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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Radio-Television-Film (BSRTF)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
RTF 301DMedia Storytelling and Analysis (Major)3
or RTF 302D History of Media Industries
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core) 0803
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
COM 301EIntroduction to Communication Foundations (General Education)3
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
2nd Semester
RTF 301DMedia Storytelling and Analysis (Major)3
or RTF 302D History of Media Industries
Mathematics (Core) 0203
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
Foreign Language (General Education)6
3rd Semester
RTF 303DMedia and Culture (Major)3
or RTF 304D Introduction to Film Production
COM 302EInterdisciplinary Communication Foundations (General Education)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Foreign Language (General Education)6
4th Semester
RTF 303DMedia and Culture (Major)3
or RTF 304D Introduction to Film Production
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
Language/Culture course (General Education)3
Free elective (Elective)3
5th Semester
RTF 330NInternship in Media Industries (or Upper-division RTF Media Studies (Major))3
Upper-division RTF Media Studies (Major)3
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
Visual and Performing Arts (Core) 0503
6th Semester
Upper-division RTF Media Studies (Major)3
RTF 330NInternship in Media Industries ((or Upper-division RTF course (Major))3
Upper-division elective (Elective)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 0933
7th Semester
Upper-division RTF Media Studies (Major)3
RTF 330NInternship in Media Industries ((or Upper-division RTF course (Major))3
Upper-division elective (Elective)3
Upper-division Non-RTF elective (Elective)3
Non-Moody elective (Elective)3
8th Semester
RTF 330NInternship in Media Industries ((or RTF course (Major))3
Upper-division RTF course (Major)3
Upper-division Non-RTF elective (Elective)3
Upper-division Non-Moody elective (Elective)3
Free elective (Elective)3
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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