<span style="text-indent: 48px;">To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business school, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising courses for film students...yet. </span>
<span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span>Our prototype can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing <span style="text-indent: 48px;">After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span><span style="text-indent: 48px;">Milestones/ Target Dates:</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 2/26/17: Collaborate with business school UIF Candidates (Charchil and Stephen) to come up with a potential course/courses that would benefit both film students and MBAs looking to get into the entertainment industry.</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 3/26/17: Create sequences so that film students may select an emphasis/specialty within the program by their junior year. </span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span><span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 4/26/17: Come up with new and innovative film courses unique to Pepperdine that would distinguish it from other film programs</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 4/26/17: Present updated proposal to faculty stakeholders, students.</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span><span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 9/26/17: Complete the recommened adjustments by stakeholders, and present the updated proposal to them once more.</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span><span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.</span> <span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span>
== Strategy #2==