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M.F.A. Degree Program in Television Production (HEGIS code 0603)
The Master of Fine Arts in Television Production is a two-year full-time program that emphasizes professional-level television field and studio production and post-production editing. Students in the M.F.A. program receive intensive laboratory instruction and workplace experience in all aspects of television production, including field and studio producing, directing, writing, camera and audio operation, lighting, set design, post-production video editing, graphics-intensive post-production, performance, and program marketing and promotion.
M.F.A. Creative Thesis Productions are aired on New York City broadcast television stations and cable systems in a weekly showcase titled "BC Presents." Over the years, the Department of Television and Radio has produced public affairs television series, such as "ALL ABOUT TV" and "WORLD:COMM," in which M.F.A.s have been intimately involved as associate producers, field producers, researchers, writers, studio crew, and videotape editors. These programs are often replayed on other public broadcasting television stations throughout the country.
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Matriculation Requirements
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Some M.F.A. candidates serve as interns in the Television Center, for which they receive stipends.
Students interested in employment as College Assistants must submit an intern application, which is available from the department, directly to the deputy chairperson.
A biographical statement that indicates experience, interest, and professional objectives must accompany the application. The department intern committee may require an interview of applicants. Applicants must submit the Graduate Record Examination Aptitude Test score or the Miller Analogy Test Score.
International applicants are required to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of at least 580 (71 IBT) before being considered for admission.
General matriculation and admission requirements of the Division of Graduate Studies are in the section "Admission."
Application have to be submited by March 1 of the year of entry.
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Degree Requirements
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Forty-nine credits are required for the degree. At least 40 credits must be taken in the Television and Radio Department. Of the 49 credits, 34 credits must be taken in departmental required courses; the remaining 15 credits are elective, and must be approved in consultation with the director of the M.F.A. program and the graduate deputy chairperson.
Every M.F.A. student shall be required to successfully complete the department's graduate core, which consists of Television and Radio 701X, to be taken in the first semester, and 710X, to be taken in the student's final semester of course work.
The Television Production specialization for M.F.A. students encompasses the following courses: Television and Radio 732X, 752X, 740G, 781G, 782G, 783G, 784G, 785.1G, 785.2G, 785.3G, and 785.4G, for a total of 28 credits. The remaining 15 credits are elective. No more than 9 credits of these may be taken in departments outside the Television and Radio Department.
M.F.A. students may offer 3 credits of a Television Production Externship (Television and Radio 769X) toward the M.F.A. degree. This externship provides on-the-job production experience under the supervision of a selected television professional.
Creative work in the program must culminate in submission of either a finished television program or other creative audiovisual material (e.g., a CD-ROM or a fully developed Web site). The specific parameters of the student's creative thesis project must be formally approved by the director of the M.F.A. program in consultation with the student's faculty adviser. This audiovisual material shall meet the professional production and content standards appropriate for granting a terminal academic degree. The project will be accompanied by a production book acceptable to the department.
Students must pass a three-hour written comprehensive examination in their final semester. The examination will consist of two questions in the production/writing/aesthetics area.
Courses in the Television and Radio Department offered toward a degree must be 700-level courses.
Honor Society Alpha Epsilon Rho is a national honor society in radio and television. Members are selected from both undergraduate
and graduate students on the basis of achievement.
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