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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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765-285-1480
MASTER
OF ARTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Admission
requirements
Students
may only enter the MA in telecommunications program during fall semester of
each academic year. Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the
Graduate School and must have completed the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
In addition, applicants must demonstrate proficiency in (1)
written; (2) verbal; (3) visual communication; and (4) relevant computer
skills. Proficiency will be demonstrated via submission of a portfolio upon
application to the program. At minimum, this portfolio should contain: (1) a
cover letter that introduces and explains the contents of the portfolio; (2) an
original 1,500-word academic, creative, and/or professional writing sample; (3)
a transcript indicating a grade of B
or better in an undergraduate oral performance course (e.g., public speaking,
broadcast performance, dramatic arts) and a syllabus or course description from
that course; (4) an original project that emphasizes skill in visual
communication (e.g., Web page design, graphic design, publication design, broadcast
design, theatrical design, architectural design); and (5) a list of computer
application programs with which the applicant is fluent (above basic e-mailing
and word-processing applications). Applicants may include other items that are
relevant to telecommunications.
Additional
Graduate Requirements
In
addition to successfully completing their course work and a thesis or creative
project, students pursuing an MA in telecommunications must fulfill several
other requirements: (1) participate in a public exhibition of their thesis or
creative project; (2) participate in 10 collateral experiences (of their
choice) designed to complement and extend their course work (e.g., training
workshops in design and production skills, artist-in-residence events, guest
speakers, field trips, video conference); and (3) receive approval of a
digitally based, personal narrative that shares the story of their experiences
in the telecommunications program.
PREFIX NO SHORT TITLE CR HRS
TCOM 601 Digt Story 1 3
610 Creativity 3
630 Story Design 3
660 Intercul Imm 3
670 Special Proj (1) 3
690 Dir Study (3-6) 3
Research methods, 3 hours from
COMM 602 Quan Resrch (3)
or
605 Qual Resrch (3)
or
JOURN 680 J Comm
Resch (3)
TCOM 602 Digt Story 2 (3) 3
Research requirement, 6 hours from
THES 698 Thesis (1-6)
or
Creative
Project (1-6) 6
Design requirement, 6 hours from
ICS 667 Video Syst (3)
JOURN 623 Visual Story (3)
TCOM 634 Int Story (3) 6
Production and applications,
6 hours from
COMM 614 Cont Rhet (3)
650 Comm Train (3)
690 Seminar Comm (3)
ICS 620 Technol (4)
642 Reg Research (3)
660 Human Factor (3)
JOURN 612 Writing Semr (3)
613 Sem
Lit Jrn (3)
614 Writ Lit Jrn (3)
615 Inv Rept (3)
NEWS 585 Adv News Sem (3)
TCOM 632 Digital Prod (3)
669 Prof Exper (1-3)
680 Seminar (3-6) 6
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39
hrs
Other
courses that meet the student needs may be substituted, assuming that the
student meets the course prerequisites and is preapproved by the program
coordinator. Courses from English, history, theatre, marketing, art, music
technology, architecture, and the Teachers College may be particularly useful
supplements to the study of telecommunications.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
(TCOM)
530
Audio Production. (3)
Emphasizes techniques and skills needed for audio production. Typical
experiences in radio broadcasting. A practical test is part of the final
examination, and students are expected to maintain a record of their
productions. In addition, graduate students will produce a program for air.
Open only to approved
graduate students.
601 Foundations of Digital Storytelling 1.
(3) Presents the nature of graduate education, including
purpose of scholarly activity and the scholarly environment. Explores
the storytelling process from concept development to presentation; the history
of storytelling; the societal impact and value of storytelling; and the
influence of technology on the storytelling process.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
602 Foundations of Digital Storytelling 2.
(3) Introduces story writing concepts and experiences. Students
also select from a range of topics associated with the digital storytelling
process, including nonlinear storytelling methods, law and ethics, audience
analysis and adaptation, performance studies, interdisciplinary approaches to
storytelling and development, animation, and gaming.
Prerequisite: TCOM 601; permission of the program
coordinator.
610 Approaches to Creativity.
(3) Examines techniques for developing creative ideas. Students
will imagine, innovate, and create experiential presentations and mediated
works. Students are encouraged to be risk-takers and learn from the failure of
their creative endeavors.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
630 Story Design and Development.
(3) Examines various approaches to the story- creation process.
Emphasizes the practice of storywriting
for various genres. Students will participate in a community service
project that involves the creation of digitally based stories.
Prerequisite: TCOM 601; permission of the program
coordinator.
632
Digital Production. (3)
Techniques of acquisition and manipulation of digitized sights and sounds.
Digital audio and video recording software and hardware are utilized to
capture, edit, and finish creative productions. Proficiency in digital audio
and video technologies is needed.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
634 Interactive Storytelling.
(3) Writing nonlinear, interactive stories for entertainment,
promotional, journalistic, and instructional applications. Authoring software
will be utilized to bring ideas to fruition. Proficiency in digital audio and
video technologies is needed.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
660
Intercultural Immersion. (3)
Directed residential immersion in another culture for the purpose of
investigating the story-telling forms and traditions of that culture. Students
later present the story of their intercultural experience to others.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
669
Professional Experience. (1-3)
Enables students to gain supervised, practical
experience in the field of digital storytelling by working with an approved
firm or agency.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned.
670 Special Projects.
(1) Enables students to pursue the ongoing development of
storytelling projects. Emphasizes writing and producing
digital stories. Projects will require a faculty advisor.
Prerequisite: TCOM 601; permission of the program
coordinator.
A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned, but no more than
1 in any one semester or term.
680
Seminar in Current Topics. (3-6) Intensive study of selected topics from the
literature or practice of digital storytelling.
Topics will vary each semester. Content will be drawn from areas not dealt with
in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite: permission of the program
coordinator.
A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned.
690
Directed Study. (3-6) Intensive
investigation of a topic related to digital storytelling that is not already
addressed by regularly offered courses.
Prerequisite: TCOM 601; permission of the program
coordinator.
A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned.