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

Jun 08, 2025

2011-2012 Undergraduate Bulletin

19 s.h.

No more than two 20-level courses can be taken simultaneously.

RTVF 16 - Television Aesthetics and Criticism Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 24 - Introduction to Television: Multi-camera Production Semester Hours: 4
RTVF 25 - Introduction to Digital Media Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 26 - Introduction to Television: Field Production and Editing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 34 - Foundations of Television and Web TV Writing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 64 - Intermediate Television Production Semester Hours: 3

See Also: Communication B.A. Program Requirements

B.A. Requirements for School of Communication majors.

Television Production/Post-Production Concentration: 18 s.h.

3 s.h.

RTVF 44 - Advanced Television Technologies Semester Hours: 3

6 s.h. chosen from

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 100 - Principles of Digital Editing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 104 - Television Graphics Semester Hours: 1
RTVF 106 - Advanced Television: Post-Production Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 134 - The Television Industry Semester Hours: 3

6 s.h. chosen from

RTVF 144 - Television Directing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 145 - Advanced Television: Media Action Projects Hofstra (MAP Hofstra) Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 164 - Advanced Television Production I Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 165 - Advanced Television Production II Semester Hours: 3

3 s.h. chosen from

RTVF 170 - Internship Program Semester Hours: 1-3
or any courses in the School of Communication, under advisement

Television Writing/Producing Concentration: 18 s.h.

6 s.h.

RTVF 15 - Survey of Electronic Media Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 84 - Alternative Video Production Techniques Semester Hours: 3

9 s.h. chosen from

RTVF 74 - The Television Producer Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 90 - Acting for the Camera Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 94 - Television Performing Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 106 - Advanced Television: Post-Production Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 114 - Advanced Television Writing: The Sitcom Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 134 - The Television Industry Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 145 - Advanced Television: Media Action Projects Hofstra (MAP Hofstra) Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 164 - Advanced Television Production I Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 165 - Advanced Television Production II Semester Hours: 3
RTVF 180 to 189A-Z - Special Topics Semester Hours: 1-3

3 s.h. chosen from

RTVF 170 - Internship Program Semester Hours: 1-3
or any courses in the School of Communication, under advisement.

School of Communication Requirements

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

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