This applied minor provides students with the skills and knowledge to create professional or creative video content in a variety of formats. Video and television continue to be the world's most influential medium for telling stories, promoting organizations, and capturing personal memories. This minor teaches the theory and practice of developing, producing, and editing a variety of video forms and genres. This minor provides students with practical knowledge and marketable skills complementary to any major at the university.
Semester hours required for the Video Production minor: 19 semester hours
Required Courses: 10 hours
CMN 1500
Television & Video Development. (1 credits)
CMN 2500
Television & Video Production I. (3 credits)
CMN 2550
Audio Production & Voice Work I. (3 credits)
CMN 3050
Television & Video Production II. (3 credits)
Elective Courses: 9 hours
DGT 2123
Introduction to Digital Photography. (3 credits)
THA 2244
Acting I. (3 credits)
THA 2258
Script Analysis. (3 credits)
CMN 3075
Television Studio Production. (3 credits)
CMN 3100
Persuasion. (3 credits)
CMN 3520
Audio Production & Voice Work for Television & Film. (3 credits)
CMN 3530
Film Communication. (3 credits)
CMN 3540
Television & Video Production III. (3 credits)
CMN 3560
International Communication. (3 credits)
CMN 3570
Topics in Media History I. (3 credits)
(or CMN 3570B, or CMN 3570D)
CMN 3930
Message Strategies & Influence. (3 credits)
CMN 3940
Advertising: Theory and Practice. (3 credits)
CMN 4275
Internship I. (1 to 12 credits)
(or CMN 42752, or CMN 42753, or CMN 42754)
or
CMN 4375
Practicum I. (1 to 3 credits)
(or CMN 43752)
(3 credit hours with WEIU-TV or approved media organization)
CMN 4420
Mass Media Advertising-Sales. (3 credits)
CMN 4500
Topics in Media Production I. (3 credits)
(or CMN 4500B, or CMN 4500D, or CMN 4500E)
CMN 4540
Long-Form Television Production & Filmmaking. (3 credits)
CMN 4751
Topics in Episodic Television Production & Filmmaking. (3 credits)
CMN 4755
Television Genres: Production & Development. (3 credits)
CMN 4770
Television Criticism. (3 credits)
CMN 4775
Documentary Filmmaking. (3 credits)
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
