EIU Television & Video Production

TV and Video Production Coursework

Academic Catalog listing

REQUIRED COURSEWORK: 41 HRS

• CMN 1500 - Television & Video Development
• CMN 2375 - Practical Experience (1 credit with approved campus shooting/editing organization)
• CMN 2500 - Production I
• CMN 2550 - Audio Production & Voice Work I
• CMN 3030 - Promotional Communication
• CMN 3050 - Production II
• CMN 3530 - Film Communication
• CMN 3540 - Production III
• CMN 4275 - Internship

                         OR

• CMN 4375 - Practicum (3 hours with WEIU-TV or approved organization)
• CMN 4540 - Production IV
• CMN 4751 - Topics in Episodic TV & Film
• CMN 4770 - Television Criticism
• CMN 4755 - Television Genres 
• DGT 2123 - Introduction to Digital Photography
• THA 2244 - Acting I 

                        OR

• THA 2211: Stagecraft

ELECTIVES: 9 HRS 

• AFR 3300: African Cinema
• ART 2910: Intro. to Graphic Design
• ART 3912: Interactive/Motion Graphics I
• ART 3922: Interactive/Motion Graphics II
• ART 4912: Interactive/Motion Graphics III
• CMN 2520: Intro. to Mass CMN
• CMN 2920: Intro. to Public Relations
• CMN 3075: Television Studio Production
• CMN 3100: Persuasion
• CMN 3270: CMN & Popular Culture
• CMN 3300: Interviewing
• CMN 3520: Audio Production & Voice Work II
• CMN 3560: International CMN
• CMN 3570: Topics in Media History
• CMN 3903: Message Strategies & Influence
• CMN 3940: Advertising: Theory & Practice
• CMN 4420: Mass Media Advertising Sales
• CMN 4500: Topics in Media Production
• CMN 4751: Topics in Episodic TV & Film
• CMN 4775: Documentary Filmmaking
• CMN 4780: Communication and Culture
• CMN 4820: Political Communication
• DGT 1363: Intro. to Graphics Technology
• DGT 3013: 2D Computer Animation
• DGT 3313: 3D Modeling for Digital Media
• DGT 3343: User Interface and User Experience for Digital Media Tech.
• DGT 4123: Advanced Digital Photography
• DGT 4333: Trends in Digital Media
• DGT 4353: Digital Media Production Management
• DGT 4753: Visual Effects
• DGT 4933: 3D Animation and Motion Capture
• EIU 4104G: World Film: Language and Culture in Film
• EIU 4170G: History on Film
• EIU 4174G: Documentary Film and Society
• EIU 4192G: Film and Contemporary Society, Honors
• ENG 2000: Intro. to Creative Writing
• ENG 2504G: Film and Literature
• ENG 3604: Intermediate Dramatic Writing
• ENG 4764: Advanced Dramatic Writing
• ENG 4904: Studies in Film
• FILM 2759G: History of Cinema
• JOU 3610: Broadcast News
• JOU 3620: Advanced Broadcast News
• THA 2005: Stage Makeup
• THA 2210: Intro. to Costuming
• THA 2211: Stagecraft
• THA 2244: Acting I
• THA 2258: Stage Analysis
• THA 2801: Musical Theatre on Film
• THA 3257: Digital Theatrical Design
• THA 3334: Performing Voice
• THA 3343: Devised Theatre
• THA 3344: Scene & Character Study
• THA 3345: Topics in Acting
• THA 3350: Stage Management
• THA 3357: Scene Design
• THA 3358: Costume Design
• THA 3360: Stage Lighting Design
• THA 3361: Topics in Technical Theatre
• THA 3445: Directing
• THA 3754G: Theatre and Film

* Curriculum Guide, 2023-2024 (pdf)