Major Requirements

Credits Required: 

Total credits: 120

Credits in the major: 56

The pre-requisite to the TAT Major is TAT 237: Intro to Video. After taking this course, you officially begin the major by enrolling in TAT 300: Major ProSeminar. In ProSeminar, you will learn about the requirements of the major, explore pathways through the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and be introduced to the field. You will fulfill the Major Learning Outcomes listed below by completing coursework in Cinematic Media Production, Theory, History and Analysis.  The major culminates in a Capstone, a publicly presented project that displays your cumulative learning in the major.

Electives

Based on Individual Learning Plan and Capstone interests, select ANY 8 upper-division credits from courses not already taken in fulfillment of the Major Learning Outcomes above.

Major Learning Outcomes

MLO 1 Foundations of Teledramatic Arts and Technology

Students gain an overview of media and foundational skills in storytelling, media criticism, history, ethics, and application of knowledge in service to the community. Students describe and analyze the major historical movements (events, artists, genres, developments, etc.) and their interrelationships with each other and with technological, social and historical changes. Students also describe and analyze aesthetics and content, and the relationship between them for varied teledramatic arts, using ethical analysis in critique and production of teledramatic material.

Required Courses

  • TAT 300: Major ProSeminar (4 units)
  • TAT 328: Teledramatic History I (4 units)
  • TAT 329: Teledramatic History II (4 units)
  • TAT 330: Cinamatic Storytelling (4 units)
  • TAT 399S: TAT in the Community (4 units)

MLO 2 Pre Production

Students practice and gain competency in developing written and visual content through such processes as research, proposal writing, story treatments, storyboarding, script writing, organizing and planning such production details as budgets, financing strategies, production schedules, technical specs, rehearsal plans, marketing and distribution plans and crew lists.

Required Courses

  • Complete 6 units from the following courses:
  • TAT 203: Pre-Prod Research Methods (1 units)
  • TAT 204: Pre-Prod Planning Process (1 units)
  • TAT 205: Production Management (1 units)
  • TAT 206: Marketing Strategies (1 units)
  • TAT 315: Visual Design (4 units)
  • TAT 340: Script Writing (4 units)

MLO 3 Production

Students learn the production process in the creation of original work for live and media-based productions. Activities provide experience in various roles and tasks in areas such as writing, directing, cinematography, designing and producing. Students practice convergence across disciplines and explore how new trends in form and content are shaping the creative and production process.

Required Courses

  • Complete 4 units choosing from the following:
  • (If you choose TAT 339 or TAT 341, be sure to register for Lab sections)
  • TAT 320: Intro to New Media (4 units)
  • TAT 339: Advanced Video Prod Lect (2 units)
  • AND
  • TAT 339L: Advanced Video Prod Act (2 units)
  • TAT 341: Directing for the Camera (2 units)
  • AND
  • TAT 341L: Directing for the Camera Lab (2 units)
  • TAT 374: Intro to Film Production (4 units)
  • TAT 376: Documentary Making (4 units)
  • TAT 421: Motion Graphics (4 units)

MLO 4 Post Production

For media-based production and live events which include media elements, the post-production process refers to work done after the raw audio/video are acquired in the production process. During this stage students refine their work, which can include editing, graphics, special effects, image enhancement, audio mixing, etc. For live events the process includes evaluation of the created work and continued preparation for distribution or publication of the work.

Required Courses

  • Please choose 4 units from the following:
  • TAT 322: Performance & Technology (4 units)
  • TAT 361: Intro to Non-Linear Editing (4 units)

MLO 5 Distribution

Students present work to an audience via publishing, broadcasting, Internet streaming, documentation, screening and other distribution channels. Critical analysis and evaluation of the overall project experience also takes place.

Required Courses

  • Please choose 2 units from the following:
  • TAT 207: Distribution Research Methods (1 units)
  • TAT 208: Bus Fund for Creative Prod (1 units)
  • TAT 223: DVD Distribution Workshop (2 units)
  • TAT 225: Web Distribution Workshop (2 units)

MLO 6 Capstone

Students demonstrate comprehensive knowledge in media through completion of a creative project that synthesizes the major learning outcomes.

Required Courses

  • TAT 490: Research & Development (4 units)
  • TAT 491: Capstone Completion & Assessmt (4 units)

Concentrations