Program: Video Production, B.S. Sequence - University of Wisconsin Stout - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 13, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin (Working)

Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

ART-100 Drawing and Composition (4 cr.)
or
ART-101 Two-Dimensional Design Foundations (4 cr.)
GCOM-151 Graphics Software Tools (3 cr.)
or
DES-220 Introduction to 2D Digital Imaging (3 cr.)
ICT-103 Problem-Solving with Information Communication Technologies (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

DES-176 Introduction to Visual Narrative (3 cr.)
DES-240 Basics of Visual Communication (3 cr.)
VID-200 Video Production Technologies (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Stout Core: ARNS Math/Stats Selective (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PHOTO-310 Introduction to Photographic Lighting (3 cr.)
PHOTO-330 Video Production (3 cr.)
BUMKG-330 Principles of Marketing (3 cr.)
ARTH-341 History of Film (3 cr.)
MUSIC-350 Digital Sound Studio (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

VID-310 Commercial Motion Graphics (3 cr.)
PHOTO-375 Product Photography (3 cr.)
VID-300 Post-Production Tools and Techniques (3 cr.)
BUMKG-370 Integrated Marketing Communications (3 cr.)
DES-375 Visual Narrative Studio (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)

Third Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

VID 320 Time-Based Media Production Management (3 cr.)
VID-331 Advanced Video Production (3 cr.)
PHOTO-411 Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Stout Core: ARNS Natural Sciences Lab (4 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : ARTH-XXX Selective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

PHOTO-415 Advertising Photography (3 cr.)
PHOTO-425 Corporate Communications and Public Relations Photography (3 cr.)
DES-375 Visual Narrative Studio (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Stout Core Social and Behavioral Science (3 cr.)

Fourth Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

VID-430 Visual Effects and Compositing (3 cr.)
VID-440 Video Production Capstone (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : VID/DES/ART-XXX Elective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Stout Core Social and Behavioral Science (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Stout Core Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (13 credits)

VID 450 Video Production Capstone, Creative (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : General Education Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : VID/DES/ART-XXX Elective (4 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Stout Core Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : Stout Core Selective (3 cr.)