Course Descriptions

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Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
BECA 200 Introduction to Electronic Communication (3) Spring 2010
BECA 201 Life on TV: A Critical View (3) Fall 2009
BECA 230 Audio Production I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 231 Audio Laboratory (1) Spring 2010
BECA 235 Digital Media Basics (3) Fall 2002
BECA 240 Video Production (3) Spring 2010
BECA 241 Video Laboratory (1) Spring 2010
BECA 300 GW Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Research - GWAR (3) Spring 2010
BECA 301 Media Literacy in the Electronic Culture (3) Fall 2009
BECA 305 KSFS Radio I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 310 Radio Production (3) Spring 2010
BECA 321 Critical Study of Popular Culture (3) Spring 2010
BECA 324 Law and Regulation of the Electronic Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 330 Audio Production II (3) Spring 2010
BECA 335 Audio for Video (3) Spring 2010
BECA 340 Media Aesthetics I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 348 Video Editing I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 350 Media Performance I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 370 Writing for the Electronic Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 390 The Age of Information (3) Fall 2009
BECA 395 Close up on Electronic Media (1) Effective Summer 2007
BECA 395 Variable topics:
  BECA 395 Close Up on Los Angeles Seminar (1) Spring 2010
  BECA 395 Close up on Community Radio (1) Effective Summer 2007
BECA 415 Advanced Television Production Workshop (3) Spring 2010
BECA 422 Social Aspects of Electronic Media (3) Fall 2009
BECA 423 Economic Aspects of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 425 Television/Video Program Design (3) Fall 2009
BECA 428 Electronic Media Management (3) Spring 2010
BECA 430 Advanced Audio Production I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 435 Aesthetics of Sound (3) Fall 2007
BECA 440 Media Aesthetics II (3) Fall 2007
BECA 450 Media Performance II (3) Fall 2009
BECA 460 Introduction to News on Broadcast and Electronic Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 462 The Television Documentary in the United States (3) Fall 2009
BECA 470 Dramatic Writing for Television and Electronic Media (3) Fall 2009
BECA 485 Women and Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 487 Children and Television (3) Spring 2005
BECA 488 Asian Media (3) Spring 2009
BECA 490 Television and Social Change (3) Spring 2010
BECA 500 International Broadcasting (3) Fall 2009
BECA 502 Environmental Communication on the Electronic Media (3) Fall 2007
BECA 505 KSFS Radio II (3) Spring 2010
BECA 510 Music Performance Recording and Production (3) Spring 2010
BECA 515 Television Center Crew (3) Spring 2010
BECA 516 Television News Crew (3) Spring 2010
BECA 530 Advanced Audio Production II (3) Spring 2010
BECA 533 Advanced Music Recording Workshop (3) Summer 2007
BECA 535 Advanced Audio for Video (3) Spring 2010
BECA 536 Creativity and Problem Solving in Electronic Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 545 Television Directing I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 546 Electronic Field Production I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 547 Digital Video Editing I (3) Fall 2009
BECA 550 The Broadcast Interview (3) Spring 2010
BECA 555 Directing Actors for Television and Video (3) Fall 2007
BECA 559 Sports Reporting for Television (3) Spring 2010
BECA 560 Radio and Television News Writing (3) Spring 2010
BECA 561 News Reporting for Television (3) Spring 2010
BECA 562 Television/Video Documentary Production (3) Spring 2010
BECA 563 Ethics for Electronic Journalists (3) Fall 2007
BECA 570 Writing for Electronic Media Genres (3) Effective Fall 1994
BECA 570 Variable topics:
  BECA 570 Adapting Literature to Television and Video (3) Spring 2006
  BECA 570 Writing for Media Genres: The Short Format (3) Spring 2010
BECA 576 Internship in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (3) Spring 2010
BECA 580 Media in Community Service (3) Spring 2010
BECA 590 New Electronic Communication Technologies (3) Spring 2010
BECA 593 Interactive Electronic Media Workshop (3) Fall 2009
BECA 594 Mobile Electronic Media (3) Fall 2009
BECA 595 Explorations in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Production (3) Effective Fall 1994
BECA 600 Senior Seminar (3) Fall 2008
BECA 623 Ethics and Responsibility in the Electronic Media (3) Spring 2009
BECA 626 Corporate and Institutional Media Production (3) Spring 2010
BECA 646 Electronic Field Production II (3) Fall 2009
BECA 647 Advanced Video Production (3) Spring 2010
BECA 648 Digital Video Editing II (3) Spring 2009
BECA 650 TV Center Sports I (3) Spring 2010
BECA 655 Television Dramatic Production (3) Spring 2008
BECA 660 Television Center News (4) Spring 2010
BECA 665 News Reporting and Producing for Radio (3) Fall 2009
BECA 670 Writing for Interactive Electronic Media (3) Spring 2010
BECA 685 Projects in the Teaching of Broadcast and Communication Arts (1-4) Effective Fall 2002
BECA 685 Variable topics:
  BECA 685 Projects in the Teaching of Broadcast and Communication Arts (1) Spring 2010
  BECA 685 Projects in the Teaching of Broadcast and Communication Arts (3) Spring 2010
BECA 693 Interactive Electronic Media Workshop II (3) Spring 2010
BECA 695 Practicum in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (3) Spring 2010
BECA 699 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
BECA 699 Variable topics:
  BECA 699 Special Study (1) Spring 2010
  BECA 699 Special Study (3) Spring 2010
BECA 700 Introduction to Graduate Study (4) Fall 2009
BECA 701 Formula and Creativity in the Public Arts (3) Spring 2010
BECA 702 Ethics and Responsibility in the Electronic Media (3) Fall 2009
BECA 703 Seminar in Theory and Research (3) Fall 2008
BECA 706 Seminar in Media Aesthetics and Production Theory (3) Fall 2009
BECA 707 Seminar in International Broadcasting (3) Spring 2009
BECA 721 Seminar in Criticism of the Public Arts (3) Fall 2006
BECA 725 Television/Video Program Design (3) Fall 2009
BECA 735 Aesthetics of Sound (3) Fall 2007
BECA 740 Seminar in Experimental Production (3) Fall 2007
BECA 746 Electronic Field Production II (3) Fall 2009
BECA 748 Surround Sound: Aesthetics and Technology (3) Spring 2007
BECA 752 Seminar in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Pedagogy (3) Spring 2008
BECA 755 Television Dramatic Production (3) Spring 2003
BECA 760 Seminar in News on Broadcast and Electronic Media (3) Fall 2007
BECA 770 Media Writing and Performance (3) Fall 2008
BECA 790 Seminar in New Electronic Communication Technologies (3) Spring 2010
BECA 797 Seminar in Electronic Media Production (3) Effective Summer 2007
BECA 797 Variable topics:
  BECA 797 Seminar in Electronic Media Production: Documentary Workshop (3) Spring 2010
  BECA 797 Sound Across Media (3) Spring 2008
  BECA 797 The Cultural Politics of Media (3) Effective Summer 2007
BECA 822 Seminar in Media and Society (3) Fall 2009
BECA 852 Directed Experience in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Education (3) Spring 2010
BECA 870 Seminar in Television Dramatic Writing (3) Spring 2009
BECA 894 Creative Work Project (3) Spring 2010
BECA 896 Readings for the Written Comprehensive Examination (3) Spring 2010
BECA 897 Research for Thesis and Creative Project Proposals (3) Spring 2010
BECA 898 Master's Thesis (3) Spring 2010
BECA 899 Special Study (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
BECA 899 Variable topics:
  BECA 899 Special Study (1) Spring 2010
  BECA 899 Special Study (3) Spring 2010
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