade of at least C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347F  Topics in Media Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Indian Cinemas: Bollywood and Beyond. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 320L, 361 (Topic: India Cin: Bollywood/Beyond), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: India Cin: Bollywood/Beyond), (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 320L

Topic 2: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348G, 361 (Topic: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai), (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 348G Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
  

RTF 347F.1  Indian Cinemas: Bollywood and Beyond  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 320L, 361 (Topic: India Cin: Bollywood/Beyond), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: India Cin: Bollywood/Beyond), (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 320L  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347F.2  Cinematic Cities: Mumbai  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348G, 361 (Topic: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Cinematic Cities: Mumbai), (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 348G  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347G  Topics in Media Industries with Screening  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour screening or speaker series a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347P  The Business of Hollywood  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  1.5 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 347C (Topic: Business of Hollywood) and 347P may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and one one-and-a-half-hour speaker series each week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 347S  Topics in Media Studies with Screening  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Offbeat Asian Cinema. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348I, 361 (Topic: Subversive South Asia), Radio Television and Film 347S (Topic: Subversive South Asia), (Topic 1). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 348I Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
  

RTF 347S.1  Offbeat Asian Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 348I, 361 (Topic: Subversive South Asia), Radio Television and Film 347S (Topic: Subversive South Asia), (Topic 1). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 348I  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 348  Topics in Media Industries  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examination of the economics and the production, research, management, and distribution practices of the film and electronic media industries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Semester in Los Angeles: Telling and Selling the Story. Explore the development of skills in the process by which literary material makes it from page to screens. Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.

Topic 2: Semester in Los Angeles: Development Process of Film and Television. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Development Process of Film and Television), 324 (Topic 2), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Development Process of Film and Television), 348 (Topic 2). Same as: COM 324.2 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.

Topic 3: Semester in Los Angeles: Inside the Music Industry. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Inside The Music Industry), 324 (Topic 3), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Inside The Music Industry) and 348 (Topic 3). Same as: COM 324.3 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.

Topic 4: Semester in Los Angeles: New Media and Emerging Entertainment. Explores burgeoning areas of digital entertainment including broadband, video-on-demand, interactive television, mobile entertainment, and interactive digital gaming. Taught in Los Angeles, California. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: New Media and Emerging Entertainment), 324 (Topic 4), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: New Media and Emerging Entertainment), 348 (Topic 4). Same as: COM 324.4 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.

Topic 5: Semester in Los Angeles: Working Hollywood Writer Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Working Hollywood Writer-LA) and 348 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program
  

RTF 348.1  Semester in Los Angeles: Telling and Selling the Story  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the development of skills in the process by which literary material makes it from page to screens.
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 348.2  Semester in Los Angeles: Development Process of Film and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Development Process of Film and Television), 324 (Topic 2), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Development Process of Film and Television), 348 (Topic 2).
Same as: COM 324.2  
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 348.3  Semester in Los Angeles: Inside the Music Industry  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Inside The Music Industry), 324 (Topic 3), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Inside The Music Industry) and 348 (Topic 3).
Same as: COM 324.3  
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 348.4  Semester in Los Angeles: New Media and Emerging Entertainment  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores burgeoning areas of digital entertainment including broadband, video-on-demand, interactive television, mobile entertainment, and interactive digital gaming. Taught in Los Angeles, California. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: New Media and Emerging Entertainment), 324 (Topic 4), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: New Media and Emerging Entertainment), 348 (Topic 4).
Same as: COM 324.4  
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 348.5  Semester in Los Angeles: Working Hollywood Writer  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Working Hollywood Writer-LA) and 348 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 348C  Introduction to Digital Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 350L, 650L  Semester in Los Angeles Internship  3,6 Hours  

10,20 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Practical work experience related to the study of film, television, radio, or other media. Students must make their own arrangements to secure relevant internships. Communication 350L, 650L and Radio-Television-Film 350L, 650L may not both be counted. For 350L, an average of 10 hours of work a week, for a total of at least 150 hours a semester or summer term; for 650L, an average of 20 hours of work a week, for a total of at least 300 hours a semester or summer term.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Semester in Los Angeles Program.  
Grading: Pass/Fail  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 350N, 650N  Semester in New York Internship  3,6 Hours  

10,20 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Internships to be arranged by student and approved by instructor. For 350N, an average of 10 hours of work a week, for a total of at least 150 hours a semester or summer term; for 650N, an average of 20 hours of work a week, for a total of at least 300 hours a semester or summer term.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Semester in New York Program.  
Grading: Pass/Fail  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 352  Topics in Global Media and Area Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Some topics may also require two and one-half film screening hours a week.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Media and the Middle East. Addresses the role of media in the Middle East, considering communication texts, processes and industries in political, social, economic, and cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic: Media and the Middle East), 342 (Topic 83), Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Media and the Middle East), 352 (Topic 1). Same as: MES 342.83 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 2: German Media: Print to Television. Examine the history of media technology and its cultural and political implication in the German (speaking) context. German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341S and Radio-Television-Film 352 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GSD 341S Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 3: Modern Egypt in Film and Fiction. Explore the history and culture of modern Egypt through selected readings in twentieth-century film and fiction. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340I, History 334F, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Modern Egypt Film/Fiction), 342 (Topic 78), Radio-Television-Film 352 (Topic: Modern Egypt Film/Fiction), 352 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 340I, HIS 334F, MES 342.78 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
  

RTF 352.1  Media and the Middle East  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Addresses the role of media in the Middle East, considering communication texts, processes and industries in political, social, economic, and cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic: Media and the Middle East), 342 (Topic 83), Radio-Television-Film 342 (Topic: Media and the Middle East), 352 (Topic 1).
Same as: MES 342.83  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 352.2  German Media: Print to Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the history of media technology and its cultural and political implication in the German (speaking) context. German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341S and Radio-Television-Film 352 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GSD 341S  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 352.3  Modern Egypt in Film and Fiction  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the history and culture of modern Egypt through selected readings in twentieth-century film and fiction. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340I, History 334F, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Modern Egypt Film/Fiction), 342 (Topic 78), Radio-Television-Film 352 (Topic: Modern Egypt Film/Fiction), 352 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340I, HIS 334F, MES 342.78  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359  Advanced Topics in Media and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Special topics related to the critical analysis of media in cultural contexts. Radio-Television-Film 359 and 359S may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Hispanic Images and Counterimages. Additional prerequisite: Prerequisite for non-radio-television-film majors: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 2: Race and Popular American Culture. The intersection of African American racial politics and the changing popular media industry, especially film, music, and television. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305, either 314 or 316, and six additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 3: Asian American Media Cultures. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Asian American Media Cultures), 320 (Topic 4), 320D, Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Asian American Media Cultures), 359 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 320D Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 4: Youth and Social Media. Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Youth and Social Media) and 359 (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 5: Social Media: Growth, Uses, and Impacts. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 356G, Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Youth and Social Media), 359 (Topic 4), 359 (Topic 5).

Topic 6: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Sports Media. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 6), 365 (Topic: Gender/Race/Sexlty Sport Media), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender/Race/Sexlty Sport Media), 324F. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: WGS 324F Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 7: Race and Digital Media Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 356R, Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Race/Digital Media Cultures), 359 (Topic 7).

Topic 8: Women and Sports Media. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Women and Sports Media), 345N. Same as: WGS 345N Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 9: Chicana/o Film. Investigate representations of Chicanas/os, both on-screen and behind the scenes of U.S. films. Explore films made by, for, and about Chicanos/as and Mexican-Americans from the Chicano Movement of the 1960s to the present day. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370, 374 (Topic: Chicana/o Film), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Chicana/o Film), 359 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 10: Latina Filmmakers. Explore the history of U.S.-based Latina filmmakers (primarily directors, producers, and screenwriters) and the images they have created. Examine early representations of Latinas in Hollywood film and consider how Latina filmmakers have gained increasing control over their own images, particularly since the 1990s. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370C, 374 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), 359 (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), 340 (Topic 99). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 11: Apertures: Film and Photography Through Greater Mexico. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341R, 361 (Topic: Apertures: Film & Photo Mexico), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mexico), 327 (Topic 8), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 359 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 341R, LAS 327.8
  

RTF 359.11  Apertures: Film and Photography Through Greater Mexico  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 341R, 361 (Topic: Apertures: Film & Photo Mexico), Latin American Studies 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 327 (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mexico), 327 (Topic 8), Radio-Television-Film 347F (Topic: Apertures: Film/Photo Mex), 359 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARH 341R, LAS 327.8  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359.3  Asian American Media Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Asian American Media Cultures), 320 (Topic 4), 320D, Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Asian American Media Cultures), 359 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 320D  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359.6  Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Sports Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 6), 365 (Topic: Gender/Race/Sexlty Sport Media), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender/Race/Sexlty Sport Media), 324F. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 324F  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359.7  Race and Digital Media Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 356R, Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Race/Digital Media Cultures), 359 (Topic 7).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359.8  Women and Sports Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Women and Sports Media), 345N.
Same as: WGS 345N  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359C  Media Archaeology  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Media Archaeology) and 359C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester credit hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S  Topics in Media and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Special topics related to the critical analysis of media in cultural contexts. Radio-Television-Film 359 and 359S may not both be counted unless the topics vary. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Hispanic Images and Counterimages. The critical analysis of Hispanic images in media. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 1), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 9), Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours and one two-hour film screening a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing, Radio-Television-Film 314 or 316, and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 2: Women and Media Culture. Critical analysis of media and its interrelation with issues of gender. Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Women and Media Culture) and 359S (Topic 2) may not both be counted.

Topic 3: Gender and Rock Culture. Critical analysis of issues relating to media, gender, and rock culture. Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Gender, Sexuality, and Rock Culture) and 359S (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Media, Memory, and History. Critical analysis of the relationship between historical events and media.

Topic 5: Queer Media Studies. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16), 335C. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: WGS 335C Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 6: Girls' Media and Culture Studies. Introduction to the critical analysis of women and media culture. Focuses on commercial media texts mass produced in the United States, and explores the dominant strategies used by the magazine, film, and broadcasting industries to represent women and women's issues as well as to attract women consumers. Examines how women participate in media culture via their roles as consumers and audiences, as well as fans of particular cultural texts. Explores how women have developed alternative media economies by creating their own cultural texts and practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Girls' Media and Culture Studies), 359S (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic 3), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Girls' Media and Culture Studies).

Topic 7: Mixed Race & US Film/Media. 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. Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic 7) and 370 (Topic: Mixed Race & US Film/Media) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 8: Latina/os and U.S. Media. 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. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 9: Latina Feminisms and Media. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Latina Feminisms and Media) Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latina Feminisms and Media), 359S (Topic 9), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Latina Feminisms and Media). Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 10: Gender and Media in the '60s. Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Gender and Media in the 1960s) and 359S (Topic 10) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 11: Brazilian Media. Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Brazilian Media & Pop Culture) and 359S (Topic 11) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 12: Gender and Fan Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Gender and Fan Culture), 359S (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender and Fan Culture), 324E. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: WGS 324E Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 13: Latin American Television. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latin American Television), 359S (Topic 13), 377H (Topic: Latin American Television). Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 14: Latino Images in Film. Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latino Images in Film) and 359S (Topic 14) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 15: Black Television Comedy. Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Black Television Comedy) and 359S (Topic 15) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 16: Fan Identities and Cultures. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 17: Chicana/o Cinema. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370, 370E, 374 (Topic: Chicana/o Film), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 9), 359 (Topic: Chicana/o Film), 359S (Topic 17). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 370E Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 18: Latina Filmmakers in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370C, 370F, 374 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 10), 359 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), 359S (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 99), 340 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 370F Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
  

RTF 359S.10  Gender and Media in the '60s  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Gender and Media in the 1960s) and 359S (Topic 10) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.11  Brazilian Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Brazilian Media & Pop Culture) and 359S (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.12  Gender and Fan Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Gender and Fan Culture), 359S (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender and Fan Culture), 324E. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 324E  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.13  Latin American Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latin American Television), 359S (Topic 13), 377H (Topic: Latin American Television).
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.14  Latino Images in Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latino Images in Film) and 359S (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.15  Black Television Comedy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Black Television Comedy) and 359S (Topic 15) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.16  Fan Identities and Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.17  Chicana/o Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370, 370E, 374 (Topic: Chicana/o Film), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 9), 359 (Topic: Chicana/o Film), 359S (Topic 17). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 370E  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.18  Latina Filmmakers in the United States  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370C, 370F, 374 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 10), 359 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), 359S (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 99), 340 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers). Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 370F  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.5  Queer Media Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16), 335C. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: WGS 335C  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.7  Mixed Race US Film/Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic 7) and 370 (Topic: Mixed Race & US Film/Media) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.8  Latina/os and U.S. Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 359S.9  Latina Feminisms and Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Latina Feminisms and Media) Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latina Feminisms and Media), 359S (Topic 9), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Latina Feminisms and Media).
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365  Topics in Media and Society  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced topics addressing media, communication, and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Survey Research Methods. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing; the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; and consent of instructor.

Topic 2: Latino Audiences. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 3: Mass Media and Ethnic Groups. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 4: History of United States Latino Media. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 5: Latin American Media. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 6: Latinos and Media. Additional prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors, upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305 and nine additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 7: Narrowcasting.

Topic 8: Migration and Media. 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. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 9: Media Industries and Entrepreneurship. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 355M, Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Media Industries and Entrepreneurship), 365 (Topic 9), Sociology 352E, 352M (Topic: Media Industries and Entrepreneurship). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 352E Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 10: Globalization and Social Media. Issues surrounding the hype, myth, paradox, and reality of social media in a global context. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), Journalism 349T (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), 351S, Radio-Television-Film 331M (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), 365 (Topic 10), Sociology 321K (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), 352S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 352S Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.

Topic 11: Alternative and Activist Media. Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Alternative Media), and 365 (Topic 11) may not both be counted.

Topic 12: Mapping Latino Culture in East Austin. Only one of the follow may be counted: Journalism 354L, Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Mapping Latino Culture in East Austin), 365 (Topic 12). Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 13: Activist Media. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 14: Queer Media and Activism. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 15: Latinx Media, Arts, and Activism. 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370D, 374 (Topic: Latinx Media/Arts/Activism), Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Latinx Media/Arts/Activism), 365 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 370D Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.
  

RTF 365.10  Globalization and Social Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Issues surrounding the hype, myth, paradox, and reality of social media in a global context. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), Journalism 349T (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), 351S, Radio-Television-Film 331M (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), 365 (Topic 10), Sociology 321K (Topic: Globalization and Social Media), 352S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 352S  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.12  Mapping Latino Culture in East Austin  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the follow may be counted: Journalism 354L, Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Mapping Latino Culture in East Austin), 365 (Topic 12).
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.13  Activist Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.14  Queer Media and Activism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.15  Latinx Media, Arts, and Activism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370D, 374 (Topic: Latinx Media/Arts/Activism), Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Latinx Media/Arts/Activism), 365 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 370D  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.4  History of United States Latino Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.5  Latin American Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.8  Migration and Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365.9  Media Industries and Entrepreneurship  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 355M, Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Media Industries and Entrepreneurship), 365 (Topic 9), Sociology 352E, 352M (Topic: Media Industries and Entrepreneurship). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 352E  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 365C  Topics in Media and Policy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced topics addressing media and policy in society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Media, Communication Law, and Ethics. Contemporary ethical and policy issues facing the transforming media industries and the American public. Rooted in an understanding of the First Amendment as well as the development of communication industries, the course examines a range of topics that new media and the Internet have complicated. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 350M, Radio-Television-Film 365 (Topic: Media, Communication Law, and Ethics), 365C (Topic 1).
  

RTF 366K  Topics in Introductory Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Diversity Newsmagazine. A multicultural approach to the production of broadcast-quality minidocumentaries. Additional prerequisite: Prerequisite for non-radio-television-film majors: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.

Topic 2: Narrative Production. A workshop in visual storytelling and non-dialogue filmmaking.

Topic 3: Documentary Production. Workshop in contemporary documentary practice, including directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound recording, and distribution.

Topic 4: East Austin Stories. 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.

Topic 5: Music Film Production. Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Music Film Production) and 366K (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Experimental Film. Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Experimental Film) and 366K (Topic 6) may not both be counted.

Topic 7: Creating a Web Series. Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Creating a Web Series) and 366K (Topic 7) may not both be counted.

Topic 8: Collaborative Fan Content. 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. Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Rooster Teeth Meets RTF) and 366K (Topic 8) may not both be counted.

Topic 9: Latinx Filmmaking. Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Latinx Filmmaking) and 366K (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 366K.2  Narrative Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
A workshop in visual storytelling and non-dialogue filmmaking.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366K.3  Documentary Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Workshop in contemporary documentary practice, including directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound recording, and distribution.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366K.4  East Austin Stories  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366K.6  Experimental Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Experimental Film) and 366K (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366K.7  Creating a Web Series  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Creating a Web Series) and 366K (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366K.8  Collaborative Fan Content  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Rooster Teeth Meets RTF) and 366K (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366K.9  Latinx Filmmaking  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 366K (Topic: Latinx Filmmaking) and 366K (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366S  Topics in Audio Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Three lecture and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 318 or 304D with a grade of at least C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Audio Production into Post. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 341 (Topic: Audio Production into Post), 341 (Topic 1), 366S (Topic 1).

Topic 2: Sound Design and Mixing. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 341C (Topic: Sound Design and Mixing), 341C (Topic 1), 366S (Topic 2).

Topic 3: Audio Storytelling. Radio-Television-Film 337 (Topic 2) and 366S (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 366S.1  Audio Production into Post  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 341 (Topic: Audio Production into Post), 341 (Topic 1), 366S (Topic 1).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366S.2  Sound Design and Mixing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 341C (Topic: Sound Design and Mixing), 341C (Topic 1), 366S (Topic 2).
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 366S.3  Audio Storytelling  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 337 (Topic 2) and 366S (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 367D  Directing Workshop  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the role of the director, focusing on the director-actor relationship, narrative structure, and visual language. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 344 (Topic: Directing Workshop), 366D (Topic: Directing Workshop), 367D Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 367K  Producing Film and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the roles and responsibilities of a producer; including development, financing, pre-production, production, post-production, marketing, and distribution. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368  Advanced Production Topics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study production crafts in film, television, and other digital media. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 304D (or 318) with a grade of at least C; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Film and Electronic Editing.

Topic 2: Cinematography. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic 1), 343 (Topic 2), 343N, or 367L.

Topic 3: Advanced Production. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic 1), 343 (Topic 2), 343N, or 367L.

Topic 4: Advanced Directing.

Topic 5: Projects Course: 3D. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 343N. Restrictions: Restricted to Radio-Television-Film majors.

Topic 6: Immersive Media Production. Exploration of the theory and practice of immersive media: stereoscopy, artificial environments, and virtual reality. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 2), or 344M (Topic 3), or 366M; or consent of instructor.
  

RTF 368.3  Advanced Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 343 (Topic 1), 343 (Topic 2), 343N, or 367L.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368.6  Immersive Media Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Exploration of the theory and practice of immersive media: stereoscopy, artificial environments, and virtual reality.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 344M (Topic 2), or 344M (Topic 3), or 366M; or consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368C  Advanced Directing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 368 (Topic 4: Advanced Directing) and 368C may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 366D.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368D  Advanced Cinematography  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 368 (Topic: Advanced Cinematography) and 368D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 343 or 343D.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368P  Topics in Producing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore various aspects of film and television producing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Producing Short Films. Radio-Television-Film 368P (Topic: Producing Short Films) and 368P (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 368P.1  Producing Short Films  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 368P (Topic: Producing Short Films) and 368P (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368S  Topics in Undergraduate Thesis  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced film production or media studies research. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor; Prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Film Production Thesis. Intensive production workshop, designed for students who wish to produce a film for a portfolio. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 343 or 368P (Topic 1: Producing Short Films).

Topic 2: Media Studies Thesis. An independent research project based on primary data, resulting in a written summary of theoretical foundations, methodological approach, results, and a discussion.

Topic 3: Screenwriting Thesis. 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. Radio-Television-Film 368 (Topic: Writing Thesis) and 368S (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 369

Topic 4: Emergent Cinematic Arts Thesis. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 344M.
  

RTF 368S.1  Film Production Thesis  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Intensive production workshop, designed for students who wish to produce a film for a portfolio.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 343 or 368P (Topic 1: Producing Short Films).  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368S.2  Media Studies Thesis  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An independent research project based on primary data, resulting in a written summary of theoretical foundations, methodological approach, results, and a discussion.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368S.3  Screenwriting Thesis  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 368 (Topic: Writing Thesis) and 368S (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 369  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 368S.4  Emergent Cinematic Arts Thesis  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 344M.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369  Topics in Advanced Screenwriting  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Students may not enroll in more than two sections of any Radio-Television-Film 369 course in the same semester. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 333 with a grade of at least C.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Advanced Screenwriting for Feature Films. Students may not enroll in more than one section of Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic 1) in the same semester. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 2: Advanced Screenwriting for Television. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 3: Advanced Screenwriting: Television Pilots. Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Screenwriting: TV Pilots) and 369 (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 4: Advanced Screenwriting: Television Specs. Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Screenwriting: TV Specs) and 369 (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 5: Advanced Screenwriting: Independent Films. Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Scrnwrt for Film: Indies) and 369 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 6: Advanced Screenwriting: Science Fiction and Horror. Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Screenwrtng: Sci-Fi/Horror) and 369 (Topic 6) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010
  

RTF 369.1  Advanced Screenwriting for Feature Films  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Students may not enroll in more than one section of Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic 1) in the same semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369.2  Advanced Screenwriting for Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369.3  Advanced Screenwriting: Television Pilots  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Screenwriting: TV Pilots) and 369 (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369.4  Advanced Screenwriting: Television Specs  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Screenwriting: TV Specs) and 369 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369.5  Advanced Screenwriting: Independent Films  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Scrnwrt for Film: Indies) and 369 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369.6  Advanced Screenwriting: Science Fiction and Horror  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 369 (Topic: Adv Screenwrtng: Sci-Fi/Horror) and 369 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369P  Topics in Advanced Producing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Examine the behind-the-scenes production of feature films, commercials, and other media including scripts, shot lists, storyboards, shooting schedules, and visual effects. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; Radio-Television-Film 333, 367D, or 367K; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Script to Screen: Commercials. 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.

Topic 2: Script to Screen: Features. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 367P (Topic: Script to Screen), 367P (Topic: Adv Producng: Script to Screen), 369P (Topic 2), 367Q.

Topic 3: Script to Screen: Production. Produce film projects developed in Radio-Television-Film 369P (Topic 1) or 369P (Topic 2). Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 369P (Topic 1) or 369P (Topic 2).
  

RTF 369P.1  Script to Screen: Commercials  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369P.2  Script to Screen: Features  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 367P (Topic: Script to Screen), 367P (Topic: Adv Producng: Script to Screen), 369P (Topic 2), 367Q.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 369P.3  Script to Screen: Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Produce film projects developed in Radio-Television-Film 369P (Topic 1) or 369P (Topic 2).
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 369P (Topic 1) or 369P (Topic 2).  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370  Topics in Film Analysis and Criticism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Analysis of critical methods, selected films, and selected critics. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Comedy in Film and Media. Additional prerequisite: Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Comedy in Film and Media) and 370 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Animation Studies. Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Animation Studies) and 370 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.

Topic 3: Asian Horror Film. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Asian Horror Film) and 370 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Film Noir. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Film Noir) and 370 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 5: Films of Clint Eastwood. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Films of Clint Eastwood) and 370 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Films of Alfred Hitchcock. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Film Anly and Crit: Hitchcock) and 370 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.

Topic 7: Films of Martin Scorsese. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Films of Scorsese) and 370 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.

Topic 8: Independent American Cinema. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Independent American Cinema) and 370 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.

Topic 9: Asian American Film.

Topic 10: Black Filmmakers after Blaxploitation. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Blk Filmmakrs Aftr Blxploitatn) and 370 (Topic 10) may not both be counted.

Topic 11: Films of Billy Wilder. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Films of Billy Wilder) and 370 (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 370.1  Comedy in Film and Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Pre/Corequisites: Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Comedy in Film and Media) and 370 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.10  Black Filmmakers after Blaxploitation  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Blk Filmmakrs Aftr Blxploitatn) and 370 (Topic 10) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.11  Films of Billy Wilder  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Films of Billy Wilder) and 370 (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.2  Animation Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Animation Studies) and 370 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.3  Asian Horror Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Asian Horror Film) and 370 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.4  Film Noir  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Film Noir) and 370 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.5  Films of Clint Eastwood  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Films of Clint Eastwood) and 370 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.6  Films of Alfred Hitchcock  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Film Anly and Crit: Hitchcock) and 370 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.7  Films of Martin Scorsese  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Films of Scorsese) and 370 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.8  Independent American Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Independent American Cinema) and 370 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 370.9  Asian American Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 377H  Advanced Topics in Media Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Focus on specialized topics and issues in media history, theory, and criticism. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework and a University grade point average of at least 3.0.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Media and Popular Culture. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Media and Popular Culture) and 377H (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Queer Media Studies. Introduction to the critical analysis of queer media culture. Explores the dominant strategies used by the media industries to represent members of the LGBTQI community and their issues, as well as those utilized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and intersexed folks in practices of self-representation. Also examines media reception practices among queer folks, as well as the alternative media economies developed by members of the LGBTQI community, and the intersections of queer identity, queer politics, and media culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16).

Topic 3: Global Sports Media. Radio-Television-Film 377H (Topic: Global Sports Media) and 377H (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 377H.1  Media and Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Media and Popular Culture) and 377H (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 377H.3  Global Sports Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 377H (Topic: Global Sports Media) and 377H (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 377S  Advanced Topics in Media Studies with Screenings  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Focus on specialized topics and issues in media history, theory, and criticism. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework and a University grade point average of at least 3.0.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Landscape and Cinema. Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Landscape and Cinema) and 377S (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 377S.1  Landscape and Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 345 (Topic: Landscape and Cinema) and 377S (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 378H  Honors Tutorial Course  3 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Intensive reading, research, and/or production project. May be taken twice for credit. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, twelve semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film, a University grade point average of at least 3.00, a grade point average in radio-television- film of at least 3.50, and consent of the department.  
Restrictions: Restricted to radio-television-film majors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

RTF 380  Topics in Research Theory and Design  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380C  Screenwriting for Directors  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to the study and practice of writing for film and television. Required of all production students. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380D  Topics in Media Industries  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine history, theory, and methods used in studying the media industries in different national and regional contexts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor and consent of the graduate advisor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: The Business of Hollywood. Radio-Television-Film 380D (Topic: The Business of Hollywood) and 380D (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 380D.1  The Business of Hollywood  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 380D (Topic: The Business of Hollywood) and 380D (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380E  Topics in Media History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor and consent of the graduate advisor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380G  Topics in Research Practices  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to research implementation. Designed to help students develop skills in conducting a variety of research approaches. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Survey Research Methods.

Topic 2: Social Capital and Social Networks. Explores theories, methods, and applications, drawing on literatures from sociology, communication, media studies, and management. Examines the relational and structural embeddedness of actors, communities, and organizations, and focuses on how to collect network data and do network analysis. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 380G (Topic: Social Capital and Social Networks), 380G (Topic 2), Sociology 396P (Topic: Social Capital and Social Networks), 396P (Topic 18), Journalism 395 (Topic 68).
  

RTF 380J  Topics in Theory and Principles of Dramatic Writing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to theory and practice in narrative writing for film and electronic media. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts screenwriting program in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: First-Year Screenwriting. Required of students in the Master of Fine Arts screenwriting program in radio-television-film.

Topic 2: First-Year Rewriting. Required of students in the Master of Fine Arts screenwriting program in radio-television-film.
  

RTF 380J.1  First-Year Screenwriting  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Required of students in the Master of Fine Arts screenwriting program in radio-television-film.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380J.2  First-Year Rewriting  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Required of students in the Master of Fine Arts screenwriting program in radio-television-film.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380M  Topics in Advanced Screenwriting  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Writing for Narrative Productions.

Topic 2: Writing for Documentary Productions.

Topic 3: Advanced Screenwriting I.

Topic 4: Advanced Screenwriting II.
  

RTF 380M.3  Advanced Screenwriting I  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380M.4  Advanced Screenwriting II  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380N  Screenwriting Topics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Creation and realization of professional materials for film and television. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, Radio-Television-Film 380M or the equivalent, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Adaptation. 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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: Adaption) and 380N (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Television Specs. 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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: TV Specs) and 380N (Topic 2) may not both be counted.

Topic 3: Writers Room Workshop. 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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: Writers Room Workshop) and 380N (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Writing for Series Television. 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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: Writing for Series Television) and 380N (Topic 4) and may not both be counted.

Topic 5: Television Pilots.
  

RTF 380N.1  Adaptation  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: Adaption) and 380N (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380N.2  Television Specs  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: TV Specs) and 380N (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380N.3  Writers Room Workshop  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: Writers Room Workshop) and 380N (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380N.4  Writing for Series Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 380N (Topic: Writing for Series Television) and 380N (Topic 4) and may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380N.5  Television Pilots  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380P  Production Workshop for Writers  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Exploration of cinematic storytelling through the production of short digital videos. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 380S  Topics in Media History with Screening  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor and consent of the graduate advisor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 681K, 881K  Principles of Film and Television Production  6,8 Hours  

3,4 Lecture Hours  3,4 Lab Hours  
Study of film and video production aesthetics and techniques. Production costs borne by the student. For 881K, Four lecture hours and four studio hours a week for two semesters, with additional studio hours to be arranged. For 681K, Three lecture hours and three studio hours a week for two semesters, with additional studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: For 881KA, graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor; for 881KB Radio-Television-Film 881KA or 681KA. For 681KA, graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor; for 681KB Radio-Television-Film 881KA or 681KA.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 681KA, 881KA  Principles of Film and Television Production  3,4 Hours  

3,4 Lecture Hours  3,4 Lab Hours  
Study of film and video production aesthetics and techniques. Production costs borne by the student. For 881K, Four lecture hours and four studio hours a week for two semesters, with additional studio hours to be arranged. For 681K, Three lecture hours and three studio hours a week for two semesters, with additional studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: For 881KA, graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor; for 881KB Radio-Television-Film 881KA or 681KA. For 681KA, graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor; for 681KB Radio-Television-Film 881KA or 681KA.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 681KB, 881KB  Principles of Film and Television Production  3,4 Hours  

3,4 Lecture Hours  3,4 Lab Hours  
Study of film and video production aesthetics and techniques. Production costs borne by the student. For 881K, Four lecture hours and four studio hours a week for two semesters, with additional studio hours to be arranged. For 681K, Three lecture hours and three studio hours a week for two semesters, with additional studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: For 881KA, graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor; for 881KB Radio-Television-Film 881KA or 681KA. For 681KA, graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor; for 681KB Radio-Television-Film 881KA or 681KA.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 384I  Internship in Media Industries  3 Hours  

10 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Participate in an internship at a media company or in an adjacent field. The equivalent of ten lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and the consent of the graduate advisor.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 385K  Topics in History of Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey of the history of the motion picture. Lectures and readings; screenings are required for some topics. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Media, Memory, and the Archive. Radio-Television-Film 385K (Topic: Media, Memory, & Archive) and 385K (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 385K.1  Media, Memory, and the Archive  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 385K (Topic: Media, Memory, & Archive) and 385K (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 385L  Topics in Seminar in Film History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced study and research in major directors, genres, periods, and movements of film history. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: United States Television History. Survey of the history of U.S. television. Screenings are required. Radio-Television-Film 385L (Topic: History of Broadcasting) and 385L (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours and two hours of television screenings a week for one semester.
  

RTF 386  Topics in Analysis and Criticism of Film and Electronic Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analysis and explication of representative critics, critical systems, genres, and artists. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 2: Black Popular Culture. Radio-Television-Film 386 (Topic: Black Popular Culture) and 386 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 386.2  Black Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 386 (Topic: Black Popular Culture) and 386 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 386C  Topics in Seminar: Media Theory and Criticism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced study in media theory and criticism. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Fan Identities and Cultures.

Topic 2: Art and Activism. Radio-Television-Film 386C (Topic: Art and Activism) and 386C (Topic 2) may not both be counted.

Topic 3: Race, Class, and Gender in American Television.
  

RTF 386C.1  Fan Identities and Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 386C.2  Art and Activism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 386C (Topic: Art and Activism) and 386C (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 386C.3  Race, Class, and Gender in American Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 387C  Topics in Global Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study of global media systems, theories, and processes. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Media and Diaspora. Radio-Television-Film 387C (Topic: Media and Diaspora) and 387C (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Global Sports Media. Radio-Television-Film 387C (Topic: Global Sports Media) and 387C (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 387C.1  Media and Diaspora  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 387C (Topic: Media and Diaspora) and 387C (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 387C.2  Global Sports Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 387C (Topic: Global Sports Media) and 387C (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 387D  Topics in Communication for Development and Social Change  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study of how development institutions use communication strategies for social change, and how development discourse communicates assumptions about social change. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Media and the Middle East. Builds from the fields of communication, media studies, and contemporary analyses of the Middle East toward a consideration of how communication and media structure resonate with political, social, economic, and cultural contexts in the region. Radio-Television-Film 387D (Topic: Media and the Middle East) and 387D (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 387W  Global Media: Study Abroad  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Research, analysis, and criticism of global media systems and issues. Students study at institutions outside the United States. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate students in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 288, 388, 488  Research Problems in Specialized Fields of Radio-Television-Film  2-4 Hours  

2,3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Research project chosen from area of student's major interests. Credit earned depends on the nature of the research project. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 288C, 388C, 488C  Research Problems: Doctoral Exam Preparation  2-4 Hours  

2,3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Research and reading in preparation for doctoral examinations. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in radio-television-film and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 288D, 388D, 488D  Research Problems in Specialty Fields of Radio-Television-Film  2-4 Hours  

2,3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Research project chosen from area of student's major interests. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 288E, 388E, 488E  Research Problems in Specialized Fields of Radio-Television-Film  2-4 Hours  

2,3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Research project chosen from area of student's major interests. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one class hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388F  Topics in Radio-Television-Film Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 388M, 488M, 688M  Topics in Practicum in Film and Television Production  3,4,6 Hours  

3,4,6 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Production of projects in film and video. Production costs borne by the student. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester; additional laboratory hours vary with the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Pre-Thesis Production. Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Pre-Thesis Production) and 388M, 488M (Topic 1) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.

Topic 3: Thesis Production. Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Thesis Film Production) and 388M, 488M (Topic 3) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour and one laboratory hour a week for one semester. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.

Topic 4: Thesis Postproduction. Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Prac Film/TV: Thesis Postproduction), and 388M (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.

Topic 5: Pre-Thesis Film: Post-Production. Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Pre-Thesis Film: Post Production)and 388M (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 388M.1, 488M.1, 688M.1  Pre-Thesis Production  3,4,6 Hours  

3,4,6 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Pre-Thesis Production) and 388M, 488M (Topic 1) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388M.3, 488M.3, 688M.3  Thesis Production  3,4,6 Hours  

3,4,6 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Thesis Film Production) and 388M, 488M (Topic 3) may not both be counted. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour and one laboratory hour a week for one semester.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388M.4, 488M.4, 688M.4  Thesis Postproduction  3,4,6 Hours  

3,4,6 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Prac Film/TV: Thesis Postproduction), and 388M (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388M.5, 488M.5, 688M.5  Pre-Thesis Film: Post-Production  3,4,6 Hours  

3,4,6 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388M (Topic: Pre-Thesis Film: Post Production)and 388M (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388P  Topics in Film and Video Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Production costs borne by the student. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Fine Arts production program in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Cinematography. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Cinematography) and 388P (Topic 1) may not both be counted.

Topic 2: Acting for Filmmakers. Explore core elements of acting technique through scene study, improvisation, and other exercises. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Acting for Filmmakers) and 388P (Topic 2) may not both be counted.

Topic 3: Cinema Laboratory. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Cinema Laboratory) and 388P (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: Advanced Cinematography. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Advanced Cinematography) and 388P (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 5: Advanced Directing. 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. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Advanced Directing) and 388P (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Ears Only: Audio Storytelling. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Ears Only: Audio Storytelling) and 388P (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 388P.1  Cinematography  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Cinematography) and 388P (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388P.2  Acting for Filmmakers  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Explore core elements of acting technique through scene study, improvisation, and other exercises. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Acting for Filmmakers) and 388P (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388P.3  Cinema Laboratory  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Cinema Laboratory) and 388P (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388P.4  Advanced Cinematography  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Advanced Cinematography) and 388P (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388P.5  Advanced Directing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Advanced Directing) and 388P (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388P.6  Ears Only: Audio Storytelling  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  3 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Ears Only: Audio Storytelling) and 388P (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388R  Project in a Specialized Field of Radio-Television-Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Completion of a research or creative project required for the report option of the master's degree. The equivalent of three class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in radio-television-film and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388S  Research Problems in Specialized Fields of Radio-Television-Film: Production  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The equivalent of at least three class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 388T  Producing Film and Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Radio-Television-Film 388P (Topic: Producing Film and Television) and 388T may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 389  Topics in Media and Society  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2 Lab Hours  
Study of selected issues related to media and society. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 389K  Topics in History of Broadcasting  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2 Lab Hours  
Principal eras of broadcast development, audience patterns, legal and industrial precedents of broadcast practices, contemporary industrial and institutional perspectives in radio and television. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one two-hour film screening a week if required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 389P  Topics in Producing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore various aspects of film and television producing. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate advisor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 390C, 490C  Topics in Introduction to Editing Processes  3-4 Hours  

3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester, with studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Editing for Directors. 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.
  

RTF 390C.1, 490C.1  Editing for Directors  3-4 Hours  

3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 390E  Topics in Advanced Video Postproduction: Audio  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Theory and application of audio for screen image. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing, and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Restrictions: Restricted to first-year Master of Fine Arts production students in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 390F  Topics in Production Crafts  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Professional-level experiences in various topics in the production crafts. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with additional laboratory hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in radio-television-film and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 390G  Introduction to Media Aesthetics and Techniques  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2 Lab Hours  
Introduction to physical and aesthetic aspects of sound, light, and image and to the science and technologies that record and reproduce them. Three lecture hours and two studio hours a week for one semester, with additional studio hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 390N  Topics in Issues in New Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2 Lab Hours  
Issues in new media theory and practice. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with one screening or studio session of at least two hours a week to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 393Q  Special Topics in Digital Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Applications and impact of digital media technologies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester; additional hours may be required for some topics.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Theory of Interactivity. Radio-Television-Film 393P (Topic 1: Theory of Interactivity) and 393Q (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 395  Topics in Theory and Literature  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Advanced seminar surveying the literature of media and communication theories. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  
Topic 1: Theory and Literature for Doctoral Students: Social Science Approaches. Surveys the literature of social science approaches to communication study. Restrictions: Restricted to doctoral students.

Topic 2: Theory and Literature: Humanities Approaches. Surveys the literature of humanities approaches to media studies.

Topic 3: Theory and Literature in Media Studies for Master's Students.

Topic 4: Theory and Literature I. Radio-Television-Film 395 (Topic: Theory/Literature for PhDs) and 395 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 5: Theory and Literature II. Radio-Television-Film 395 (Topic: Theory/Literature for PhDs II) and 395 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
  

RTF 395.1  Theory and Literature for Doctoral Students: Social Science Approaches  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Surveys the literature of social science approaches to communication study.
Restrictions: Restricted to doctoral students.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 395.2  Theory and Literature: Humanities Approaches  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Surveys the literature of humanities approaches to media studies.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 395.3  Theory and Literature in Media Studies for Master's Students  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 395.4  Theory and Literature I  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 395 (Topic: Theory/Literature for PhDs) and 395 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 395.5  Theory and Literature II  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Radio-Television-Film 395 (Topic: Theory/Literature for PhDs II) and 395 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 095C  Research Colloquium  0 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Lectures on subjects to be announced. Required for media studies graduate students. One lecture hour per week.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students with graduate standing in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 196, 296, 396, 496  Portfolio in Media Production  1-4 Hours  

1,2,3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The equivalent of one, two, three, or four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in radio-television-film and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 196P, 296P, 396P, 496P  Portfolio in Media Production  1-4 Hours  

1,2,3,4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
For each hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of graduate adviser.  
Restrictions: Restricted to Master's of Fine Arts in radio-television-film.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 698  Thesis  6 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in radio-television-film and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Radio-Television-Film 698A.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 198M, 298M, 398M  Master's Research and Writing  1-3 Hours  

1,2,3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Research and writing to complete masters thesis. May be taken twice for credit. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 398R  Master's Report  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in radio-television-film and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

RTF 398T  Supervised Teaching in Radio-Television-Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study of the teaching/learning process; practice in classroom presentation. Required for appointment as an assistant instructor in radio-television-film; may be taken before or during the first semester of appointment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

RTF 399W, 699W, 999W  Dissertation  3,6,9 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Pre/Corequisites: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral