<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/academics/ba-broadcast-visual-media.html" dsn="programs"><title>Visual and Sound Media (Broadcasting/TV/Film)</title><description>Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major in Broadcast and Visual Media This major stresses a thorough understanding of media as social instruments and emphasizes responsibility, professionalism and ethics, as well as hands-on practical experience in all aspects of communication technology. Areas of study include: multimedia and the Web, desktop publishing, computer graphics, and television, radio and film production. Our television studio and computer labs are state-of-the-art, and are dedicated to student use. The department also offers co-curricular experiences with student-oriented activities such as WSOU 89.5 FM radio and Pirate TV.</description><degree>Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)</degree><degree-type>Major</degree-type><degree-level>Undergraduate</degree-level><department>College of Communication and the Arts</department><image/></item>