Program: Video/Television, B.A. Major in - Hofstra University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 08, 2025

2010-2011 Undergraduate Bulletin

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 37

Semester Hours: 6

RTVF 1 - Sound and Image Aesthetics Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 15 - Survey of Electronic Media Semester Hours: 3

Semester Hours: 16

RTVF 24 - Introduction to Television: Multi-camera Production Semester Hours: 4
RTVF 26 - Introduction to Television: Field Production and Editing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 44 - Advanced Television Technologies Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 64 - Intermediate Television Production Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 164 - Advanced Television Production I Semester Hours: 3

Choose From - Semester Hours: 3

RTVF 144 - Television Directing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 145 - Advanced Television: Media Action Projects Hofstra (MAP Hofstra) Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 165 - Advanced Television Production II Semester Hours: 3

Choose From - Semester Hours: 9

Chosen under advisement from any video/television courses:

RTVF 65 - Television Production Practicum Semester Hours: 1-3
RTVF 66 - Television Lighting Semester Hours: 1
RTVF 74 - The Television Producer Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 84 - Alternative Video Production Techniques Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 85 - Television Sports Reporting and Producing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 90 - Acting for the Camera Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 94 - Television Performing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 104 - Television Graphics Semester Hours: 1
RTVF 106 - Advanced Television: Post-Production Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 110 - Introduction to Screenwriting Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 134 - The Television Industry Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 144 - Television Directing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 145 - Advanced Television: Media Action Projects Hofstra (MAP Hofstra) Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 170 - Internship Program Semester Hours: 1-3
No more than 3 s.h. of this course can be applied to this specific category, though students are able to do as many as 6 s.h., of 170 overall
RTVF 180 to 189A-Z - Special Topics Semester Hours: 1-3

Choose From - Semester Hours: 3

RTVF 170 - Internship Program Semester Hours: 1-3
or any liberal arts course(s) in the School of Communication.

School of Communication Requirements

The School of Communication also requires that Video/Televison majors take the following:

MASS 1 - Mass Media: History and Development Semester Hours: 3
SPCM 1 - (CP) Oral Communication Semester Hours: 3

See Also: Communication B.A. Program Requirements

B.A. Requirements for School of Communication majors.