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

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.

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

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

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