Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (Continued)
600 Senior Seminar (3)
Prerequisite: senior standing. Relationships between various academic disciplines and the broadcast media.
623 Ethics and Responsibility in the Electronic Media (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 200, and either BECA 324 or BECA 423, senior standing, and consent of instructor. The concept of professionalism and the roles of law and government, the electronic media, and individuals in determining ethical standards in the electronic media.
625 Instructional Video Production I (3)
For course description, see ED T 625.
626 Corporate and Institutional Media Production (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 546 and consent of instructor. Organization and production of television projects in corporate and institutional settings, including video conferencing, event documentation, corporate promotions. Students participate in the production of a video program for industrial or institutional use. (Also offered as ED T 651.)
630 Introduction to Interactive Video (3)
For course description, see ED T 630.
640 Television/Video Production Planning (3)
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Prerequisites: BECA 240 and 241 or equivalents; BECA major status; departmental permission; and consent of instructor. Organization and production planning of television programs; budgets, legal clearances, script selection, casting, and logistical problems; duties of the producer, production assistants, and unit manager. Students function as producers of television programs. Laboratory.
642 Instructional Video Production II (3)
For course description, see ED T 642.
645 Television Directing II (3)
F
Prerequisites: BECA 545, BECA major status, and consent of instructor. Continuation of BECA 545 with emphasis on experimental approaches to the medium.
646 Electronic Field Production II (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 546, BECA major, departmental permission, and consent of instructor. A continuation of BECA 546 with emphasis on advanced techniques of electronic field production and SMPTE time code editing. Paired with BECA 746. Students taking this course may not take BECA 746 later for credit.
647 Advanced Video Production (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 230, 231, 240, 241; BECA major, departmental permission, and consent of instructor. Culminating experience for advanced production students. Includes one or more major productions with students serving in all capacities necessary to the production. Experience in lighting, set design camera, switching, directing, producing. Special emphasis given to post-production.
648 Advanced Video Editing (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 230/231, 240/241, 340, and either 646 or 647; BECA major status; and audition. Covers the integration of time code editing theory and practice at an advanced level.
655 Television Dramatic Production (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 230/231, 240/241, and 340; BECA major status; consent of instructor; and audition. Students participate in major dramatic production for television. Paired with BECA 755. Students completing BECA 655 may not take BECA 755 later for credit.
656 Scriptwriting for Instructional Media (3)
Prerequisite: upper division standing. For course description, see ED T 656.
660 Television Center News I (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 560 and 561; BECA major status; departmental permission; and consent of instructor. Operation of a cablecast news service covering the city of San Francisco; research and production of stories for newscasts; coverage of San Francisco beats; researching, editing, and compiling of television news packages.
661 Television Center News II (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 660, BECA major status, departmental permission, and consent of instructor. Operation and management of the Television Center cablecast television news service covering the San Francisco Bay Area.
665 KSFS News (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 230, 231, and 560; BECA major status; departmental permission; and consent of instructor. Operation of a cablecast news service. Covering beats, reporting, preparing packages for cable distribution, on-air news reporting.
695 Practicum in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (3 or 6)
Prerequisites: consent of supervising staff and department chair. Advanced projects in selected aspects of broadcasting under faculty supervision. May be taken for a total of nine units. Laboratory.
699 Special Study (1 or 3)
Prerequisites: upper division standing and written consent of supervising instructor, major adviser, and department chair. Individual study, under the supervision of a faculty member selected by the student, of an aspect of broadcast communication arts not included in the curriculum.
Graduate Courses
700 Introduction to Graduate Study (3)
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Prerequisite: admission to M.A. in Radio and Television. Academic writing, library research, and survey of BECA faculty's teaching, research, and production activity.
701 Formula and Creativity in the Public Arts (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Exploration of the relationship between formula and creativity; survey of theory and practice of formulas and genres, particularly in relation to the public arts; consideration of systems of criticism.
702 Ethics and Responsibility in the Electronic Media (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Examination of broadcast industry self-regulatory codes of ethics and responsibility; analysis of the concepts of freedom and responsibility as they relate to broadcasters, the government, and the public.
703 Seminar in Theory and Research (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 700. Graduate seminar in broadcast theory and research methods.
704 Graduate Electronic Media Production (3)
Prerequisites: classified graduate standing in BECA and consent of instructor. Audio and video production for graduate students: special projects that investigate aesthetic theory and production processes at an advanced level.
706 Seminar in Media Aesthetics and Production Theory (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Investigation of the key perceptual conditions and aesthetic theories that guide the interpretation, analysis, and creation of visual and sound images in the electronic media; discussion of how these theories may be creatively applied in the production process.
715 Electronic Media and the Multicultural Society (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Major functions, effects, and uses of electronic media in a multicultural society. Roles of mass media in affecting social, cultural, and political values of minorities. Analysis of multicultural perspectives and electronic media.
720 Seminar in Electronic Media Law and Regulation (3)
F
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Analysis of the legal framework of American broadcasting; structure and function of the F.C.C.; licensing and ownership; control of programming; copyright and trademark; defamation; privacy; new technologies; special problems of broadcast journalism.
721 Seminar in Criticism of the Public Arts (3)
S
Prerequisite: BECA 321 and 700 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Exploration of bases for evaluation of the public arts; investigation of current critical methods; development of standards of evaluation.
725 Seminar in Television Program Design (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Process of designing educational television series. Group work on pre-production stages of series development. Series topic and target audience selected by instructor. Paired with BECA/ED T 425. Students who have taken BECA/ED T 425 may not take BECA/ED T 725 for credit. (Also offered as ED T 725.)
726 Seminar in Educational Media (3)
Examination and evaluation of research in educational radio and television; establishing criteria for educational programs; educational broadcasting developments throughout the world; experiences in creating, producing, and testing experiments in educational broadcasting. (Also offered as ED T 726.)
730 Interactive Video (3)
Prerequisites: BECA/ED T 630 or equivalent, graduate standing in BECA or Instructional Technologies and consent of instructor. For course description, see ED T 730.
740 Seminar in Experimental Production (3)
S
Prerequisite: BECA 340 and 700 or equivalents or consent of instructor. Experimental application of aesthetic theory to production problems in the electronic media. Seminar and laboratory.
746 Graduate Electronic Field Production (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 546, 700, and consent of instructor. A continuation of BECA 546 with emphasis on advanced techniques of electronic field production and SMPTE time code editing; production and analysis of field-based television program material; emphasizes the relationship between production variables and aesthetic practices. Students are expected to write an analytical paper and attend a number of seminar meetings. Paired with BECA 646. Students who have completed BECA 646 may not take BECA 746 for credit.
752 Seminar in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Pedagogy (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Process of curricular and instructional preparation for graduate students who wish to teach broadcast communication arts.
755 Graduate Television Dramatic Production (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Students participate in the mounting of a major dramatic production for television and write an extended analytical paper on a selected aspect of the production. Paired with BECA 655. Students who have completed BECA 655 may not take BECA 755 for credit.
760 Seminar in News on Broadcast and Electronic Media (3)
F
Prerequisites: BECA 460 and 700, or consent of instructor. Ethical, legal, and presentational problems in the broadcasting of news and opinions; exercises in relating news stories to basic ideas of sociology and American history, government, and law.
770 Media Writing and Performance (3)
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Writing and performance for the electronic media; writing scripts for features, persuasive messages, informational programs, and drama; script analysis and development of performance skills for camera and microphone.
771 Seminar in Analysis of Television Drama (3)
S
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Analysis and criticism of television drama; consideration of dramatic and presentational form and structure as interpreted from major critical perspectives; analysis of scripts and programs from a variety of television dramatic genres.
795 Seminar in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (3)
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Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Topic to be specified in Class Schedule. Development of a selected subject area in the field of the broadcast communication arts. May be repeated three times for credit as topics vary.
821 Semiotic Analysis of the Public Arts (3)
Prerequisites: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. An investigation of the fundamental principles of structuralist analysis and the application of these principles to the public arts.
822 Seminar in Media and Society (3)
S
Prerequisite: BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Social implications of broadcasting; effects of broadcasting on cultural and social institutions; forms of control in various countries; ethics in the field of broadcast communication.
852 Directed Experience in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Education (3)
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Prerequisites: BECA 700 and consent of graduate major adviser, sponsoring faculty member, and department chair. Directed experience in teaching the broadcast communication arts. Students assist in course preparation and instruction and receive supervision from the instructor in charge.
870 Seminar in Television Dramatic Writing (3)
Prerequisites: graduate standing and BECA 700 or consent of instructor. Writing the teleplay. Study of premise, character, conflict, dialogue, and structure and how these elements are influenced by television as a unique dramatic medium. Students read and analyze scripts and dramatic programs and write their own treatments and teleplays.
894 Creative Work Project (3)
Prerequisites: advancement to candidacy, BECA 897, and consent of instructor and department chair. Preparation of creative project and supporting document. Required of all master's candidates pursuing project option. Graduate Approved Program and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration. CR/NC grading only.
896 Readings for the Written Comprehensive Examination (3)
Prerequisites: completion of the student's academic program and consent of graduate major adviser. Readings and discussion concerning principles, issues, and theories in mass communication research, criticism, aesthetics, and production. Culminates in the taking of a written comprehensive examination.
897 Research for Thesis and Creative Project Proposals (3)
Prerequisites: completion of student's academic program and consent of graduate coordinator. Preparation of proposal for master's thesis or creative project under supervision of instructor and faculty thesis committee. CR/NC grading only.
898 Master's Thesis (3)
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Prerequisites: advancement to candidacy for the Master of Arts degree, BECA 897, and consent of instructor and department chair. Supervision of research and writing of the thesis. Required of all master's candidates who elect the thesis option. Graduate Approved Program and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
899 Special Study (1-3)
Prerequisites: consent of graduate major adviser, supervising instructor, and department chair. Problems in broadcast communication arts for graduate students who have demonstrated ability to do independent work. May be repeated for a maximum of six units.