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. Identify the histories, critical theories, research methods, and cultural contexts of film.
  4. Explain how various media platforms work, how they produce meanings, how they are organized, and how to use them wisely and effectively.
  5. Explain how to form and maintain healthy relationships with diverse others.
  6. Construct discourse intended to inform, persuade, and entertain.
  7. Articulate ethical communication principles and practices.
  8. Explain research methods in communication.
  9. Communicate effectively, ethically, and appropriately through writing, interaction, and speaking in public, interpersonal, and group contexts.
  10. Display proficiency in one area of communication sufficient to pursue a career and/or continue education at the graduate level.
  11. Articulate an awareness of options for employment in a communication-related field.
  12. Articulate how faith connects to the discipline and students’ area of specialization in Communication.

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 220Advanced Cinematography & Lighting Techniques

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 320Advanced Film and Video Production

3

COMM 328Methods and Issues in Film Studies

3

COMM 420Junior/Senior Film Practicum

1-3

COMM 493Communication Senior Seminar

3

 

INTE 391Internship

1-3

OR

INTE 394Internship

4-12

COMM 341 and 359: 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. 

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:

COMM 341Communication Theory

3

COMM 359Rhetorical Theory

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

Nine credits from the following; at least one 300-400 level, at least two in COMM:

COMM 255Screenwriting II

3

COMM 337Multimedia Storytelling

3

COMM 363Documentary and Promotional Film

3

COMM 377Sound Design for Film and TV

3

COMM 380Advanced Topics in Film Production

3

COMM 384Lighting Techniques

3

COMM 388Animation

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

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