<p>I noticed that UT Austin's radio-tv-film degree from the college of communication is actually a bachelor's of science as opposed to arts or fine arts. I was just wondering (I am still in high school), what that would entail? How would it differ from the BA and BFA programs in other colleges, granted UT Austin is the only college I have been able to find with a BS in films?</p>
<p>Really?
You can check RTF program at Northwestern University.</p>
<p>RTF - is NOT a film program. It is a communication program about audio/visual communications/media.
There are several mandatory classes you have to take that are not related to film at all, like 6 hours of communication not related to film (advertising or PR, for example), 3 hours of communication and culture, some mandatory media studies courses.</p>
<p>We are living in a very technological world, that is rapidly changing. I would not be surprised if in the future TV would be replaced by computers, most TV channels would be available in Internet, studio movies for movie theaters would be very few and extremely expensive with super special effects, and all 3D, independent movies would be distributed on cell phones instead of movie theaters, and video games/interactive style entertainment would replace movies like TV replaced radio some years ago. </p>
<p>RTF program will teach you about all these complexities.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification. Could you be more specific though?</p>
<p>Specific about what?
Northwestern has BS degree. </p>
<p>As for difference, well, the main difference is that BA/BFA degree is usually related to Fine Arts and Film is considered to be a form of Art.
BS in Communications means that you don’t study film as Art, you study Film as Communication/form of media.</p>
<p>If you want more details you have to go to programs’ websites and look what classes you have to take for their particular degrees.</p>
<p>I see, well thanks for the further simplification.</p>
<p>YaYa, I’m convinced your an idiot. </p>
<p>I attended the “RTF” program at UT. It stands for Radio-TV-Film, not AVC for Audio-Video Communications. It is a film program depending on most classes one takes. As a film student, the instructors and professors are filmmakers releasing new and engaging cinema. YaYa is correct when speaking about learning the complexities of digital multimedia, but this falls into film studies. There is generally film production and film studies. </p>
<p>Bachelor of Science generally means the degree is more technical where the Bachelor of Arts includes more humanities and electives (less technical). Again, I stress generally. </p>
<p>I know some who graduated from UNT’s RTVF which is a Bachelor of Arts, and they are some of the most lazy filmmakers that I’ve met. They’re actually just videographers with a degree imo.</p>
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<p>I am very sorry that College of Communication did such a poor job teaching you how to communicate.</p>
<p>You insulted me, you insulted UNT’s program and graduates, and you did not convince anyone that your opinion is of any value.</p>
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