Film, Television, and Digital Media Course Subcategories

Production Courses

In these courses, fundamental principles of professionalism and teamwork are developed as students learn practical technical skills in camera operation, lighting, sound recording, etc. These courses are open to majors in the department only.

FTDM 20203

Audio Production I

FTDM 20213

Video I

FTDM 20243

Lighting and Design

FTDM 20510

FM Station Operations

FTDM 21113

Sports Broadcasting

FTDM 21713

Introduction to Remote Sports Production

FTDM 30153

Dramatic Style and Structure

FTDM 30203

Audio Production II

FTDM 30213

Video II

FTDM 30223

Cinematography

FTDM 30243

Directing

FTDM 30353

Acting for Television

FTDM 30393

Theory and Practice of Digital Media

FTDM 30510

Advanced FM Station Operations

FTDM 31713

Remote Sports Production

FTDM 31723

Producing the Live Sports Event

FTDM 31733

Audio Production for Sports: Television and Radio

FTDM 40153

Dramatic Writing

FTDM 40213

Video III

FTDM 40333

Production for Sports

FTDM 40383

Documentary Production

FTDM 41383

Sports Documentary Production

FTDM 41713

Global Sports Media

FTDM 45113

Producing

Industry Courses

In industry courses, students study the business and legal context in which media products are produced and distributed. These courses are open to majors in the department only.

FTDM 20523

Business of Media

FTDM 30513

Audience Research

FTDM 30523

Media Marketing and Promotion

FTDM 30573

Broadcast and Cable Programming

FTDM 30663

Film in a Global Society

FTDM 30813

TV Number Ones: 1950 - 1980

FTDM 30823

TV Number Ones: 1980 - Present

FTDM 40223

Entertainment Law and Finance

FTDM 40503

Media Industry Law and Regulation

FTDM 40513

Topics In Media Industries Studies

FTDM 40523

Management for Broadcast, Cable and Film

FTDM 40773

Media in Britain

FTDM 40813

Sex and Violence

FTDM 50443

Studies in International Broadcasting

FTDM 50403

New Technologies

Critical Studies Courses

Critical Studies courses use Media Analysis as a foundations course. In these courses study a variety of TV programs, films, and new media (including the internet, computer games, etc.) to analyze how media both reflect and influence culture. These courses are open to majors and minors in the department only.

FTDM 20583

Media Analysis

FTDM 30053

Reality Television

FTDM 30363

Analysis of Screen Performance

FTDM 30410

Film Genres

FTDM 30413

The Studio Era: 1920s - 1930s

FTDM 30423

The Studio Era: 1940s - 1950s

FTDM 30493

Sinatra and Popular Culture

FTDM 30593

Television, Culture and Society

FTDM 30643

British Cinema and European Culture

FTDM 40003

Senior Honors Research Paper

FTDM 40440

Topics in Film

FTDM 40443

Hollywood in the 1970s

FTDM 40463

Alfred Hitchcock

FTDM 40570

Topics in Television

FTDM 40583

Media, Politics, and Social Values

FTDM 40623

Topics in National Cinemas

FTDM 40683

Film Theory and Criticism

FTDM 41580

Topics in Sports Media

FTDM 50400

Advanced Studies in RTVF

Open Electives

These are courses with no prerequisites that are open to all TCU students. Several of these fulfill core curriculum requirements. FTDM majors and minors may take them as general electives only; they do not fulfill FTDM major or minor requirements.

FTDM 10013

TV Studies for Non-Majors

FTDM 10053

Survey of Film

FTDM 10073

Media Adaptations

FTDM 20083

Television, Film and Religion

FTDM 30433

American Cinema

FTDM 30983

Women in Television and Film

FTDM 30453

Crime Films and Society

FTDM 40653

Popular Music and the Recording Industry

FTDM 30473

History in the Movies

FTDM 20083

Television, Film and Religion





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