Media Arts Studies

Media Arts Studies
BA
Hours51 Credit Hours
LEPLimited Enrollment Program of 240 Students.
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MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 1 course
Pre-Media Arts course:
requirement 2 Complete 4 courses
Foundation courses:
requirement 3 Complete 5 courses
Media arts core courses:
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
Advanced critical studies courses:
TMA 458 - Media Literacy Education 3.0
TMA 477R - Issues in Media Arts 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
TMA 492R - Media Arts Genres 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
TMA 494 - Transcendence: Religion and Film 3.0
TMA 497 - Media as a Mirror of Our Times 3.0
TMA 498R - Special Topics in Media Arts 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
requirement 5 Complete 14.0 hours from the following course(s)
Area of Study Courses: Complete 14 credit hours of upper-division course work from FACULTY ADVISOR-APPROVED courses in an area of study. These areas of study must be APPROVED IN WRITING by the student's faculty advisor before enrollment occurs. Please contact the department for possible study areas. Up to 8 hours of practica can be used to fill this requirement.
TMA 365 - Sound Design 3.0
TMA 387 - Production Management: Advanced 3.0
TMA 300 - Music Theatre in Contemporary Culture 1.0
TMA 301 - Contemporary Performance Practices 2.0
TMA 302 - Studies in British Theatre Performance 3.0
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Media 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Young Company Teaching Artists 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Theatre 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Assistant Stage Managers 3.0v
TMA 316 - Theatre and Media Arts Instruction 3.0v
TMA 316 - Theatre and Media Arts Instruction: Media 2.0
TMA 316 - Theatre and Media Arts Instruction: Theatre 1.0
TMA 319 - Advanced Narrative Production 3.0
TMA 321 - Voice Over 2.0
TMA 322 - Classical Voice 2.0
TMA 323R - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 1.0
TMA 324 - Acting Classics 3.0
TMA 325 - Stage Combat 2.0
TMA 326R - Divine Comedy 3.0v
TMA 328 - Script, Movement and Score Analysis 1.0
TMA 329 - Theatre and Film Acting Conservatory 3.0
TMA 330R - Assistant Directing 2.0
TMA 331 - Directing Narrative Literature 3.0
TMA 336 - Directing Principles and Practices 3.0
TMA 341R - Screenwriting 2 3.0
TMA 351 - Playwriting 2 3.0
TMA 352 - Drama in the Elementary Classroom 2.0
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Costume/Makeup 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Stage Management 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Scenery/Props 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Lights/Sound 3.0v
TMA 361 - Stage Management 1 2.0
TMA 362 - Costume Design 3.0
TMA 363 - Scenic Design 3.0
TMA 364 - Lighting Design 3.0
TMA 365 - Sound Design 3.0
TMA 366R - Production Topics 3.0v
TMA 367 - Makeup Design 3.0
TMA 368 - Scenic Art 2.0
TMA 369R - Design and Technology Projects 1: Production Stage Managers 4.0v
TMA 369R - Design Practicum 4.0v
TMA 369R - Design and Technology Projects 1: Assistant Stage Managers 1.0
TMA 369R - Design and Technology Projects 1: Young Ambassadors 4.0v
TMA 370R - Practicum: Television 6.0v
TMA 372R - Media Collaboration 3.0v
TMA 375 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Drama in Elementary Classrooms 2.0
TMA 377A - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Design 2.0
TMA 377B - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Secondary Curriculum 2.0
TMA 377C - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Applied Theatre 2.0
TMA 377D - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Elementary Curriculum 2.0
TMA 378R - New Media Producing and Directing 3.0
TMA 379R - Design Studio 2.0
TMA 380 - Dramaturgy 1 3.0
TMA 384R - Practicum: Cinematic Skills 6.0v
TMA 387 - Production Management: Advanced 3.0
TMA 388R - Media Arts Crew 3.0v
TMA 389R - Producing Symposium 3.0
TMA 391 - Introduction to Media Arts Theory 3.0
TMA 392 - Children's Media 3.0
TMA 394 - Intermediate Nonfiction Production 3.0
TMA 395 - Dramatic Literature 1 3.0
TMA 396 - Dramatic Literature 2 3.0
TMA 397 - Dramatic Literature 3 3.0
TMA 399R - Academic Internship: Theatre 9.0v
TMA 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v
TMA 399R - Academic Internship: Media 9.0v
TMA 410 - Acting Capstone 3.0v
TMA 416R - Teaching Assistant Credit: Theatre 3.0v
TMA 416R - Teaching Assistant Credit: Media 3.0v
TMA 416R - Teaching Assistant Credit 3.0v
TMA 419A - Advanced Narrative Directing A 3.0
TMA 419B - Advanced Narrative Directing B 3.0v
TMA 420R - Performance Workshop 2 3.0v
TMA 421 - The Business: Marketing Yourself as a Performer 1.0
TMA 422 - Dialects 2.0
TMA 423R - Advanced Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 3.0v
TMA 424 - Advanced Acting 3.0
TMA 425 - Character Mask 2.0
TMA 426 - Music Dance Theatre: Senior Performance Project 1.0
TMA 427 - Auditions 3.0
TMA 428 - Acting Practicum 4.0v
TMA 429 - Performance: Recital 3.0
TMA 436 - Theatre Directing Practicum 3.0
TMA 441R - Screenwriting 3 3.0
TMA 443R - Writer/Dramaturg/Actor Workshop 3.0
TMA 451R - Playwriting 3 3.0
TMA 455R - Theatre Tour 3.0
TMA 457 - Media in the Contemporary Classroom 3.0
TMA 458 - Media Literacy Education 3.0
TMA 460 - Porfolio 2.0
TMA 461R - Stage Management 2 3.0v
TMA 462 - History of Costume 3.0
TMA 463 - Production Design 2.0
TMA 465 - Sound Reinforcement 2.0
TMA 467R - Makeup Projects 6.0v
TMA 468R - Specialty Costumes: Millinery and Mask 6.0v
TMA 468R - Millinery and Footwear 6.0v
TMA 468R - Specialty Costumes 6.0v
TMA 468R - Jewelry, Armor, and Masks 6.0v
TMA 468R - Clothing Understructures 6.0v
TMA 468R - Specialty Costumes: Dyes, Paint, and Fabric 6.0v
TMA 468R - Fabric Dyes and Paints 6.0v
TMA 469 - Theatre Management 3.0
TMA 473R - Writer/Director Workshop (Narrative) 3.0v
TMA 474R - Writer/Director Workshop (Nonfiction) 3.0v
TMA 475R - Media Arts Capstone 3.0v
TMA 476 - Secondary Student Teaching 12.0
TMA 477R - Issues in Media Arts 3.0
TMA 479R - Advanced techniques in performance design for sound 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Makeup 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Costumes 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Scenic 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Lighting 3.0v
TMA 480R - Special Topics in Theatre Research 3.0
TMA 483 - Dramaturgy 2 3.0
TMA 485R - Production Dramaturgy 3.0v
TMA 489R - Design for Production 6.0v
TMA 491 - Ethics, Aesthetics, and Theology 1.0
TMA 492R - Media Arts Genres 3.0
TMA 494 - Transcendence: Religion and Film 3.0
TMA 496R - Academic Internship: Media 9.0v
TMA 496R - Academic Internship: Theatre 12.0v
TMA 496R - Academic Internship 12.0v
TMA 497 - Media as a Mirror of Our Times 3.0
TMA 498R - Special Topics in Media Arts 3.0
TMA 515R - Special Projects 3: Theatre 6.0v
TMA 515R - Special Projects 3 6.0v
TMA 515R - Special Projects 3: Media 6.0v
TMA 536R - Directing Workshop 3.0v
TMA 551R - Playwriting 4 3.0
TMA 561R - Stage Management Project 6.0v
TMA 590R - Master Seminar 3.0
TMA 599R - Academic Internship: Theatre 9.0v
TMA 599R - Academic Internship 9.0v
TMA 599R - Academic Internship: Media 9.0v
requirement 6 Complete 6.0 hours from the following course(s)
Area of Study Courses: Complete an additional 6 credit hours of course work from FACULTY ADVISOR-APPROVED courses in an area of study. These areas of study must be APPROVED IN WRITING by the student's faculty advisor before enrollment occurs. Please contact the department for possible study areas. Up to 8 hours of practica can be used to fill this requirement.
TMA 273 - Beginning Non-Fiction and New Media Storytelling 4.0
TMA 100 - Introduction to Visual Literacy 3.0
TMA 101 - Introduction to the Theatre 3.0
TMA 104 - New Media Tools 2.0
TMA 110 - Media Arts Experience 1.0
TMA 115 - Introduction to Performance Studies 3.0
TMA 121 - Voice and Diction 2.0
TMA 122 - Voice Production and Phonetics 1 2.0
TMA 123 - Acting Fundamentals 2.0
TMA 125 - Yoga and Alexander Technique 1.0
TMA 127 - Beginning Stage Combat 1.0
TMA 128 - Acting 1: BFA or Pre-BFA 3.0
TMA 160 - Theatre Production 1 1.0
TMA 170R - Practicum: Television 6.0v
TMA 184R - Practicum: Cinematic Skills 6.0v
TMA 187 - Production Management: Beginning 3.0
TMA 199R - Academic Internship 3.0v
TMA 199R - Academic Internship: Media 3.0v
TMA 199R - Academic Internship: Theatre 3.0v
TMA 201 - Dramatic Performance: Antiquity to Renaissance 3.0
TMA 202 - Dramatic Performance: Renaissance to the Present 3.0
TMA 215R - Special Projects 1: Media 3.0v
TMA 215R - Special Projects 1: Theatre 3.0v
TMA 215R - Special Projects 1 3.0v
TMA 220R - Workshop 1: Acting 3.0v
TMA 222 - Voice Production and Phonetics 2 2.0
TMA 223 - Acting Improvisation 2.0
TMA 224 - Acting for Film and TV 3.0
TMA 225 - Neutral Mask 2.0
TMA 227 - Acting Explorations 3.0
TMA 228 - Acting 2 3.0
TMA 229 - Musical Scene Study 3.0
TMA 236 - Script Analysis for Production 2.0
TMA 241 - Screenwriting 1 3.0
TMA 251 - Playwriting 1 3.0
TMA 252 - Puppetry 2.0
TMA 257 - Storytelling 2.0
TMA 258 - Theatre Drafting 2.0
TMA 259 - Principles of Design for Stage and Screen 3.0
TMA 260R - Theatre Production 2: Make-up/Props/Lighting 3.0v
TMA 260R - Theatre Production 2 3.0v
TMA 260R - Theatre Production 2: Theatre Education 3.0v
TMA 260R - Theatre Production 2: Costumes 3.0v
TMA 260R - Theatre Production 2: Scene Shop 3.0v
TMA 261 - Writing for Animation 3.0
TMA 266 - Principles of Stage Craft 2.0
TMA 267 - Principles of Makeup 2.0
TMA 270R - Practicum: Television 6.0v
TMA 273 - Beginning Non-Fiction and New Media Storytelling 4.0
TMA 276 - Exploration of Teaching Theatre 4.0
TMA 277 - New Media Conceptualization 3.0
TMA 284R - Practicum: Cinematic Skills 6.0v
TMA 285 - Production: Intermediate 4.0
TMA 294 - History of Animation 3.0
TMA 299R - Academic Internship: Media 9.0v
TMA 299R - Academic Internship: Theatre 9.0v
TMA 299R - Academic Internship 9.0v
TMA 300 - Music Theatre in Contemporary Culture 1.0
TMA 301 - Contemporary Performance Practices 2.0
TMA 302 - Studies in British Theatre Performance 3.0
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Assistant Stage Managers 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Media 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Young Company Teaching Artists 3.0v
TMA 315R - Special Projects 2: Theatre 3.0v
TMA 316 - Theatre and Media Arts Instruction: Media 2.0
TMA 316 - Theatre and Media Arts Instruction: Theatre 1.0
TMA 316 - Theatre and Media Arts Instruction 3.0v
TMA 319 - Advanced Narrative Production 3.0
TMA 321 - Voice Over 2.0
TMA 322 - Classical Voice 2.0
TMA 323R - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 1.0
TMA 324 - Acting Classics 3.0
TMA 325 - Stage Combat 2.0
TMA 326R - Divine Comedy 3.0v
TMA 328 - Script, Movement and Score Analysis 1.0
TMA 329 - Theatre and Film Acting Conservatory 3.0
TMA 330R - Assistant Directing 2.0
TMA 331 - Directing Narrative Literature 3.0
TMA 336 - Directing Principles and Practices 3.0
TMA 341R - Screenwriting 2 3.0
TMA 351 - Playwriting 2 3.0
TMA 352 - Drama in the Elementary Classroom 2.0
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Stage Management 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Scenery/Props 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Lights/Sound 3.0v
TMA 360R - Theatre Production 3: Costume/Makeup 3.0v
TMA 361 - Stage Management 1 2.0
TMA 362 - Costume Design 3.0
TMA 363 - Scenic Design 3.0
TMA 364 - Lighting Design 3.0
TMA 365 - Sound Design 3.0
TMA 366R - Production Topics 3.0v
TMA 367 - Makeup Design 3.0
TMA 368 - Scenic Art 2.0
TMA 369R - Design and Technology Projects 1: Production Stage Managers 4.0v
TMA 369R - Design Practicum 4.0v
TMA 369R - Design and Technology Projects 1: Assistant Stage Managers 1.0
TMA 369R - Design and Technology Projects 1: Young Ambassadors 4.0v
TMA 370R - Practicum: Television 6.0v
TMA 372R - Media Collaboration 3.0v
TMA 375 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Drama in Elementary Classrooms 2.0
TMA 377A - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Design 2.0
TMA 377B - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Secondary Curriculum 2.0
TMA 377C - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Applied Theatre 2.0
TMA 377D - Theatre Methods and Instruction: Elementary Curriculum 2.0
TMA 378R - New Media Producing and Directing 3.0
TMA 379R - Design Studio 2.0
TMA 380 - Dramaturgy 1 3.0
TMA 384R - Practicum: Cinematic Skills 6.0v
TMA 387 - Production Management: Advanced 3.0
TMA 388R - Media Arts Crew 3.0v
TMA 389R - Producing Symposium 3.0
TMA 391 - Introduction to Media Arts Theory 3.0
TMA 392 - Children's Media 3.0
TMA 394 - Intermediate Nonfiction Production 3.0
TMA 395 - Dramatic Literature 1 3.0
TMA 396 - Dramatic Literature 2 3.0
TMA 397 - Dramatic Literature 3 3.0
TMA 399R - Academic Internship: Media 9.0v
TMA 399R - Academic Internship: Theatre 9.0v
TMA 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v
TMA 410 - Acting Capstone 3.0v
TMA 416R - Teaching Assistant Credit: Media 3.0v
TMA 416R - Teaching Assistant Credit 3.0v
TMA 416R - Teaching Assistant Credit: Theatre 3.0v
TMA 419A - Advanced Narrative Directing A 3.0
TMA 419B - Advanced Narrative Directing B 3.0v
TMA 420R - Performance Workshop 2 3.0v
TMA 421 - The Business: Marketing Yourself as a Performer 1.0
TMA 422 - Dialects 2.0
TMA 423R - Advanced Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 3.0v
TMA 424 - Advanced Acting 3.0
TMA 425 - Character Mask 2.0
TMA 426 - Music Dance Theatre: Senior Performance Project 1.0
TMA 427 - Auditions 3.0
TMA 428 - Acting Practicum 4.0v
TMA 429 - Performance: Recital 3.0
TMA 436 - Theatre Directing Practicum 3.0
TMA 441R - Screenwriting 3 3.0
TMA 443R - Writer/Dramaturg/Actor Workshop 3.0
TMA 451R - Playwriting 3 3.0
TMA 455R - Theatre Tour 3.0
TMA 457 - Media in the Contemporary Classroom 3.0
TMA 458 - Media Literacy Education 3.0
TMA 460 - Porfolio 2.0
TMA 461R - Stage Management 2 3.0v
TMA 462 - History of Costume 3.0
TMA 463 - Production Design 2.0
TMA 465 - Sound Reinforcement 2.0
TMA 467R - Makeup Projects 6.0v
TMA 468R - Specialty Costumes: Millinery and Mask 6.0v
TMA 468R - Millinery and Footwear 6.0v
TMA 468R - Specialty Costumes 6.0v
TMA 468R - Jewelry, Armor, and Masks 6.0v
TMA 468R - Clothing Understructures 6.0v
TMA 468R - Specialty Costumes: Dyes, Paint, and Fabric 6.0v
TMA 468R - Fabric Dyes and Paints 6.0v
TMA 469 - Theatre Management 3.0
TMA 473R - Writer/Director Workshop (Narrative) 3.0v
TMA 474R - Writer/Director Workshop (Nonfiction) 3.0v
TMA 475R - Media Arts Capstone 3.0v
TMA 476 - Secondary Student Teaching 12.0
TMA 477R - Issues in Media Arts 3.0
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Lighting 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced techniques in performance design for sound 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Makeup 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Costumes 3.0v
TMA 479R - Advanced Design: Scenic 3.0v
TMA 480R - Special Topics in Theatre Research 3.0
TMA 483 - Dramaturgy 2 3.0
TMA 485R - Production Dramaturgy 3.0v
TMA 489R - Design for Production 6.0v
TMA 491 - Ethics, Aesthetics, and Theology 1.0
TMA 492R - Media Arts Genres 3.0
TMA 494 - Transcendence: Religion and Film 3.0
TMA 496R - Academic Internship: Theatre 12.0v
TMA 496R - Academic Internship 12.0v
TMA 496R - Academic Internship: Media 9.0v
TMA 497 - Media as a Mirror of Our Times 3.0
TMA 498R - Special Topics in Media Arts 3.0
Note: Students are strongly encouraged to work with their mentor to identify a group of related courses (or minors) in other departments which will provide skills and post-graduate preparation.
Program Outcomes

Media Arts History, Concepts, and Processes

Students will demonstrate a comprehension of core concepts, processes, history and criticism of fiction, non-fiction and new media forms.

Ethics, Collaboration and Spirituality

Students will demonstrate personal ethics, collaborative skills, and spiritual sensitivities relevant to media arts.

Skill Development

Students will demonstrate analytical, conceptual and technical skills in a variety of media.

Development of a Personal Creative Voice

Students will integrate knowledge of media arts history, concepts and processes into a personal approach to media analysis and creation.

Career Development

Students will practice a variety of activities that prepare them for graduate studies, teaching opportunities, professional production or other media related work.