Transfer Guide
Columbia College Chicago
Degree: BA
Television
College of DuPage
Degree: AAS
Motion Picture/Television
Television
The Television Department offers a major in Television with concentrations in Writing and Producing,
Production/Directing, Effects/Post-Production, and Interactive Television. In addition, an interdisciplinary major in
Broadcast Journalism is offered in cooperation with Columbia College Chicago's Journalism Department.
Transfer Admission Guidelines
The Television Major consists of Core and Concentration courses. Concentration courses should be selected with the
assistance of a Television Faculty Advisor at Columbia College Chicago. See the Columbia College Chicago Catalog
or the Television Department Web Site for more information.
Transfer Credit Worksheet
The following list shows equivalent courses in Television at Columbia College Chicago and the Motion
Picture/Television AAS program at College of DuPage.
College of DuPage MP/TV Courses
Required Courses at College of DuPage
JOUR 1120 Introduction to Broadcasting
MPTV 1011 Into to Motion Picture/TV
MPTV 1020 Edit for Motion Picture/TV and
MPTV 2231 Photojournalism for TV and
MPTV 2233 Documentary Production
MPTV 1022 Audio for Motion Picture/TV
MPTV 1220 Intro to TV Production
MPTV 1311 2 Dimensional Animation
MPTV 2031 Pre-Production
MPTV 2240 Advanced TV Production
AAS Electives**
MPTV 1122 Screenwriting for Short Film
MPTV 2133 Directing for Television
MPTV 2140 Advanced Film/Video Prod
MPTV 2822 Advanced Selected Topics
Credits
Columbia College Chicago Equivalent
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
College Wide Elective
40-1103 Aesthetics and Storytelling
40-2302 Production & Editing I and
40-2401 Production & Editing II
3
3
3
3
40-2100 Television Arts: Writing
40-2301 Television Arts: Directing
Elective Concentration Course
Elective Concentration Course
College Wide Elective
40-1302 Television Arts: Production
College Wide Elective
40-2201 The Television Producer
40-3301 Advanced Lighting & Camera*
* This course counts for the Production Concentration only
** All other AAS Electives as listed in the College of DuPage Catalog count as College Wide Electives
College of DuPage General Education and Columbia College Chicago Liberal Arts and Sciences Core
requirements are on the following page.
General Education Core Curriculum for College of DuPage AAS Degree
College of DuPage Requirement
Written Communication-English 1101
Oral Communication-Speech 1100
Physical & Life Sciences, Lab
Mathematics
Humanities and Fine Arts
Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Credits
3
3
3 to 5
3 to 5
3
3
Columbia College Equivalent
English Composition I
Oral Communication
Lab Science requirement
Math 1218 or higher strongly recommended
Will meet one Humanities requirement
Will meet one Social Science requirement
Additional Columbia College Chicago Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum
requirements for BA degree
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Course
English Composition II
Science
History
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
First Year Studies
Credits
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
Transfer students with 24 or more hours would replace the First Year Studies course with a Core Elective.
Two Core courses must be 2000-level or higher.
One Core course must meet the United States Pluralism requirement (minority groups in the United States)
One Core course must meet the Global Awareness requirement (non-Western studies)
Fluency in Technology requirement also required for graduation
Credit Summary
Total number of credits transferable from College of DuPage
Total number of credits required for Columbia College Chicago BA
Total number of credits in AAS at College of DuPage
Total number of General Education credits at College of DuPage
Total number of LA&S Core Curriculum required at Columbia College Chicago
62
120
64
18
42
Further information for the Television BA is available in the Columbia College Chicago undergraduate catalog or the Television web site.
For more information on the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum and specific courses available at College of DuPage, please refer
to the chart available on the Office of Transfer Evaluation web site.
For more information on transferring to Columbia College Chicago, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at 312-3447130 or visit our web site at www.colum.edu.
Revised 3-05