MDIA 2202 - Non-Traditional Storytelling

• Students will learn good characterization and scene structure.
• Students will understand the process of creating non-traditional and non-linear stories.
• We will foster a creative and constructive classroom environment and respect our peers.

MDIA 2300 - Music Production and Technology I

• 1. Understanding of basic audio concepts, theory, and practice.
• 2.Knowledge of microphone types and techniques .
• 3. Understanding of stages of music production in the studio: preproduction, basic tracking, overdubbing, and editing.
• 4.Working knowledge of DAWs used in music production.
• 5. Basic understanding of console and patch bay signal flow; outboard signal processing, and other studio peripherals.
• 6. Basic understanding of studio design and construction.

MDIA 2303 - Live & Remote Music Recording

• Students will be able to demonstrate advanced pre-production, production, and post-production techniques for live recording.
• Students will be able to demonstrate elementary audio and microphone techniques as they apply to live and remote music recording.
• Students will be able to demonstrate expertise in recording music live and remotely, in variable acoustic performance halls and studios.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to work with artists in a professional manner in the production of their performance recording.

MDIA 2305 - Recording Industry Survey

• 1. Skills to promote ongoing research into current developments in industry.
• 2. Professional understanding of the people who create, record, and distribute popular music.
• 3. Appreciation of popular music recordings as an agent of social change.
• 4. Understanding of recording industry practices past, present, and future.

MDIA 2400 - Introduction to Digital Media Production

• Develop a critical eye for what makes digital media projects effective or ineffective.
• Develop a new vocabulary of terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Develop an understanding of digital media from both technical and artistic perspectives.
• Develop the ability to offer informed and constructive, technical, and aesthetic critique of coursework.

MDIA 2500 - Animation I

• Continue to develop the ability to offer informed and constructive, technical, and aesthetic critiques of the work of peers and of self.
• Develop a new vocabulary of terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Develop modeling skills for both collaborative and independent work in animation.
• Establish a methodology for analysis and problem solving as they relate to computer graphics.
• Establish an understanding of the basic principles of creating computer-generated characters.

MDIA 2700 - Video and Audio Field Production

• Students will demonstrate control over photographic technique for proper exposure, control and manipulation of shutter speed and variable frame rates.
• Students will demonstrate technical proficiency in the operation of the equipment used in video production including: video cameras, field lighting and audio recording devices.
• Students will demonstrate the fundamentals of Camera Composition, Camera Moves and Framing.
• Students will plan, shoot, edit an original video/audio project.
• Students will understand and employ the basic theories, principles and purposes of video and sound editing, and to achieve technical and aesthetic control over the process.

MDIA 2701 - Visual Storytelling

• Students will be able to interpret the role of visual storytelling in an historical and evolving culture of moving image arts.
• Students will be able to analyze and assess decisions made by directors, set designers, cinematographers, animators, game designers, and producers to manipulate visual storytelling techniques and enhance production.
• Students will be able to identify and explain how color, line, shape, space, movement, and visual rhythm are used as visual motifs within narrative media arts.
• Students will be able to compose imagery to creatively support a media production plan.

MDIA 2702C - Media Production for the Community

• Students will be able to identify basic video production elements.
• Students will be able to work with clients and maintain professional communication.
• Students will be able to identify service learning components.
• Students will be able to articulate what their non-profit partner does for the community.
• Students will be able to experience cross-cultural interactions, career and life planning and a commitment to community engagement

MDIA 2800 - Digital Video Postproduction

• 1. Communicate effectively with sound, graphics and moving images to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.
• 2. Use interactive media for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating.
• 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of combining the elements of sound and image to create communication devices.
• 4. Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful digital media artifact of any kind.
• 5. Learn to critique their own and others’ works.

MDIA 2900 - Special Topics in Media Arts and Studies

• Students will increase their knowledge in Media Arts and Studies.

MDIA 2901X - Live & Remote Music Recording

MDIA 2930 - Independent Study

• Independent study

MDIA 2970T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 2971T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 2980T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 2981T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 3080 - Technical Bases of Media

• 1. Students will be able to demonstrate a grasp of the basic electronic theories involved in the media.
• 2. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the commonly used electronic media equipment, particularly devices used in production settings.
• 3. Students will be able to interpret and to draw appropriate schematic diagrams of electronic circuits.
• 4. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of technical personnel in the media field.

MDIA 3100 - Media Management

• To comprehend the importance of teamwork and collaboration .
• To effectively address contemporary media management and leadership issues by applying related principles.
• To understand basic principles of management and leadership.
• To understand how to think critically about issues of media, management and leadership.
• To understand the scope, complexity, and value of managerial and leadership functions in electronic media.

MDIA 3102 - Media Content Management

• Demonstrate the ability to analyze market factors and apply appropriate strategy to content management issues.
• Understand and describe the relationship between the creative and business aspects of media companies.
• Understand the nature of media content’s social impact and the responsibilities of media content managers.

MDIA 3105 - Audience Research

• Acquire a critical understanding of audience behavior.
• Gain practical experience in audience analysis.
• Know the terminology used in audience research.
• Recognize the role of research in programming and sales.
• Understand the current methods and sources of audience research.

MDIA 3110 - Advanced Media Criticism

• Create and critique written viewing responses.
• Critical essays that systematically analyze a variety of media texts.
• Engage in online discussions with a variety of other people/perspectives.
• Navigate an enormous number of websites devoted to the appreciation and critique of contemporary popular culture.
• Refine class writing assignments into longer, self-contained texts.

MDIA 3111 - Media Phenomenology

• Comprehensive understanding of concepts (e.g., intentionality).
• Develop a variety of communicative forms (writing, imaging, blogging, etc.).
• Learn different methods of interpretation.
• Learn how to combine different research methodologies.

MDIA 3122 - Content Curation

• Achieve proficiency in the practice of non-journalistic digital Content Curation as a career choice.
• Articulate norms and professional codes that guide the field of Content Curation in establishing the relative value of curated, aggregated web content.
• Explore the range of fields in which digital content curation plays a significant role and be able to foresee where practitioners will be needed.
• Know how the field fits within the larger scheme of social networks.
• Know how theories of new media for the web and beyond implicate digital Content Curation in a complex web of information technology.
• Know the critical roles that Content Curation has already come to play and be able to predict roles that are on the horizon.
• Learn how to analyze trends and predict the future status of Content Curation.
• Master principles and techniques for non-journalistic curating Internet content for the Web and beyond.
• Review content analysis tools and features to evaluate success of content curation in areas related to specific platforms (such as YouTube) and overarching genres (such as search engine optimization).
• Articulate the roles of Content Curation in social media.

MDIA 3150 - Global Media Systems

• Critically discuss key issues that are reshaping media and communication environments.
• Demonstrate an ability to conduct research and analysis of key dimensions of media systems using a variety of primary and secondary courses.
• Discuss the multiple factors such as cultural, political, and socio-economic that shape media systems around the world.
• Examine, compare, and contrast national (and transnational) media systems.
• Reach informed conclusions about current trends and challenges at global and local levels that are transforming media systems.

MDIA 3160 - History of Computer Graphics

• Students will develop a critical eye for well-done computer graphics.
• Students will understand the process of creating computer graphics, and the pitfalls of such a process.
• We will foster a better understanding of computer graphics from both technical and artistic perspectives.

MDIA 3171 - Children, Youth, and Media

• Understand the commercial, educational, and public programming process.
• Understand the consequences of gender, race, and age representations in children television,
• Understand the definitions of childhood and the stages of development.
• Understand the evolution and distribution of children and youth programming to the local, national, and global market.

MDIA 3172 - Public Media: Past, Present, and Future

• Create an ability to compare the place of public media in the US media system with support for public media in selected other countries.
• Develop an understanding of how public broadcasting developed in the United States.
• Explore the role of public media in a digital media environment.
• Identify the distinctions, if any, between public media, independent media, community media, and the public-service tradition in broadcasting.

MDIA 3175 - Gossip, Espionage, Hackers, and Outlaw Memes

• To become familiar with theoretical perspectives on the role of secret, suppressed, and disruptive information.
• To understand cultural dynamics of the information age.
• To understand how language itself may be the result of secretive communication.
• To understand how previously despised ideas can reappear in social mainstreams.
• To understand the historical aspects of espionage both political and industrial.

MDIA 3201 - Screenwriting: the Adaptation

• Students will compare and contrast previous adapted work to judge the success or failure of the adaptation. Students will articulate the reasons for the success or failure.
• Students will critique the work of others, citing professional reasons for the success or failure of their work.
• Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of the legal and business practices required to adapt someone else’s work.
• Students will employ professional techniques to transform the story and characters from one medium to another.
• Students will rewrite their work based on peer and professional review.

MDIA 3202 - Screenwriting for Television

• 1. Student will be able to present script ideas in verbal synopsis (pitch) form and in written treatment or outline form.
• 2. Student will individually or collaboratively write spec screenplays according to industry standards.
• 3. Students will demonstrate mastery of topics such as structure, story, character, dialogue, action, and metaphor/motif via peer critique.
• 4. Students will be able to rewrite their work in response to peer and professorial critique.
• 5. Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of the business fundamentals of screenwriting.

MDIA 3300 - Music Production & Technology II

• Abilitiy work in multiple DAW environments
• Ability to plan studio production strategies in preproduction process
• Ability to prepare recording budgets and simple letters of agreement
• Ability to use midi effectively in the context of DAW workflow
• Development of ongoing skills in recording the range of intstruments used in popular music
• Development of people skills necessary in working with creative studio team
• Understanding of loop and sample manipulation

MDIA 3303 - Sound for Moving Image

• To understand the relationship between visual story and sonic story.
• To understand the sound delivery components and systems for TV, film, video, and digital games.
• To understand the technical aspects of providing sound for video and film images.
• To understand the tools available in the digital audio workstation environment as it relates to sound for moving image.

MDIA 3305 - Music Production: Mixing and Delivery

• 1.Understanding and mastery of the mixing process
• 2.Understanding and mastery of the mastering process
• 3.Understanding of various methods of delivery and distribution of popular music recordings

MDIA 3306 - Business of Selling Music: Record Labels, Distribution, and Marketing

• Compare & contrast major record label & independent record label marketing philosophies while displaying an understanding of the use & development of the Internet for selling & distributing recorded product & evaluating new methods of marketing them.
• Critically examine decisions involved in starting a record label & recognize how the digital revolution has transformed both major & independent labels by developing a functional understanding of the history & roles within the recorded music industry.
• Define various traditional and emerging jobs to help students determine their best path into the industry; provide potential entrepreneurs with tools needed to create own music related business.
• Demonstrate an understanding of various promotional methods; understand the marketing strategies involved in a commercial release and how to build a pragmatic and strategic approach for using interactive and social media outlets.
• Grasp the framework of a recording contract by comparing and contrasting different revenue streams for sustainable artistic success, and demonstrating a fundamental understanding of product manufacturing and process for physical/digital distribution.
• Identify the pros and cons of signing with a major record label from both the artists and the labels perspective and understand the role of A&R and talent selection, and how it has shifted from record labels to record producers.
• Provide an understanding of recording industry business practices and the career opportunities available in the sale, distribution, and marketing of music.
• Provide recording industry scholars with practical information about the industry to support their areas of research.

MDIA 3306A - Honors Experience: The Business of Selling Music

MDIA 3307 - Music Publishing and Licensing for Media Productions

• Demonstrate their ability to discuss and understand how music publishing started and how a music publishing company is formed; and development of entrepreneurial skills to develop a successful path towards a music industry career.
• Demonstrate their understanding of the relationships and revenue streams associated with songwriting, music publishing, & music copyright, while identifying & evaluating various music licenses & the allocation of publishing money in its various forms.
• Provide practical information for scholars researching popular music publishing.
• Understand the application of music publishing towards personal career goals and long-term revenue acquisition by demonstrating an understanding of the vocabulary associated with music publishing.
• Understanding of the practices of music publisher and performing rights organizations, and the economics and vital role of music licensing in creative industries.
• Understanding of the role, rates, and specifics of licenses used for music in the recording, film, television, and gaming industries; and practical strategies and an overview of opportunities for employment in the music and media industry.

MDIA 3308 - Commerce and Economies of the Music Recording Industry

• Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships and revenue streams associated with songwriting, music publishing, and music copyright; identifying and evaluating various music licenses and the allocation of publishing money in its various forms.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the roles and functions of music industry unions, guilds, and professional organizations as well as an understanding of the mechanisms and roles associated with the recording industry.
• Identify and evaluate the main business components of the music industry, by understanding of the terminology and revenue streams associated with the music industry, and evaluating current trends and changes within the music industry.
• Identify and evaluate the roles of the manager, the producer, and those individuals associated with concert production; identify the role and history of record labels and distributors.
• Identify the structures, roles, and revenue allocation of terrestrial, satellite, and digital radio, as well as develop a framework of the various revenue streams involved in the live performance industry.
• Understand the role of merchandising, branding, and the multiple emergent sources of revenue for artists and content creators; and develop an entrepreneurial framework with which to evaluate a successful path into a music industry career.

MDIA 3380 - Technical Bases of Electronic Media Laboratory

• Participants will achieve an intermediate-level knowledge of electronics.
• Participants will become experienced in using the tools commonly available on electronic workbenches.
• Participants will develop hands-on design and construction skills for moderately complex equipment.

MDIA 3500 - Animation II

• Learn and practice software-independent animation skills.
• Develop a new vocabulary of terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Develop character setup, digital lighting, and animation skills for both collaborative and independent work in animation.
• Establish a methodology for analysis and problem solving as they relate to 3D computer graphics.
• Continue to develop the ability to offer informed and constructive, technical, and aesthetic critiques of the work of peers and of self.

MDIA 3600 - Producing for Video

• 1. Clear understanding of the video and film production process.
• 2. Program / Project Conceptualization and research.
• 3. Research concept in relationship to new and developing markets.
• 4. Production proposal planning and writing.
• 5. Detailed Production planning [critical path management].
• 6. Production Budgeting.

MDIA 3602 - Production in Los Angeles

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the production process.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to critique peer work.
• Students will be able to function professionally in a production environment.

MDIA 3700 - Intermediate Video Production

• Achieve a high level of technical competency in lighting for video production.
• Achieve a high level of technical competency in sound and camera work for video production.
• Gain experience producing videos for various real-world clients.
• Learn to take a video project from proposal to distribution.

MDIA 3701 - Directing the Narrative Scene: Director Preparation and Pre-Visualization

• Students will demonstrate ways to use lighting, camera work, and human movements to create metaphors and motifs within a scene or sequence of scenes.
• Students will demonstrate various ways to block, direct, and edit standard scenes.
• Students will demonstrate various ways to interpret a written script into a visual scene and articulate why specific choices were made.
• Students will demonstrate various ways to motivate and communicate with actors.
• Students will problem-solve various ways to block, direct, and edit unique and/or difficult scenes.

MDIA 3702 - Multicamera Producing and Directing

• To learn how to mark-up a script
• To familiarize participants with the principles of multi-camera directing
• To learn how to direct a variety of productions
• To understand the functions of all the crew in a multi-camera shoot

MDIA 3705 - Writing and Producing the Non-Fiction Podcast Series

• Students will be able to analyze and critique podcasting projects based upon industry trends and professional practices.
• Students will be able to analyze distribution strategies and produce marketing and distribution strategies based on podcast content needs.
• Students will be able to compose content for short form, multi-episodic programming of non-fiction projects.
• Students will able to define and practice professional methods related to client interactions in the podcasting industry.

MDIA 3800 - The Craft of Editing

• 1. Communicate effectively with sound, graphics, and moving images to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.
• 2. Use interactive media for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating.
• 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of combining the elements of sound and image to create communication devices.
• 4. Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful digital media artifact of any kind.
• 5. Learn to critique their own and others’ works.

MDIA 3807 - The Art of Editing

• Gain a deeper understanding of the current state of the postproduction industry
• Gain a firm basis in the techniques of modern editing.
• Understand the aesthetic and storytelling choices faced by editors.

MDIA 3810 - Women and the Media

• Recognize the limitation of women’s roles within the creative industries.
• Recognize the sexualization of women in advertising.
• Recognize the way women are represented in roles on television.

MDIA 3910 - On-Campus Practicum

• On campus practicum.

MDIA 3911 - Off-Campus Practicum

• Practical experience

MDIA 3912 - Social Media Practicum

• Students will be able to apply academic knowledge in a professional social media setting.
• Students will be able to appraise aspects of professional social media work and how these are practiced in organizations.
• Students will be able to analyze and practice appropriate methods for developing employment opportunities after degree completion.
• Students will be able to recognize and practice aspects of successful working relationships with professional supervisors.

MDIA 3970T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 3980T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 4011 - Media and the Digital Divide

• 1. Students should achieve an understanding of the role of the Digital Divide in the world and in particular geographical, technological and social contexts of special interest to the student (e.g., Appalachia, children, cellular technologies).
• 2. Students will learn to critically analyze written as well as various media-related materials (e.g. television news reports, newspaper articles, government reports, websites) related to the course topic.
• 3. Students will conduct original research that examines a digital divide topic. They will clearly express ideas developed through this research in a final paper and an oral presentation.
• 4. Students will develop an appreciation of the historical components, as well as the diversity of demographic and geographic circumstances, related to media and the digital divide.

MDIA 4012 - Broadcasting for Social Justice: A History of Broadcasting and U.S. Social Movements (1930-Present).

• 1. Students will uncover the historical intersections of media activism from the 1930s to the present.
• 2. Students will become acquainted for the first time with specific examples of the roles elements of our broadcast media have played in the ongoing struggle toward expanding democratic principles to all citizens.
• 3. Through historical analysis and synthesis, students will be able to project the manner in which the struggle for social justice will possibly morph into new forms of activism, new coalitions of enlightened self-interests, and new forms of media ac.

MDIA 4015 - Media and Development

• 1. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of the various interrelationships between media and development, including the positive and negative aspects of media in relation to development.
• 2. Students will employ critical reading skills to analyze written as well as visual materials (e.g. documentaries, television programming, etc.) that provide different perspectives on media and development related topics.
• 3. Students will conduct original research that will entail critically examining a particular media and development topic. In written form and through an oral presentation, they will clearly express their ideas developed through this research.
• 4. Students will develop an appreciation of the diversity of circumstances and perspectives related to the various interrelationships between media and development.

MDIA 4100 - Communications Media Law and Regulations

• Be able to identify the underlying principles of communications media regulation in the United States.
• Develop and understanding of a set of current communications media policy debates.
• Develop familiarity with the current legal and regulatory regime in the United States that shapes the activities of communications media industries.
• Know the main features of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and how they have influenced the structure and performance of communications media industries.

MDIA 4120 - Advanced Social Media

• Demonstrate competence in an essential new form of cultural literacy and idea formations preparing the student both for non-journalistic work in media and active participation in the social economy.
• Demonstrate excellence in articulation of creativity practices in social media among commercial interests and through consumption in everyday life.
• Demonstrate excellence in articulation of potential current and future consequences of the prominence of social media domestically and internationally.
• Prepare for graduate studies in the liberal arts, social sciences, or in such specific disciplines as communication, education, or business.

MDIA 4122 - Social Media Industries

• Students will be able to identity social media types as types of industry.
• Students will be able to distinguish roles and influences of social media within conventional industries
• Students will be able to predict how social media will change and influence other industries
• Students will be able to hypothesize emergent functions of social media

MDIA 4130 - Social Media Analytics

• Students will be able to demonstrate a comprehension of major social media analytics tools for data gathering, analysis, and visualization.
• Students will be able to evaluate diverse social media analytics concepts, techniques, and tools.
• Students will be able to create social media analytics reports to inform executives or senior managers.
• Students will be able to illustrate how social media analytics facilitates better decision making.

MDIA 4132X - Visual Analytics

MDIA 4140 - New Media and Communication Technologies

• To understand not only what the new media technologies can do, but to perceive the ways they change the way people think about what can and cannot be done.
• To comprehend the economic, regulatory, and social constraints at work that influence the short and long-term viability of these technologies.
• To gain a basic understanding of how these technologies work, the problems they are designed to solve, and how they interconnect with other media.
• To learn about specific developments in telephone, cable, wireless, satellite, broadcasting, and Internet that will be the basis of future jobs and careers.
• To learn how to do new media literature research and write effective briefing papers.

MDIA 4141 - Satellite Media and Communications

• To gain a basic understanding of the types of programs/services/applications being offered via satellite, their providers and target audience.
• To gain familiarity with the principal technological, financial, legal, and other factors affecting the long-term viability of this industry.
• To identify the specific space and earth technologies used in satellite media and communication and learn how they work.
• To learn what organizational structures have been established to facilitate media and communication via satellite.
• To understand who are the principal players in the US and abroad that make up the global satellite media and communication industries.

MDIA 4160 - Global Animation

• Students will be able to describe the historical context and cultural values communicated in various animated works
• Students will be able to recognize the diversity of cultural expression in the themes, characters and visual styles of international animators
• Students will be able to analyze the economic, social, and technological contexts that have shaped the development of animation around the world
• Students will be able to appraise lesser-known work from under-represented genres and cultures, and the value of their diversity
• Students will be able to identify the varied potential of animation as an entertaining, expressive and meaningful art form
• Students will be able to apply critical vocabulary and reflect deeply upon works of animation

MDIA 4170 - Media and the Muslim World

• Develop oral, written, and mediated communication skills.
• Know the components of Islamophobia, its major issues and controversies.
• Know the main tenets of Islam, its political and cultural history.
• Know the traditional filmic tropes used to depict Islam and Muslims.

MDIA 4175 - Media and Sexual Representation

• To become familiar with major theoretical positions on sexuality and its representation in media.
• To understand history of sexual representation in media from language to electronic forms.
• To understand how sexual representation has been at the forefront of both visual and virtual media revolutions.
• To understand the roles of technology in creating sexual representations in the media.

MDIA 4176 - Technology, Communication, and Culture

• To apply this understanding to modern communication systems.
• To understand major theoretical positions on culture and technology.
• To understand reciprocal relationships between technology and culture.

MDIA 4201 - Advanced Screenwriting for Film

• Emphasis on basic script structure, character development, etc.
• Revision and critique of screenplays.
• Students build upon basic narrative scriptwriting concepts to complete narrative scripts.

MDIA 4202 - Advanced Screenwriting for Television/Film: the Rewrite

• 1. Students will demonstrate an ability to reconfigure story, structure, character, dialogue, and metaphor/motif based on anaylsis and critique.
• 2. Student will articulate how changes in story, structure, character, dialogue, and metaphor/motif choices can enhance a pre-existing work.
• 3. Students will critique/analyze the work of others in a professional manner.
• 4. Students will explore alternative approaches to story, structure, character, dialogue, and theme.
• 5. Students will strengthen their own knowledge of their work by developing backstory and environmental details that inform their work, although the content may not appear in the work.

MDIA 4250 - Immersive Media Collaboratory

• Students will be able to analyze production plans and assessment strategy for immersive media production projects.
• Students will be able to assess client expectations as they relate to immersive media technology deliverables.
• Students will be able to assemble teams to design, create and evaluate immersive media projects.
• Students will be able to assess and defend production decisions during an evaluation processes.

MDIA 4305 - Recording Studio Design & Maintenance

• To understand design and construction techniques of specialized audio equipment.
• To understand techniques needed to adjust and align both analog and digital audio equipment.
• To understand techniques needed to maintain musical instruments used in contemporary popular music.
• To understand the basic architectual design concepts of professional recording studios.
• To understand the tools needed to maintain a professional recording studio.

MDIA 4310 - Music Production/Recording Industry Capstone

• Students will be able to demonstrate competencies in record production techniques through delivery of professional grade media.
• Students will be able to collaboratively create professional level audio and visual music industry deliverables.
• Students will be able to demonstrate excellent networking and teamwork skills.
• Students will be able to demonstrate ethical and sustainable media industry practices.
• Students will be able to master music industry strategies and their implementation by developing and implementing promotional and networking campaigns.
• Students will be able to demonstrate organizational and management skills.

MDIA 4405 - Digital Media Capstone

• Apply animation and game concepts with advanced students
• Create Digital Portfolio
• Create Professional level animations and games

MDIA 4500 - Animation III

• Learn and practice software-independent animation skills.
• Develop a new vocabulary of terms and concepts related to the creation and manipulation of computer graphics.
• Develop character setup, digital lighting, and animation skills for both collaborative and independent work in animation.
• Establish a methodology for analysis and problem solving as they relate to 3D computer graphics.
• Continue to develop the ability to offer informed and constructive, technical, and aesthetic critiques of the work of peers and of self.

MDIA 4600 - The Business of Hollywood

• Ability to articulate current industry issues in the media and creative industries.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding via Internship Presentations and through interactions with professionals from various areas of the creative industries.
• Respond to key business-related or professional development topics through papers.
• Synthesize various facets of the Business of Hollywood through final exam.

MDIA 4601 - The Development Process for the Creative Industries

• Describe how to evaluate concepts and written works for the marketplace.
• Effectively present (i.e., pitch) marketable, compelling ideas to development and creative executives.
• Engage and interact with Development Executives and related professions.
• Understand the process of developing a concept through production for film, television, video, and new media.
• Write effective critiques (i.e., coverage) of film and television scripts.

MDIA 4700 - Nonfiction Storytelling and Documentary Production

• Critical analysis of current documentary trends for implementation in the course.
• Learn techniques for capturing and editing high quality material in real-word situations.
• Learn to take a non-fiction video project from proposal to distribution.
• Understand the foundations of the documentary genre and how they can be applied to documentary productions.

MDIA 4705 - Media and Web Delivery

• Be able to effectively critique peer-reviewed scholarly articles about the audience
• Design and conduct an audience research study
• Gain experience and exposure to methodologies approaches to understanding/explaining audience behavior
• Understand contemporary audience issues
• Understand key theories that frame the study of media audiences

MDIA 4706 - Writing and Recording Episodic Content for the Podcasting Marketplace

• Students will be able to define recording methods for professional quality narration and audio resources.
• Students will be able to define mixing methods in audio podcasts that are at a marketplace standard of quality.
• Students will be able to develop an idea from concept to a fully realized script.
• Students will be able to practice correct and clear writing in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve.
• Students will be able to critically and independently appraise and evaluate concepts related to the course content.
• Students will be able to critically edit and survey their projects and that of others for accuracy and appropriate style and grammatical correctness.
• Students will be able to evaluate projects for appropriate technical quality.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of professional ethical principles, which include accuracy, fairness and diversity.
• Students will be able to apply basic numerical and statistical concepts.

MDIA 4719 - Advanced Narrative Production

• Students learn how to make narrative films in large groups.

MDIA 4800 - Advanced Digital Video Postproduction

• Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful digital media artifact of any kind.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of combining the elements of sound and image to create communication devices.
• Demonstrate the ability to translate client identity into media artifacts.
• Learn to manage an iterative production process through critique their own and others’ works.
• Manage a collaborative team to communicate effectively with sound, graphics, and moving images to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.

MDIA 4801 - Motion Graphics

• 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the aesthetic concepts involved in moving image design
• 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the technical concepts involved in moving image design
• 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of combining the elements of sound and image to create communication devices.
• 4. Demonstrate an understanding of the iterative design process
• 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts that distinguish animation from motion graphics

MDIA 4802 - Interactive Video Authoring

• 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of interactive authoring elements of sound and image to create communication devices that are themselves interactive.
• 2. Be aware of design principles that allow the creation of media elements that maintain a uniform authorship when combining pre-existing elements with original work.
• 3. Learn to collaboratively manage their own and others’ works.
• 4. Communicate interactively with sound, graphics and moving images to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.
• 5. Demonstrate an ability to create pathways for user experience that are determined by user choices.

MDIA 4805 - Compositing

• Communicate effectively with sound, graphics, and moving images to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of layering the elements of sound and image to create effective media presentations.
• Be aware of the creative implications of technical specifications in the creation of successful digital media artifacts.
• Learn to work with provided elements in the service of a client’s vision.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the user interfaces that allow the authoring of seamlessly layered media artifacts.

MDIA 4860 - Colloquium in Media

• Intensive study covering specialized topics based on student interest, visiting professionals, faculty special expertise, and other special opportunities

MDIA 4900 - Special Topics in Media Arts and Studies

• Students will increase their knowledge in Media Arts and Studies.

MDIA 4901 - Special Topics in Media and Social Change

• Outcome goals will vary between individual offerings but will include a deeper understanding of a specific topic in media studies.

MDIA 4902 - Special Topics in Screenwriting and Producing

• Dependent on course.

MDIA 4903 - Special Topics in Music Production and Recording Industry

• Dependent on course.

MDIA 4904 - Special Topics in Integrated Media

• Dependent on course.

MDIA 4905 - Special Topics in Games and Animation

• Dependent on course

MDIA 4910 - Internship in Media

• Internship

MDIA 4911 - Los Angeles Internship

• Students will be able to write reflectively about professional experiences.
• Students will be able to function in a work environment.
• Students will be able to demonstrate work-related skills developed during the internship process.

MDIA 4930 - Special Problems

• Outcomes will vary based on individual student interest and proposal of study. Outcomes will be a deeper understanding of a topic not normally covered in current school curriculum.

MDIA 4931 - Independent Production Projects

• Independent Production

MDIA 4932 - Independent Readings in Media

• [Seminar contents varies.]

MDIA 4970T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MDIA 4980T - Media Tutorial

• To equip students to pursue independent research and/or creative activity
• To provide students with a sophisticated understanding of their primary area of study
• To teach students to communicate effectively in their own discipline(s) and to a wider audience
• To teach students to work effectively with difficult, multi‐dimensional subjects in their area of study

MAT 1010 - Introduction to Medical Assisting

• Define the career of medical assisting and its credentialing.
• Identify the roles, responsibilities, personal attributes, and professionalism of a medical assistant.
• Identify the safety, health, and liability issues in medical assisting.
• Identify the types of communication and apply these in allied health.
• Recognize and apply writing skills as required in allied health.
• Recognize the communication and coping skills needed by the medical assistant.