Graduate Audition Requirements — Film, Video, and Broadcasting

Graduate Audition Requirements — Film, Video, and Broadcasting

Graduate students must hold an undergraduate degree and have adequate background in cinema and video production. Those who lack cinema and video production training that corresponds to classes in the BJU cinema and video production degree must make up deficiencies by successfully completing undergraduate courses in cinema and video production before proceeding with their graduate work.

Radio and Television

Students seeking admission to the Radio and Television or Broadcast Management master's degree programs are expected to have prior training or experience in a broadcast-related area. If this is not the case, students are required to take Radio and Television classes at the undergraduate level to make up the deficiency. Specific admission requirements are as follows:

  1. A minimum of 18 semester hours of acceptable undergraduate credits in radio and television broadcasting, equivalent to those required for the bachelor's degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting at Bob Jones University. A transcript of equivalent classes should be presented with the final grade received:
    Fundamentals of Radio (3 hours)
    Fundamentals of Television (3 hours)
    Basic Announcing (3 hours)
    Audio or Video Equipment Operation (3 hours)
    Sales, Marketing, or Advertising (3 hours)
    News, Writing, or Directing (3 hours)
    If the above hours are not presented, the student must make up these undergraduate classes as deficiencies before acceptance into the graduate degree program.
  2. A resume which includes related educational and/or professional experience (full-time, part-time, or internship).
  3. An audition CD or tape which adequately displays the applicant's expertise in broadcast-related production and performance (commercials, PSA's, news copy, excerpts from on-air programs, video news story reporting, photography/editing, etc.). For each submission you should state how the segment was used and what role you played (e.g., "News Story/Reporter," or "Pre-Recorded Program/Producer").
  4. Three letters of reference from instructors and/or professionals in the field.
  5. An in-person interview with the Head of the Radio and TV Department to ascertain the student's familiarity with broadcast equipment and protocols. If unable to visit the campus, interviews may be conducted by telephone.
  6. Specific degree requirements:
    For the M.S. Broadcast Management degree, the student must present a research paper or project, preferably demonstrating ability in research and knowledge of some aspect of management.

For more information, contact Admissions or the Division of Film, Video and Broadcasting.