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The department office is open M- F from 8 AM to 5 PM.

The department office is located in Manzanita Hall, Room 195. The department phone number is (818) 677-3192.

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Degree Options

ELECTRONIC MEDIA MANAGEMENT OPTION

Operational and management aspects of independent, studio, and network electronic media--including business structures, personnel, budgets, advertising, sales, research, and regulation of the media industries.

A minor is also offered in this option.

FILM PRODUCTION OPTION

Conceptualization, production, directing, editing, and distribution of film projects for both entertainment and informational purposes.

MEDIA THEORY AND CRITICISM OPTION

History, theory, and critical analysis of the culture of film and electronic media--providing a background for all professional training, with specific preparation for careers in teaching or research. Screenwriting Option: research, structure, and writing for dramatic and non-dramatic scripts for film, radio, television, and multimedia.

MULTIMEDIA OPTION

Pre-production, production and distribution of digital material for film, television and the World Wide Web. Students acquire effective computer skills to design websites, create streaming audio and video, design and create DVDs and CD-ROMS, and develop games in the interactive media environment.

RADIO & TELEVISION PRODUCTION OPTIONS

Pre-production, production, and post-production techniques for all electronic media formats--encompassing directing and all other creative aspects of studio and field production.

SCREENWRITING OPTION

Research, structure, and writing for dramatic and non-dramatic scripts for film, radio, television, and multimedia.

Graduate Program

MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN SCREENWRITING

The Department of Cinema and Television Arts offers a Master of Arts degree in Screenwriting.

Pre-CTVA Advisor

By appointment only

Kathleen McWilliams
MZ 185
(818) 677-5053
kathleen.mcwilliams@csun.edu

 

 

OPTION - Radio & TV Production

Pre-CTVA majors will take 9 units of preparatory classes.

As soon as you complete your three Pre-CTVA courses (with a grade of “C” or better in each course), you must submit to Admissions and Records a Change of Majorform, signed by the Department Chair in order to change from a Pre-CTVA major into the official CTVA Television Production major.

Students in the Television Production Option will take 3 lower division units and 33 upper division units as indicated below:

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With permission of your advisor, select6 additional upper division units in CTVA or an allied field.

Prerequisites. Note that many of the courses in the Television Production Option require prerequisites. Be sure that you qualify for enrollment in each course or obtain permission from the instructor.

A. RADIO PRODUCTION SEQUENCE

Six units in CTVA or an allied field, with the approval of an advisor, as prescribed in the official departmental advisement form for Radio-TV-Multimedia Production: Radio Sequence.

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