San Francisco State University
BECA 241: Introduction to Studio Production
Use of television equipment and facilities including camera operations, audio and video control, lighting, tape recorders, graphics, scenery, and portable audio and video production units. This course covers the basic techniques of multi-camera studio production including production planning, audio, lighting, floor management, camera operation, switching, producing, directing, and writing.
BECA 300: Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement – Media Research
Communication research. Acquiring and evaluating information and organizing the results into written form. Investigation of sources, methods, cataloging, philosophies of media research, and questions of reliability and validity.
BECA 321: Critical Studies of Pop Culture
Public arts from the standpoint of structures and themes; relationship to social value systems; form, vision, and function in the public arts.
BECA 350: Media Performance 1
Performance training for electronic media. Exercises for improving articulation, pronunciation, interpretation, vocal quality, and communicative abilities. The international phonetic alphabet.
BECA 370: Writing for Electronic Media
Writing scripts for video productions, television and radio programs, public service announcements, commercials, and documentaries.
BECA 390: Age of Information
Explore the historical, social, political, and personal implications of modern communication technology and how it contributes to change in our society.
BECA 523: Digital Media Distribution
Factors in day-to-day electronic media operations, program scheduling, syndication, social media use, labor relations, political and legal considerations, station promotion, and advanced distribution systems. Applied practice in the distribution and operation of Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts media channels
BECA 593: Interactive Electronic Media Workshop: Transmedia and Second Screen
Design and production of online interactive transmedia with an emphasis on broadcast technologies and distribution principles. Activity.
San Jose State University
RTVF 10: Art of Film
Study of the formal, aesthetic, historical, and cultural contexts of film as an art form.
RTVF 80: Introduction to Media
Analysis of the history and evolution of radio (audio) and television (video) in the U.S. Examination of programming, government regulation, advertising, networking, development of electronic media technologies and world media systems.
RTVF 110: Media & Culture
Critical survey of roles played by electronic media in shaping culture. Media institutions are examined regarding information they distribute, entertainment they provide and influence they bring. Analysis of media sources, messages and audiences.
TA 100W: Writing in the Disciplines
Development of skills appropriate to the theatre profession: criticism, research, publicity and promotion materials, and cover letter and resume composition.
Guest Speakers
@QuentinQuarantino (A.K.A. Tommy Marcus)
Spring 2021 Tommy Marcus came to speak to my “Age of Information” class. The course objectives are to learn about and critique digital media and emergent media communication. The topic of the guest lecture was to get an in-depth understanding of the work Instagram Content Creators and Meme Accounts do on a day-to-day basis. The lecture followed a fundraising event by Mr. Marcus where he was able to raise over $1M for Planned Parenthood using his online platform to reach donors.
Dan Rusanowsky – San Jose Sharks Radio Broadcaster
Dan Rusanowsky has been the play-by-play announcer for the San Jose Sharks since the team’s inaugural season in 1991-92. Mr. Rusanowsky was kind enough to come speak to my BECA350 Media Performance I class in Spring of 2020. The lecture was on the topic of radio broadcast for sports media. Mr. Rusanowsky went over the day-to-day tasks of his job, the background knowledge he has developed to call play-by-plays effectively, and his advice for future sports broadcasters.
Randy Hahn – San Jose Sharks Television Broadcaster
Randy Hahn has been the television play-by-play announcer for the San Jose Sharks since their inaugural season in 1991-92. Mr. Hahn’s guest lecture was given to my BECA350 Media Performance I class in Spring of 2018 and focused on the development of his career from covering arena soccer in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to his work as a backup TV broadcaster for the Los Angeles Kings, to his participation in organizing the San Jose Shark’s franchise. He offered insights into the daily tasks of a sports media television announcer, the qualifications and skills he needed to develop to have this job, and his advice for aspiring sports media students.
Olga White 