:: UTLA Courses & Registration--Spring 2009

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The program fee for UTLA is $4500. As you check out with your chosen courses, including the required COM 350L, check the box for the program fee under COM 350L on the first checkout page. Students may pay program and course fees in full at the time of registration, or may make a partial payment. A minimum $800 non-refundable program fee deposit confirms a place in the program and will be deducted from the total UTLA program fee. Important: If you are paying less than the full amount due, you must indicate the amount that you are authorizing to be charged in the “Notes” field on the checkout page. Otherwise, the full $4500 program fee will be charged.

See the UTLA Program Calendar & Timeline for Spring 2009 to learn important information about program dates and payment deadlines.

REQUIRED: COM 350L Communication Internship: Semester in Los Angeles
All Semester in Los Angeles participants will be required to complete a 3-credit internship. To earn credit for the internship, each participant will have to intern for at least 150 total hours (generally 15-20 hours per week), maintain a journal of his/her experience, assemble and present a portfolio of work samples, and complete final internship evaluations
Three Credit Hours
Course Fee: $1,125

ELECTIVE: COM 324 The Creative Process of Film and Television
This course is aimed at gaining a better understanding of the development process in both film and television. Through lectures and discussion with guest speakers, students will gain experience in preparing pitches, coverage, and development notes as they learn to identify strengths and weaknesses of literary material typical of that submitted to studios, networks, and production companies. Topics will include story logic; story structure; character development; dramatic tone; the adaptability of other source material into scripts; and the extensive life cycle by which literary material makes it from page to screen. Further emphasis will be given to generating ideas and concepts; networking and tracking; agent contacts; working for a producer vs. working for a studio; the creative executive position; readers, studio and network story departments, and the script coverage process.
Three Credit Hours
Course Fee: $1,125

ELECTIVE: COM 324 How Hollywood Works: The Business of Show Business
Tracking the life cycle of motion pictures and television shows from inception of the original ideas all the way through marketing and distribution, this course is designed to explore business topics in the entertainment industry. Through case studies, readings, and guest speakers representing all facets of show business, students will gain a deeper understanding of the business side of the entertainment industry, the commercial challenges facing producers and network and studio executives, and the continual struggle between creativity and the bottom line.
Three Credit Hours
Cost: $1,125

ELECTIVE: COM 324 Inside the Music Industry
Tracking the life cycle of music from inception of the original idea all the way through recording, mixing, marketing and distribution. This course is designed to explore business topics in the music industry. Through case studies, readings, and guest speakers representing all facets of the music business, students will gain a deeper understanding of the business side of the music industry. They will learn the commercial challenges facing record producers and music company executives, and the continual struggle between creativity and the bottom line. In addition, they will learn the many career paths in music as well as the skills, education and experience necessary to start, develop, and grow a career in the exciting world of the music industry.
Three Credit Hours
Cost: $1,125

ELECTIVE: COM 324 Topics in Entertainment Professions
This course has two primary goals:1.) to explore specific career interests while providing students with a better understanding of the skills, experience, training, and contacts one needs for a career in a specific discipline, and 2.) to provide educational and experiential opportunities for students not found on the UT-Austin campus. Using a synergistic approach, the course is taught, whenever possible, by UT Alumni working in the entertainment industry. Potential topics will be chosen from the following career disciplines based on a majority input from the incoming students: acting, directing feature films, directing television, feature-length screenwriting, writing for sitcoms, writing for episodic television, line producing for film and television, art direction and set decoration, cinematography and lighting, post-production and editing, new media and gaming, marketing to the masses, film distribution, television syndication, entertainment journalism, and public relations.
Three Credit Hours
Cost: $1,125