Declaration in or after Fall 2019
Last update: January 2025
Faculty Advisor
Major Overview
This track provides an overview of divergent technologies used in the production of media, including traditional and multi-media platforms. Students wishing to expand their knowledge of communications to include skill-based knowledge vital in a variety of professional fields, including filmmaking, television, and radio are welcome.
Students are expected to gain an understanding of both fiction and non-fiction narratives, and how technological components such as photography, editing, and audio contribute to the realization of the project. As writing is a crucial component of project work, students will complete scripts, essays, and articles, including extensive revision. Attainment of professional production broadcast standards is expected.
University and Klein College of Media and Communication Requirements
Students will follow Klein College of Media and Communication Baccalaureate (B.A.) Degree Requirements.
Major Requirements
The degree of Bachelor of Arts may be conferred upon a student majoring in Communication Studies by the recommendation of the faculty and upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 124 semester hours (s.h.) of credit with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 overall and in the major. Students must meet:
University requirements
- All students are required to complete the General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
- All students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses in the major at Temple University.
Lew Klein College of Media and Communication requirements, including KLN 1001 and KLN 1002.
Minimum of 42 s.h. in Communication Studies.
Each course that fulfills a requirement for the major must be passed with a C- or better.
Maximum of 30 s.h. in any one Klein department may be counted toward the major.
A maximum of 4 s.h. of Internship credit may be counted toward the degree.
A maximum of 8 s.h. combined of Independent Study and/or Special Projects may be counted toward the degree.
No more than 8 s.h. in Kinesiology and Dance activities courses.
Students may participate in study away programs.
Transfer students are required to complete a minimum of 24 s.h. of major courses at Temple.
Communication Studies majors may minor in established Klein minors. The Communication Studies student who declares a minor must complete the entire program requirements for both the major and the minor. Courses listed for both the Communication Studies major and Klein minor will only apply towards one of the curriculums. If the class is part of an array of courses, students will be required to take a different course to satisfy the major requirement.
Production Track
In consultation with a faculty advisor, a student must take seven courses (minimum 21 credits) from the list below.
- Students must have met the prerequisites for courses in their concentration by taking the appropriate core courses (see above).
- All students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses in the major. MSP 4796 is required. (TV Production Focus students are recommended to complete MSP 4796 before taking MSP 3701.) For the other writing-intensive course, options for this concentration are MSP 3196, MSP 3296, MSP 4496, and JRN 2396.