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Film and Media Arts (B.A.)

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Film and Media Arts program can:

  1. Demonstrate competency in aural, visual, and written storytelling skills.
  2. Demonstrate achievement of professional, entry-level competence in film production, including significant technical mastery, ability to produce work that communicates coherent artistic/intellectual goals, and solve professional problems independently and interdependently.
  3. Explain and respond to questions about the technical aspects, artistic decisions, and value judgments that inform their work.
  4. Identify the histories, critical theories, research methods, and cultural contexts of film.
  5. Articulate the relationship between their faith and their artistic/scholarly practice.

 

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

COMM 105Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3
COMM 107Introduction to Communication Seminar

1
COMM 203Basic Video&Editing Techniques

3
COMM 217Introduction to Film

3
COMM 220Film and HD Production I

3
COMM 251Film History I 1895-1960

3
COMM 252Film History II 1960-Present

3
COMM 254Screenwriting I

3
COMM 317Advanced Editing & Effects

3
COMM 320Film and HD Production II

3
COMM 328Methods and Issues in Film Studies

3
COMM 341Communication Theory

3
COMM 420Junior/Senior Film Practicum

1-3
COMM 493Communication Senior Seminar

3
 
INTE 391Internship

1-3
OR
INTE 394Internship

4-12

COMM 328 fulfills the writing in the major requirement.

INTE 391 and INTE 394 must be taken for a letter grade to fulfill major requirements. A minimum of 3 internship credits and a maximum of 6 internship credits counts towards major requirements.  Internship requirements may be fulfilled at sites approved by the Department Chair. Messiah University works with Temple University’s Internship Program in Los Angeles, California to assist with placements in that program. Contact the Department Chair or your advisor for more information.

Three credits from the following media courses:

COMM 211Media in Everyday Life

3
COMM 218Mass Media and Society

3
COMM 282Topics in Media Studies

3
COMM 382History and Theory of Digital Media

3

Three credits from the following interpersonal communication courses:

COMM 241Small Group Communication

3
COMM 313Relational Communication

3
COMM 342Intercultural Communication

3
COMM 354Interpersonal Conflict

3

9 credits from the following Film and Media Arts electives; at least one 300-400 level, at least two in COMM:

COMM 255Screenwriting II

3
COMM 310Fundraising

3
COMM 363Documentary and Promotional Film

3
COMM 380Advanced Topics in Film Production

3
ART 251Darkroom Photography

3
ART 352Digital Photography

3
ART 431Motion Design

3
THEA 120Acting l

3
THEA 150Introduction to Technical Theatre and Design

3

COMM 220, COMM 317, COMM 320, COMM 420, COMM 255, COMM 363, COMM 380, ART 352, ART 431: This course requires additional prerequisites, increasing the major credit total.

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement met/major
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar 3
Oral Communication (COMM 105) met/major
Created and Called for Community (W) 3
Mathematical Sciences 3 or 4
Laboratory Science 3 or 4
Science, Technology & the World 3
Two of the following (6 credits total):
   Social Science
   European History
   United States History 		6
Literature 3
Philosophy and Religion 3
Arts 3
First Semester of Language 3
Second Semester of Language 3
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural 3
Non-Western Studies 2 or 3
Bible 3
Christian Beliefs 3
Wellness course 1
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism 3
QuEST requirements 51-54
Major requirements 58-61
Free electives 14-8
Total credits 123