The 120-credit Bachelor of Fine Arts in Broadcasting opens students to the world of digital radio, digital video, webcasting and multimedia. This major prepares students for careers as varied as documentary producers, television writers, web video producers, news anchors, writers, radio broadcasters, and interview hosts. Courses cover the technical and creative aspects of this field, including new technologies, digital audio and video production and editing as well as narrative development and cultural dimensions of media. Students will work behind the scenes, writing scripts for broadcasts and operating television and radio equipment, and also practice on-air skills through work at LIU Post’s TV station, PTV, and radio station, WCWP. Students develop an understanding of a variety of storytelling styles and formats in both radio and television. LIU Post students intern at some of the nation’s top media organizations, including CBS, MTV Networks, NBC TV, Z-100, WBAB, W WFAN Radio, HGTV, and News 12, Long Island.
Course # | Course Name | Credit |
BDST 11 | Production Essentials: Audio | 3 |
BDST 12 | Production Essentials: Video | 3 |
CMA 2 | Mass Media in America | 3 |
CMA 4 | Media Literacy: Behind the Message | 3 |
JOU 5 | Writing Across Media Platforms | 3 |
CMA 10 | Media Law and Ethics | 3 |
ORC 1 | Public Speaking | 3 |
Required Co-Related Course List 2 (Choose one of the following) |
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ART 4 | Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 |
CIN 24 | Intro to Documentary Production | 3 |
CGPH 16 | Digital Imaging | 3 |
Required Broadcasting Courses | ||
BDST 4 | Digital Audio Production | 3 |
BDST 6 | Intermediate Television Production: Studio | 3 |
BDST 30 | Producing: Concept to Audience | 3 |
BDST 25 | Intermediate television Production: Field | 3 |
BDST 34 | Advanced Digital Audio Production | 3 |
BDST 46 | Video for the Web | 3 |
BDST 54 | Creating the Television Newscast | 3 |
BDST 57 | Advanced Digital Editing | 3 |
JOU 3 | Basic Reporting | 3 |
JOU 52 | Interviewing Skills for the Media | 3 |
BDST 27 | Applied Television | 3 |
Required Broadcasting Senior Research/Honors Tutorial (Choose one of the following) |
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BDST 91 | Senior Research in Broadcasting* | 3 |
BDST 385 | Honors Tutorial | 3 |
BDST 386 | Honors Tutorial | 3 |
Required Broadcasting Senior Project/Honors Thesis (Choose one of the following) |
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BDST 92 | Senior Project & Portfolio | 4 |
BDST 389 | Honors Thesis | 4 |
BDST 390 | Honors Thesis | 4 |
Elective Broadcasting Courses (Six credits from the following) |
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JOU 41 | Newspaper Laboratory | 3 |
BDST 27 | Advanced Applied TV | 3 |
BDST 30 | Producing Television | 3 |
BDST 34 | Advanced Digital Audio | 3 |
PR 38 | Social Media Tools | 3 |
CIN 9 | Screenwriting | 3 |
BDST 63 | Applied Radio News | 3 |
BDST 64 | Applied Radio News | 3 |
BDST 65 | Applied Radio: on-air | 3 |
BDST 66 | Applied Radio: Sprotsdesk | 3 |
BDST 87 | Internship | 3 |
BDST 88 | Internship | 3 |
BDST 89 | Advanced Independent Study in Electronic Media | 1 |
Institutional Learning Outcome (ILO) |
Courses |
ILO 1: Creative and Reflective Capacities (3 credits) Openness to new ideas, integrative and reflective thinking, investigation, and synthesis of existing knowledge as a way of creating, appreciating, and reflecting on original, innovative work grounded in scientific, humanistic, historical, and/or aesthetic disciplinary knowledge. |
ART 101: Introduction to Art ART 105: Introduction to Beginning Drawing ART 106: 3D Visualization and Production ART 131: Pottery and Ceramic Sculpture I CIN/FIL 109: Screenwriting II CIN 111: History of World Cinema CMA 109: Media Arts and Technology DNC 108: History of Dance ENG 167: Creativity and Nature ENG 182: Introduction to Creative Writing ENG 183: Creative Non-Fiction JOU 110: Journalism, Media and You MA 109: Media Arts and Technology MUS 101: Introduction to Musical Concepts MUS 102: Music Fundamentals MUS 110: Introduction to World Music PHI 172: Philosophy and the Mind SPE/ORC 105: Public Speaking THE 100: Introduction to Drama THE 111: The Art of Theatre THE 143: Shakespeare in Performance THE 193: Theatre Research/Performance |
ILO 2: Historical and Intercultural Awareness (6 credits) Recognition of oneself as a member of a global community consisting of diverse cultures with unique histories and geographies. |
History HIS 100: American Civilization to 1877 HIS 101: Perspectives on Premodern World History HIS 102: Perspectives on Modern World History HIS 108: American Civilization since 1877 Intercultural Awareness ANT #: Any Anthropology Course ART 104: Introduction to Visual Arts CIN 105: The Art of Documentary ENG 115: Global Literatures ENG 132: Shakespeare ENG 158: American Literature FRE 111: Introduction to French I FRE 112: Introduction to French II GGR 102: Geography and the Global Citizen HIS 144: Topics in Asian History HIS 157: Topics in Latin American History ITL 111: Introduction to Italian I ITL 112: Introduction to Italian II MUS 103: Music in Western Civilization MUS 146: History of Hip Hop MUS 147: History of Rock Music MUS 159: History of Country Music PHI 170: Philosophies of Love and Sex POL 150: International Relations POL 161: Introduction to Comparative Politics SPA 111: Introduction to Spanish I SPA 112: Introduction to Spanish II SOC 103: Gender and Sexual Diversity SOC 135: Global Cultures SOC 165: Culture and Society SOC 103: Gender and Sexual Diversity SOC 165: Culture and Society SPE 100: Oral Communication THE 142: Modern Theatre History |
ILO 3: Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning (7-8 credits) Competence in interpreting numerical and scientific data in order to draw conclusions, construct meaningful arguments, solve problems, and gain a better understanding of complex issues within a discipline or in everyday contexts. |
Scientific Reasoning AST 109/109A: Introductory Astronomy I AST 110/110A: Introductory Astronomy II BIO 120/120L: General Biology I BIO 124/124L: Foundations of Biology I BIO 125/125L: The Science of Sustainability BIO 126/126L: DNA and Human Life BIO 137/137L: Human Anatomy and Physiology I CHM 101/101L: Chemistry for Health Science I CHM 103/103L: Principles of Chemistry I ERS 101/101L: Weather and Climate ERS 102/102L: Planet Earth ERS 103/103L: Oceanography ERS 125/125L: Environmental Sustainability Science FSC 100/100L: Introduction to Forensic Chemistry PHY 103: University Physics I PHY 104: University Physics II PHY 120/120L: The Physical Universe PHY 127/127L: Physics for Pharmacy PHY 131/131L: General Physics I PHY 131/131L: College Physics I PHY 132/132L: General Physic II PHY 132/132L: College Physics II Quantitative Reasoning MTH #: Any Mathematics Course |
ILO 4: Oral and Written Communication (6 credits) Knowledge and skill in exchanging informed and well-reasoned ideas in effective and meaningful ways through a range of media to promote full understanding for various purposes, among different audiences and in a variety of contexts and disciplines. |
Written Communication ENG 110: Writing I – Composition and Analysis ENG 111: Writing II – Research and Argumentation |
ILO 5: Information and Technological Literacies (3 credits) Ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills. |
CGPH 126: Web Design for Everyone EDI 100: Contemporary Issues in Education ENG 148: Ideas and Themes n Literature ENG 173: Writing in the Community ENG 175: Writing in the Professions ENG 178: Writing in the Sciences HIS 107: Engaging the Past HIS 190: Research Problems in History POL 100: Research Problems in Political Science SOC 102: Social Problems SOC 148: Medical Sociology SOC 148: Sociology of Health and Illness |
ILO 6: Critical Inquiry and Analysis (3 credits) Reflective assessment and critique of evidence, applying theory, and practicing discernment in the analysis of existing ideas and in the production of new knowledge across a broad array of fields or disciplines. |
ENG 103: Grammar and the Structure of English ENG 112: World Literatures I ENG 113: World Literatures II ENG 140: Introduction to Literature ENG 180: Literary Genres FRE 100: French Cinema GGR 101: The Geography of Sustainable Development HIS 104: Topics in American History HIS 120: Topics in Medieval History HIS 164: History of Gender and Sexuality HIS 167: History of Science and Technology PHI 100: Beginning Philosophy PHI 163: Philosophy of Art PHI 179: Social and Political Philosophy POL 147: Political Psychology POL 156: Diplomacy and Negotiation PSY 103: General Psychology PSY 111: Psychological Perspectives on Teaching and Learning SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology SOC 112: Gender, Race and Ethnicity SOC 126: Sociology of Gender SOC 161: Sociology of Sport |
ILO 7: Ethical Reasoning and Civic Engagement (3 credits) Evaluation of ethical issues in conduct and thinking, development of ethical self-awareness, consideration of various perspectives, and responsible and humane engagement in local and global communities. |
ART 177: High Impact Art CIN/FIL 103: Major Forces in the Cinema ECO 101: Microeconomics ECO 102: Macroeconomics ENG 150: Empathy and Literature HIS 116: History of Race and Society HIS 158: History of Politics and Power PHI 105: Bioethics PHI 113: Philosophy and Film PHY 178: Ethics and Society POL 101: Introduction to Political Science POL 102: Introduction to American Politics POL 123: Political Parties and Public Opinion SOC 108: Sociology of Youth SOC 109: Social Movements and Change SOC 110: Human Rights and Social Justice SOC 119: Sociology of the Family SOC 122: American Social Problems/Global Context SPA 105: The Hispanic World |
BDST 4 Digital Audio Production
This course is designed to familiarize the student with intermediate-level theory and practice of digital audio production. Continues instruction in the various techniques for capturing and engineering sound. it offers training in the tools and techniques of producing audio and provides the foundation for sound production/reproduction essential to dealing with audio in environments such as radio, television, film ,multimedia, broadcast journalism and web production.Prepares the student for advanced work in audio production.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 6 Intermediate Television production: Studio
Students explore techniques of multi-camera production in the studio setting, including camera, audio, graphics, lighting, scenery, and special effects. Students learn how to produce a variety of studio formats including: talk shows, panel discussions, comedic sketches and live performance. Emphasis is placed on understanding the roles involved in production and how to move from idea to finished product. Only Communications and Film Department majors and Electronic Media minors may take this course.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 11 Production Essentials: Audio
This course introduces the student to the basics of digital audio production. Students complete studio assignments in order to master the basics of audio production,including an introduction to principles of sound, audio formats, analog vs. digital recording, editing,use of various microphone types.Remote equipment use, studio production and production for the web will also be introduced.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 12 Production Essentials Video
This course introduces the student to basic skills in video and web production. Specifically, it includes the three camera switched shoot, three camera set up, blocking, microphones, soundboard operation, setting levels and creating a show rundown. It will also introduce single camera production ,including shot composition, camera movement, as well as preproduction, postproduction, storyboarding and scripting.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 25 Intermediate Television: Field Production
Students explore more advanced television field production techniques for news, documentary and narrative projects. Students learn how to produce interviews and dramatic short pieces with emphasis on pre-production,proper field production practices, post-production and critical analysis of finished work.Prepares student for upper level projects in field production.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 27 Applied Television
Students staff the television studio and participate in the operation and programming of PTV. Class meets together once per week, and completes programming on an hours-arranged basis. Hours and area of concentration are determined according to the student's interests and skill level, as well as the needs of the studio. Students work closely with faculty members in the day-to-day operation of the television studio and in programming for PTV,the campus television channel. May be taken two times for credit.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 30 Producing: Concept to Audience
This course will familiarize the advanced student with the creative and business aspects of bringing an audio, video or web project to a range of audiences. From idea to completed piece, the class explores the fundamentals of creating developing, pitching ,producing and airing all genres of material. Course topics include: testing the viability of an idea, developing a pitch with appropriate materials, pre-production planning, scheduling, budgeting,locations, talent, staff and crew, copyrighted materials, as well as discussion about post-production planning and outreach and engagement to build audiences.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 34 Advanced Digital Audio Production
This advanced-level course is designed to provide students with exposure to complex digital audio editing techniques through the process of creating more sophisticated radio productions and podcasts. Students develop imaging for various radio formats. affording the student the opportunity to improve audio production skills and develop a critical ear. Students will create sweepers, jingles, promos ,underwriting announcements , documentaries and more complex productions for air on university radio station WCWP.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 46 Web Video Production
Students develop skills required to merge video production and web design . Students will learn how to design, edit , export and display video for the web. They will create and produce several short videos and post them to a website they have created. Each video will be part of a continuous narrative , bringing the user back to the site to view the new video. Students will master the skills needed to create a website and produce video content especially for the web.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 54 Producing the Television Newscast
This is a hands-on television news production course where advanced students in journalism and broadcasting collaborate to create news programs for television.- Students work in teams, rotating roles, as they learn to plan, report, write, shoot and edit news packages and produce a newscast in the television studio setting. Cross-listed with JOU 56.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 57 Advanced Digital Imaging
This course provides an intensive look at the aesthetics and techniques of digital video editing for diverse content. The students will explore the language of video editing, combining shots to create narratives, working with music and voice ,and basic news editing. Special effects and graphics are taught as ways to enhance good editing.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 63 Applied Radio: Newsroom
This course is a practicum for students with radio experience who wish to refine their skills in news writing and anchoring for a news broadcast. Students produce news programming for WCWP-Web radio. Advanced work is broadcast on the University radio Station, WCWP-FM.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 64 Applied Radio: Newsroom
This course is a practicum for students with radio experience who wish to continue to refine their skills in news writing and anchoring for a news broadcast. Students produce news programming for University radio station WCWP, both web and FM.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 65 Applied Radio: On-Air
This course is a practicum for students with previous radio experience who wish to refine their skills and apply them in a real radio station environment,producing recorded audio content for broadcast.This course focuses on utilizing studio equipment in a creative fashion to produce professional quality audio. This may include music, sports or talk shows, or engineering of live programming that will air on the University radio services.This course may be repeated for credit twice.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 66 Applied Radio: Sports
This course is practical application in producing radio sports content including anchoring, color commentary, and play-by-play . Students also produce sports talk programming and sports -related podcasts. This course may be repeated for credit twice.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 87 Internship
This course is an opportunity for the junior or senior-status student to supplement classroom instruction with on-the-job experience in a professional setting. Internships are geared to the individual student's interests and abilities. Students work 120 hours per semester, to be agreed upon by the student and on-site supervisor. Regular meetings with a faculty mentor during the semester and a final paper are required.Students must have a B or better major average to be eligible for this course.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 88 Intership
This course is an opportunity for the student with junior or senior status to supplement classroom instruction with on-the-job experience in a professional setting. Internships are geared to the individual student's interests and abilities. Students work 120 hours per semester, to be agreed upon by the student and employer. Regular meetings with a faculty mentor during the semester and a final paper are required.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 89 Advanced Independent Study in Broadcasting
This independent study is an individual, faculty-guided exploration of a media-related topic chosen by the student in consultation with the faculty mentor. The student meets regularly with the mentor as work on the project or research paper progresses.Independent studies must be taken only in the case where the topic of study is not available as a regular class, and where the student can present a compelling case for the chosen topic. Only students in good standing will be considered for this course.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 91 Senior Research in Broadcasting
Senior Research consists of the development of a substantial annotated research bibliography on a topic appropriate to the student's planned Senior Project, prepared with the guidance of a faculty mentor, or a comprehensive pre-production plan, including elements such as a script, location research, interview schedule and other preparations deemed appropriate by the faculty mentor. Senior Research serves as the foundation for the student's senior project. Regular meetings with the faculty mentor are required.Students must earn a B- or better in this work in order to take BDST 92.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 92 Senior Project
This is an opportunity for the advanced student to apply knowledge of the broadcast media field to develop an audio, video or multimedia production or a script ,or to write a sophisticated research paper. Students work independently with supervision from a faculty mentor. The senior project is based on the research and other preparation conducted in BDST 91. BDST 92 also requires a cumulative portfolio of the student's work as a Broadcasting Major. BDST 91 and BDST 92 may not be taken in the same semester.Students must achieve a grade of B- or better in order to receive credit for this class.
Credits: 4.00
BDST 385 Honors Tutorial
See Honors Program information
Credits: 3.00
BDST 386 Honors Tutorial
See Honors program Website for information.
Credits: 3.00
BDST 389 Honors Thesis
See Honors Program Website for description and procedures.
Credits: 4.00
BDST 390 Honors Thesis
See Honors program website for description and Procedures.
Credits: 4.00
CGPH 16 Digital Imaging
This course introduces the student to Adobe Photoshop for creating graphic designs and digital imagery. Students learn how to use Adobe Photoshop as a graphic design tool for various applications. Students also learn image editing and manipulation techniques. The course also covers industry standards on resolution and colors models. Emphasis is placed on technical proficiency and creative expression.
Credits: 3.00
CIN 9 Screenwriting I
This course includes an intensive program of screenwriting techniques, focusing on writing a short form screenplay.
Credits: 3.00
CIN 24 Video Documentary Workshop II
Students learn the basics of producing a short documentary film, including research, interviewing, budgeting, shooting styles and organizing footage for editing.
Credits: 3.00
CMA 2 Mass Media in American Society
This course will introduce the student to ways of thinking critically about media and gaining a historical perspective on the media that surround us. It will stress ways of understanding the relationships among media, society and the individual through the 20th century and to the present. This class will examine a number of examples drawn from various media and time periods , focusing on how our society has adapted media from radio to Twitter to its needs and desires, and how Media have changed our society in major ways over the course of modern history.
Credits: 3.00
CMA 4 Media Literacy: Behind the Message
Becoming media literate means developing an understanding of how diverse media formulate, deliver and finance their messages. This course gives the student the critical and analytical skills needed to interpret media messages and understand their effects on audiences. It also serves an introduction to the concepts and terms involved in analysis of media messages as a foundation for further study in this field. The student will use modern media theories and see illustrations of their application in current media coverage, with special attention to the impact of new social media. This course fulfills the Creativity, Media, and the Arts thematic cluster requirement in the core curriculum. This class is cross-listed with COMM 1
Credits: 3.00
CMA 10 Media, Law and Ethics
This course examines the legal and ethical responsibilities of media professionals in broadcasting, journalism, public relations, and other fields. Students are introduced to the legal framework that supports freedom of speech and freedom of the press and examine the current laws of libel, invasion of privacy, copyright and newsgathering, as well as FCC and other telecommunications regulations. Students also examine ethical codes that guide media professionals and study conflicts that arise when legal and ethical principles conflict with real-world dilemmas. Recommended to be taken in sophomore year for all Department of Communications and Film majors. This course fulfills the Ethics, Self, and Society thematic cluster requirement in the core curriculum.
Credits: 3.00
JOU 3 Basic Reporting
The course is an introduction to the reporting and writing of news stories. Emphasis is on the fundamentals of journalism ¿ accuracy, newsworthiness, balance, fairness and the importance of deadlines; basic news writing skills ¿ spelling, grammar, AP style, use of quotes and attribution, and compelling news leads; and basic reporting techniques ¿ good interviewing skills and the use of social media, sources, databases and the internet to background stories and to find news. Recommended to be taken during freshman year, or sophomore year at the latest for JOU majors. Open to students of all majors who want to hone strong writing skills.
Credits: 3.00
JOU 5 Writing for Radio, TV and Web
This course focuses on reporting, newswriting, and editing for radio, television and online media. Students gain experience in radio and television newscasts, podcasting, video and audio slideshows, and using social media for reporting. Students create an online portfolio.
Credits: 3.00
JOU 41 Newspaper Laboratory
Students earn 3 credits for making a significant weekly contribution to the student newspaper. Students are required to attend weekly staff meetings, and meet regularly with the editors and faculty adviser. Course stresses newsgathering, writing, revising, and teamwork. At the end of the course, students have a portfolio of published work. Course is open to students of all years and majors who would like to work on the newspaper staff as reporters, photographers, artists, editors, layout staff, or in other capacities. Course may be taken multiple times for credit.
Credits: 3.00
JOU 52 Interviewing Skills for Media
This course teaches communications skills essential for any media career. Students receive practical training in interview techniques, including the one-on-one interview, the news interview, panels, and oral history interviews. Students record video or audio of interviews to assess their performance, and gain instructor feedback and peer critiques. Cross-listed as BDST 52.
Credits: 3.00
ORC 1 Public Speaking
This course builds student confidence and skills in speaking in various face-to-face settings. Principles of speech composition and public address with emphasis on effective speaking and fundamentals of voice and diction are covered in this course. Students prepare and deliver short speeches to their peers on various assigned topics for critical analysis and feedback.
Credits: 3.00
PR 38 Social Media Tools
Social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have become platforms for brands and organizations to connect and communicate directly with their audiences and are now integral parts of well-rounded public relations campaigns. Students will learn about the various networks and apps available, how to leverage them effectively using best practices, and strategically integrate these platforms into an overall communications plan with appropriate listening and measurement metrics.
Credits: 3.00
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