Why Earn a Bachelor of Arts in Media Production at Indiana State?
Media Production at Indiana State is designed for students seeking deep technical engagement with how media is created, produced, and delivered. The program integrates coursework from five academic areas—Theater, Communication, Art and Design, English, and Student Media—and offers an education that reflects how modern media production actually works.
Instead of focusing on a single format, you develop experience across multiple environments, including film and television, live events and performance, digital platforms, and interactive media. This breadth prepares you for industries that continue to overlap and evolve.
Student Media plays an academic role within the cousework, giving you structured opportunities to apply classroom learning on real work in real production environments. You gain experience working under deadlines, collaborating in teams, and producing content for audiences.
This program’s development was guided by alumni insight. Graduates working in media consistently reported needing broader technical preparation in their roles. The Media Production BA was created to more fully address that need.
Learn from Our Excellent Faculty
You’ll learn in small classes guided by faculty with experience across multiple areas of media production. Because the program draws from several departments, you benefit from different perspectives and approaches while still receiving personal attention and mentoring.
Faculty work closely with students on projects, helping you build skills, confidence, and a professional mindset. That support makes a difference as you move from learning techniques to applying them in live production settings.
Enrich Your Learning
As a Media Production student, you will engage with applied learning projects that support both creative exploration and technical skill development. Your experiences may involve Student Media operations, theater production spaces, communication studios, and digital media labs. These environments allow you to build confidence through repeated, hands-on production experience.
The Media Production program is headquartered in Dreiser Hall, which reopened in 2023 after an $18 million renovation. Dreiser is home to our Department of Theater, as well as Student Media offices for campus radio station WZIS, Sycamore Video, Syc Creations, the Indiana State Sports Network, the Indiana State yearbook, and the Statesman student newspaper.
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The Department of Theater has three dedicated theater spaces in Dreiser: a proscenium theater (Dreiser Theater), a Blackbox theater, and the Performance/Tech Lab. (Its fourth performance space, a thrust stage, is located across campus in the Seventh Street Theater.) Dreiser’s performance spaces were outfitted with new lighting, sound, and projection equipment, and the building is also home to the costume shop.
What You’ll Learn in the Media Production Program
The Media Production BA is a 45-credit program of study that combines courses from the Departments of Theater, Communication, Art and Design, and Student Media. It focuses on developing practical skills in the various aspects of media production, including broadcast (radio and television), film, performing arts, live performance, audiovisual work, multimedia design, venue management, video gaming, and related careers.
Course options in the Bachelor of Arts in Media Production are designed to provide you with broad technical abilities across media environments while allowing you to shape the program around your career goals and interests.
By the time you graduate, you’ll have the skills and experience to:
- Plan, shoot, edit, and produce narrative film and video content
- Work with live video systems and multi-camera production
- Create audio for broadcast, stage, and digital media
- Design lighting for video, film, and live events
- Contribute to scenic design, stagecraft, and theater technology
- Use digital art and graphic design to support media production
- Develop interactive media and game production content
- Write and tell stories for digital and multimedia platforms
- Coordinate productions, manage venues, and support live events
- Build professional experience through internships or applied production work
The Media Production BA includes a flexible structure that lets you choose courses across multiple departments while building a strong technical foundation.
Transfer Credit
Indiana State University accepts credit from regionally accredited colleges and universities within the United States, and from selected schools located outside the United States. Credit also may be granted for military training and experience.
Previously earned college credit can be applied toward completion of the program per Indiana State’s transfer guidelines.
H2: Career Opportunities for Media Production Graduates
The Media Production BA prepares you for technical and creative roles across film, video, audio, live events, and digital media environments. Graduates develop production, editing, and media technology skills that can be applied to a variety of career opportunities.
Common career paths for Media Production graduates include:
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Seizing Every Opportunity
Piper Watkins has been a busy Sycamore during her time at Indiana State. She went from cheering on the sidelines as part of the Spirit Squad to reporting from the sidelines for the Indiana State Sports Network and ESPN+. Her work with Student Media, including radio station WZIS and production studio Sycamore Video, nicely complemented her academic double major in public relations and digital communications. Learn more about the many opportunities Student Media created for this accomplished Indiana State alumna!
Read Piper’s story.
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