Multiplatform Production, B.S.

Goals

The following are the broad educational goals for the major in Multiplatform Production:

• to increase the numbers of highly trained production professionals capable of working across multiple platforms; especially from among those who are minorities and urban dwellers,
• to provide students with an understanding of the narrative capabilities of the media and the roles of those narratives in communicating information and ideas,
• to provide students with global perspectives on the influence of the media in shaping how we perceive other nations and their people and how those nations and their people perceive us,
• to provide students with an understanding of ethics and with basic communication law and how they affect choices about how narratives are presented, and
• to provide students with hands-on multiplatform production experiences.

Learning Outcomes

The following are the learning outcomes expected for students in the Multiplatform Production major.

• Students will be able, under deadline, to craft compelling, accurate and ethical narratives that adhere to styles appropriate to the media for which they are intended.
• Students will be able to communicate narratives in multiple platforms, including mobile devices, social media and other new technologies.
• Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in information gathering techniques, including the wide range of digital sources that are available.
• Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the techniques of recording visual images and audio and to edit that material into multiple formats appropriate to the media for which and audiences for whom that material is intended.