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Proposal for Plan Change or Plan Deletion
Fall 2016
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1. College:
3. Academic
Plan Name:
5. Plan proposal:
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Creative Media & Film; B.S.
(EMBS)
Plan Change
New Emphasis
6. Current student learning outcomes of the
plan. If structured as plan/emphasis, include for
both core and emphasis.
2. Academic Unit:
4. Emphasis:
School of
Communication
Creative Media & Film
(MEPRSM)
Documentary (DOCM)
Filmmaking (FILMMKM)
Media Studies (MESTSM)
Plan Deletion
Emphasis Change
Emphasis Deletion
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Developing Effective Program Student Learning
Outcomes).
Student Learning Outcomes
Creative Media & Film B.S.
All students graduating with a degree in Creative Media &
Film will be able to:
 Apply professional standards to the creation of
stories through basic techniques of screenwriting
and filmmaking;
Effective Fall 2015
Student Learning Outcomes
Creative Media & Film B.S.
All students graduating with a degree in Creative Media &
Film will be able to:
 Apply professional standards to the creation of
stories through basic techniques of screenwriting
and filmmaking;

Analyze, write, critique, and discuss the cultural,
historical, and theoretical forces shaping regional,
national, and international media, including works
of creative media, client work, documentaries, and
film; and
 Develop and revise their work based on faculty
and peer critiques and audience responses,
culminating in final projects that may include
fiction, documentary, or client-based films.
Creative Media Production Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Refine their skills in shooting, sound recording,
editing, and sound design in a variety of projects;
 Research, plan, write, produce, budget, bid, shoot,
edit, and promote client-based projects in a variety
of styles; and
 Design a video production house business model,
including finding clients, and discovering,
promoting, and creating their stories, as well as
drawing up contracts and using other business
practices, PR work, and/or advertising.
Documentary Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Refine their skills in shooting, sound recording,
editing, and sound design in a variety of projects;
 Research, plan, produce, budget, finance, shoot,
edit, and promote documentary projects;
 Apply skills of reporting—interviewing, gathering
information, researching people and ideas for
potential documentary stories;
 Read, write, and discuss the traditions and history
of a variety of documentary stories; and
 Integrate other areas of knowledge, such as from
anthropology, women and gender studies, history,
and humanities, in order to help students research
potential documentary story topics.
Filmmaking Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Refine their skills in shooting, sound recording,
lighting, directing, editing, and sound design in a
variety of projects;
 Research, plan, produce, budget, finance, cast,
and promote fiction film projects;
 Create medium and long form fiction scripts; and
 Examine a variety of foreign and independent film
traditions that they can apply to their own film
projects.
Media Studies Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Survey a variety of regional, national, and
international media forms;
 Acquire and apply media literacy skills while
analyzing a variety of film and other media
projects;
 Examine the various forms of media creation,
circulation, and consumption both locally and
global;
 Investigate media consumption through an
increased understanding of regional, national, and
global media practice;
Effective Fall 2015

Analyze, write, critique, and discuss the cultural,
historical, and theoretical forces shaping regional,
national, and international media, including works
of creative media, client work, documentaries, and
film; and
 Develop and revise their work based on faculty
and peer critiques and audience responses,
culminating in final projects that may include
fiction, documentary, or client-based films.
Creative Media Production Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Refine their skills in shooting, sound recording,
editing, and sound design in a variety of projects;
 Research, plan, write, produce, budget, bid, shoot,
edit, and promote client-based projects in a variety
of styles; and
 Design a video production house business model,
including finding clients, and discovering,
promoting, and creating their stories, as well as
drawing up contracts and using other business
practices, PR work, and/or advertising.
Documentary Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Refine their skills in shooting, sound recording,
editing, and sound design in a variety of projects;
 Research, plan, produce, budget, finance, shoot,
edit, and promote documentary projects;
 Apply skills of reporting—interviewing, gathering
information, researching people and ideas for
potential documentary stories;
 Read, write, and discuss the traditions and history
of a variety of documentary stories; and
 Integrate other areas of knowledge, such as from
anthropology, women and gender studies, history,
and humanities, in order to help students research
potential documentary story topics.
Independent Filmmaking Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Refine their skills in shooting, sound recording,
lighting, directing, editing, and sound design in a
variety of projects;
 Research, plan, produce, budget, finance, cast,
and promote fiction film projects;
 Create medium and long form fiction scripts; and
 Examine a variety of foreign and independent film
traditions that they can apply to their own film
projects.
Media Studies Emphasis
Graduating students will be able to:
 Survey a variety of regional, national, and
international media forms;
 Acquire and apply media literacy skills while
analyzing a variety of film and other media
projects;
 Examine the various forms of media creation,
circulation, and consumption both locally and
global;
 Investigate media consumption through an
increased understanding of regional, national, and
global media practice;


Interpret their own production, circulation and
consumption of media both as a reflection of their
own culture and in conversation with media users
in other cultures; and
Engage in meaningful and productive discussion,
debate, and open intellectual exchange with others
about regional, national, and global media
practice.
Effective Fall 2015


Interpret their own production, circulation and
consumption of media both as a reflection of their
own culture and in conversation with media users
in other cultures; and
Engage in meaningful and productive discussion,
debate, and open intellectual exchange with others
about regional, national, and global media
practice.
7. Current catalog display in this column. Cut and paste
the changing text in its entirety, from the current on-line
academic catalog: (http://catalog.nau.edu/Catalog/)
Creative Media & Film; B.S.
Creative Media & Film; B.S.
In addition to University Requirements:
 51 units of major requirements including 18
units of emphases requirements.
 Up to 9 units of major prefix courses may be
used to satisfy Liberal Studies requirements;
these same courses may also be used to
satisfy major requirements
 Elective courses, if needed, to reach an
overall total of at least 120 units
Please note that you may be able to use some
courses to meet more than one requirement.
Contact your advisor for details.
Minimum Units for Completion
120
Mathematics Required
MAT 114
Emphasis, Minor, Certificate
Required
Fieldwork Experience/Internship
Optional
University Honors Program
Optional
Progression Plan Link
View Progression Plan
Major Requirements
Take the following 51 units:
 COM 101, COM 200 with grades of "C" or
better (6 units)
 CST 111 or TH 125 (3 units)
 CMF 121, CMF 122, CMF 129, CMF 135 (12
units)
Select two from (6 units):
o CMF 321 , CMF 322, CMF 382, CMF 482
o COM 400
 (CMF 328W or CMF 330W) (3 units)
 (CMF 426C or CMF 470C) (3 units)
Note: CMF 408 Field Experience is highly
recommended for all students but not required.
Emphasis Requirements (Select one):
Creative Media Production Emphasis (18 units)
 CMF 240, CMF 340 (6 units)
 CMF 235 or (CMF 251 and CMF 252) (3 units)
Select three from (9 units):
Effective Fall 2015
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In addition to University Requirements:
 51 54 units of major requirements including
18 21 units of emphases requirements.
 Up to 9 units of major prefix courses may be
used to satisfy Liberal Studies requirements;
these same courses may also be used to
satisfy major requirements
 Elective courses, if needed, to reach an
overall total of at least 120 units
Please note that you may be able to use some
courses to meet more than one requirement.
Contact your advisor for details.
Minimum Units for Completion
120
Mathematics Required
MAT 114
Emphasis, Minor, Certificate
Required
Fieldwork Experience/Internship
Optional
University Honors Program
Optional
Progression Plan Link
View Progression Plan
Major Requirements
Take the following 51 54 units:
Core Requirements (33 units):

COM 101, COM 200 with grades of "C" or
better (6 units)
 (CST 111 or TH 125) (3 units)
 CMF 121, CMF 122, CMF 129, CMF 135 (12
units)
 (CMF 328W or CMF 330W) (3 units)
 (CMF 426C or CMF 470C) (3 units)
Select two from (6 units):
o CMF 321 , CMF 322, CMF 382, CMF 482
o COM 400
 (CMF 328W or CMF 330W) (3 units)
 (CMF 426C or CMF 470C) (3 units)
Note: CMF 408 Field Experience is highly
recommended for all students but not required.





CMF 124, CMF 226, CMF 440
ADV 207
COM 402
MGT 399 (Small Business Management &
Entrepreneurship)
PR 272
Documentary Emphasis (18 units)
 CMF 106, CMF 235, CMF 336, CMF 438 (12
units)
Select two from (6 units):
 ANT 102, ANT 205, ANT 301, ANT 302, ANT
303, ANT 305, ANT 306
 ES 200, ES 202, ES 204, ES 206
 HIS 295, HIS 379
 JLS 131
 HUM 375
 WGS 191, WGS 215, WGS 260
Filmmaking Emphasis (18 units)
 CMF 221 (3 units)
 CMF 235 or (CMF 251 and CMF 252) (3 units)
Select four from (12 units):
 CMF 229, CMF 325, CMF 329, CMF 335, CMF
337, CMF 435
 CINE 267
 PHO 100
Media Studies Emphasis (18 units)
Select an additional two from (6 units):
o CMF 321, CMF 322, CMF 382, CMF 482
 CINE 101, CINE 383 (6 units)
 COM 301 (3 units)
Select one from (3 units):
 CINE 232, CINE 268, CINE 380
 COM 323, COM 425
 ENG 266
Emphasis Requirements (Select one):
Creative Media Production Emphasis (18
units)
 CMF 240, CMF 340 (6 units)
 CMF 235 or (CMF 251 and CMF 252) (3
units)
Select three from (9 units):
 CMF 124, CMF 226, CMF 440
 ADV 207
 COM 402
 MGT 399 (Small Business Management
& Entrepreneurship)
 PR 272
Documentary Emphasis (18 21 units)
 CMF 106, CMF 235, CMF 275, CMF 336,
CMF 340, CMF 438 (12 18 units)
Select one two from (3 6 units):
 ANT 102, ANT 205, ANT 301, ANT 302, ANT
303, ANT 305, ANT 306
 ES 200, ES 202, ES 204, ES 206
 HIS 295, HIS 379
 HUM 375
 JLS 131, JLS 483
 HUM 375
 PHO 101
 WGS 191, WGS 215, WGS 260
General Electives
Independent Filmmaking Emphasis (18 21
units)
 CMF 221 (3 units)
 CMF 235 or (CMF 251 and CMF 252) (3
units)
Select six four from (12 18 units):
 CMF 229, CMF 235, (CMF 251 and CMF
252; both as UTV only), CMF 325 275,
CMF 329, CMF 335, CMF 337, CMF 435
 CINE 267
 PHO 100
You may take these remaining courses from any
academic areas, using these courses to pursue
your specific interests and goals. We encourage
you to consult with your advisor to select the
Media Studies Emphasis (18 21 units)
Select an additional two not used in the core
from (6 units):
o CMF 321, CMF 322, CMF 382, CMF 482
 CINE 101, CINE 383 (6 units)
 COM 301 (3 units)
Select one two from (3 6 units):
 CINE 232, CINE 268, CINE 380
Additional coursework is required, if, after you
have met the previously described requirements,
you have not yet completed a total of 120 units
of credit.
Effective Fall 2015
courses that will be most advantageous to you.
(Please note that you may also use prerequisites
or transfer credits as electives if they weren't
used to meet major, minor, or liberal studies
requirements.)
Additional Information
See the School of Communication page for
information about the Communication Core,
Advising and Student Responsibilities, and
Graduation Requirements.
All majors must earn the grade of "C" or better
in their freshman composition required course,
and their foundation mathematics course.
Be aware that some courses may have
prerequisites that you must also take. For
prerequisite information click on the course or
see your advisor.


COM 323, COM 425
ENG 266
General Electives
Additional coursework is required, if, after you
have met the previously described requirements,
you have not yet completed a total of 120 units
of credit.
You may take these remaining courses from any
academic areas, using these courses to pursue
your specific interests and goals. We encourage
you to consult with your advisor to select the
courses that will be most advantageous to you.
(Please note that you may also use prerequisites
or transfer credits as electives if they weren't
used to meet major, minor, or liberal studies
requirements.)
Additional Information
See the School of Communication page for
information about the Communication Core,
Advising and Student Responsibilities, and
Graduation Requirements.
All majors must earn the grade of "C" or better
in their freshman composition required course,
and their foundation mathematics course.
Be aware that some courses may have
prerequisites that you must also take. For
prerequisite information click on the course or
see your advisor.
8. Justification for proposal:
Overall, this change tightens the program and makes it more understandable to students with
three emphasis areas: Documentary, Independent Filmmaking, and Media Studies. The
creative media production emphasis is being deleted because it lacks enough production
classes to make it viable. We decided that students are better served learning about nonfiction
client-based work by taking classes in documentary, so we have consolidated CMF 240
Producing Client Work I and CMF 340 Producing Client Work II into one class (CMF 340
Producing Client Work), and placed it into the documentary emphasis. At the same time, it
also becomes a strong pre-requisite for the client-based Capstone, CMF 426C Production
House Experience.
Furthermore, by moving CMF 340 as a requirement in the documentary emphasis it offers two
solutions. One, it provides a producing class for the documentary students; and two, it gives
Effective Fall 2015
documentary students the knowledge to run their own business as a documentary filmmaker.
Much of the production content of CMF 340 utilizes documentary styles for client-based work.
In addition, we feel that the junior level postproduction course (CMF 325), needs to be a lower
division course that students need to take before moving on to most junior level production
classes. However, by doing so we no longer have 15 unique credits in the three production
emphases, so we increased the emphases from 18 to 21 credits in order to maintain this rule
(and resulting in a major with 54 credits). We do not have a minor requirement, so we feel this
is not an issue.
Changing the name of the Filmmaking emphasis to Independent Filmmaking helps distinguish
our major from other programs in the state and better define our approach to teaching
filmmaking, especially in comparison to Scottsdale Community College, in which we have
developed a 60-60 agreement.
In the core, there is a layout issue with the placement of the following:
Select two from (6 units):
 CMF 321 , CMF 322, CMF 382, CMF 482
 COM 400
 (CMF 328W or CMF 330W) (3 units)
 (CMF 426C or CMF 470C) (3 units)
It looks like CMF 328W and CMF 330W, along with the capstone classes are part of the 6 unit
choice, which is not the case—so we moved it above this list.
9. Will this proposal impact other plans, sub plans, or course offerings, etc.?
Yes
No
If yes, list and include evidence of notification to and/or response from each impacted academic unit
as necessary
See attached support from: JLS, PHO
See attached notifications to: ADV, COM, MGT, PR
Answer 10-13 for UCC/ECCC only:
10. A major is differentiated from another major by required course commonality: 24 units of the
required coursework to complete the major must be unique, (i.e. not common or not dual use as a
required element in another major), to that major. Does this plan have 24 units of unique required
credit?
Yes
No
11. An emphasis is differentiated from another emphasis by required course commonality: 15 units of
the required coursework to complete the emphasis must be unique, (i.e. not common or not dual use
as a required element in another emphasis), to that emphasis. Do the emphases each have 15 units
of unique required credit?
Yes
No
12. An undergraduate certificate is differentiated from another certificate by required course
commonality: 12 units of the required coursework to complete the certificate must be unique (i.e. not
common or not dual use as a required element in another certificate), to that certificate. Does this
certificate have 12 units of unique required credit?
Yes
No
13. A minor is differentiated from another minor by required course commonality: 12 units of
the
required coursework to complete the minor must be unique, (i.e. not common or not dual use as a
Effective Fall 2015
required element in another minor), to that minor. Does this minor have 12 units of unique required
credit?
Yes
No
Answer 14-17 for UGC only:
14. Master’s degrees are differentiated from one another by required curriculum and course
commonality: at least 12 units of required coursework to complete the degree must be unique (i.e. not
common or for dual use as a required element in another degree).
Does this degree contain at least 12 unique units of required credit?
Yes
No
15. Emphases within a Master’s degree are differentiated by required curriculum and course
commonality: at least 9 units of required coursework to complete the emphasis must be unique (i.e.
not common or not dual use as a required element in another emphasis).
Do emphases contain at least 9 unique units of required credit?
Yes
No
16. If this is a non-thesis plan, does it require a minimum of 24 units of formal graded coursework?
Yes
No
If no, explain why this proposal should be approved.
17. If this is a thesis plan, does it require a minimum of 18 units of formal graded coursework?
Yes
No
If no, explain why this proposal should be approved.
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Scott Galland
Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate
12/1/2015
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Approvals:
Department Chair/Unit Head (if appropriate)
Date
Chair of college curriculum committee
Date
Dean of college
Date
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UCC/UGC Approval
Date
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Effective Fall 2015
Date
Approvals:
Academic Unit Head
Date
Division Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized Learning)
Date
Division Administrator in Extended Campuses (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized
Learning)
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Faculty Chair of Extended Campuses Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or
Personalized Learning)
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UGC Approval (Graduate-Level Plans Only)
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Chief Academic Officer; Extended Campuses (or Designee)
Date
From: Amy Brooks Horn
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 1:31 PM
To: Paul Quinn Helford
Cc: Harun Mehmedinovic
Subject: Re: Permission to add PHO 101 to curriculum
Go ahead and forward, I spoke to several photo faculty, we are in support!
______________________
Amy Horn M.Ed.
School of Communication, Photography
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 5619
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
928.523.0128
Amy.Horn@nau.edu
www.horndesigns.com
On Oct 29, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Paul Quinn Helford <Paul.Helford@nau.edu> wrote:
Amy, CMF would like your permission to add PHO 101 as one of 17 electives in our documentary emphasis.
Thanks, paul
----------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Helford
Principal Lecturer, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University
Director, NHTV Breda the Netherlands Video Production Workshop
Director, Andy Harvey Native American Broadcast Workshop
Box 5619
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
928-523-9312
Paul.Helford@nau.edu
Effective Fall 2015
From: Laura L Camden
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:09 PM
To: Paul Quinn Helford <Paul.Helford@nau.edu>
Cc: Kurt W Lancaster <Kurt.Lancaster@nau.edu>; Stuart S Galland <Stuart.Galland@nau.edu>
Subject: Re: JLS 438
Paul,
If you mean JLS 483 Special Topics in Photojournalism, absolutely!
Thanks,
___________________________
Laura L. Camden
Associate Professor
Photojournalism
School of Communication
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
928.523.4335
www.lauralcamden.com
From: Paul Quinn Helford <Paul.Helford@nau.edu>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015 5:13 PM
To: Laura L Camden <Laura.Camden@nau.edu>
Cc: Kurt W Lancaster <Kurt.Lancaster@nau.edu>, Stuart S Galland <Stuart.Galland@nau.edu>
Subject: JLS 438
Dear Laura, CMF would like your permission to add JLS 438 as one of 17 electives in our documentary emphasis.
Thanks, paul
From: Stuart S Galland
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 3:20 PM
To: Calvin Brant Short <Brant.Short@nau.edu>; Margaret RW Dunfee <Margaret.Dunfee@nau.edu>
Subject: Creative Media and Film BS
This message is to notify you that Creative Media and Film is proposing changes to their degree plan which includes the removal of
your courses as elective options.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Scott Galland
Curriculum Process Associate
Office of Curriculum, Learning Design, and Academic Assessment
928-523-1753
928-699-9147 (cell)
scott.galland@nau.edu
Effective Fall 2015