[PeterParker]

Regent University to Offer Four New Majors

Bachelor of Arts Majors Now on the Fall Schedule
May 9, 2007

Regent University's School of Communication & the Arts has announced the addition of four new majors to its Bachelor of Arts degree.

The new majors are in animation, cinema-television, journalism and theatre. They have been added to the fall schedule.

According to Dr. Norman C. Mintle, academic dean and director of the Center for Digital Media, these new programs are designed to welcome students at any stage of their undergraduate career. "Freshmen and sophomores will find exciting introductory courses that will allow them to 'sample' our majors," Mintle explains. "Transfers who come into the program with at least 30 credit hours will be able to apply as majors immediately."

According to Michael Patrick, dean of Regent's School of Communication & the Arts, the school has won over 160 student film festival awards both nationally and internationally. "Great new job opportunities are opening up for people who have the knowledge, skills, and talent at the cutting edge of their professions," Patrick says. "We are committed to helping the next generation of actors, filmmakers, screenwriters, playwrights, animators, and journalists to get those jobs and make a real difference."

For more information about these new majors, please visit http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/undergrad/majors.htm or call 757.226.4389.

The animation offering seems pretty cool...does LU offer an animation major?



Food for Thought: Also, this seems to suggest that Regent is looking to gain marketshare in the undergrad market. I wonder how this will shake out for competition for LU down the road if they ever move to a full-fledged on-campus undergrad program and NCAA athletics as you will have two juggernauts in Higher education with a christian worldview only three hours apart.

Should it ever acquire Div. 1 NCAA athletics, Regent's current aesthetics and close proximity to the beach become a very marketable draw for prospective students. I often wonder how the competition would playout for the two schools should that scenario come to pass.

[Sly Fox]

Regent has made no bones about its efforts to claim a big stake int he undergrad marketplace. They recently have been attracting profs away from LU and other schools.

They already off all of those majors on the grad level so undergrad curriculum was a no brainer.

And to my knowledge we don't offer animation.

[PeterParker]

So the real question then is if this development and collision course of the two institutions is on the LU ptb radar screen? (Right now, I know that Regent is stop #2 on a lot of LU grads academic careers.)

At present Regent seems to have the edge in many areas, such as aesthetics, locale, business & government pipelines (for job resources), endowment reportedly at $250M, et al, although it seems that LU has the advantage in its size, its established undergrad programs, it's established NCAA athletics programs, and impending engineering program.

(I would also add that it might benefit LU to incorporate an Entrepreneur Major to its BBA & MBA Catalogue--perhaps incoporating other areas of study such as education, computer science/IT & biology/pre-med et al since that is where the future business trends are projected to be hottest into the foreseeable future)

...it seems now more than ever LU really needs to articulate it's roadmap to the top.

It appears it may be a race to the top...who will be the Notre Dame of the Evangelical persuasion? Because LU has sports, perhaps LU has that edge, although its academic status will need to continue to be strengthened with each passing year...but with deep pockets isn't it possible Regent could eventually fast track NCAA sports (it is within the bible belt and in a hotbed athletic area with over a million people)? (Genuine question.)

Or will LU continue its aspirations to be the Notre Dame of the Evangelical style and Regent aspire to be the Yale/Harvard of the Evangelical persuasion.

Interesting topic indeed.

[SuperJon]

Here's how it works out:

LU kids go to Regent for grad school.

LU professors that get fired and or aren't any good go to Regent.

Case closed.

[ATrain]

Here's how it works out:

LU kids go to Regent for grad school.

LU professors that get fired and or aren't any good go to Regent.

Case closed.

Haha, not all of us are going to Regent for grad school...
As for the profs, I wouldn't say that all the ones that get fired or aren't any good go to Regent. The School of Communication has lost a couple good profs to Regent (i.e. Dr. Sova).

[SuperJon]

I'm willing to bet half the coms professors that LU just fired end up at Regent.

[Sly Fox]

Frankly I believe there is more than enough room for both schools to grow like crazy. Many Liberty-type folks wouldn't consider Regent and vice versa. Its too bad that both schools are in such close proximity. But the Ivy League schools seem to do just fine being all up on top of each other in New England.

And from all indications, Regent has no interest in athletics anytime soon. And we probably have a lot to do with that decision.

[Libertine]

No. Regent must die.

[Fumblerooskies]

Last August...at the beginning of the year faculty meetings when they introduced the new faculty members...they were a good number of them coming from Regent...or working on completing degrees from Regent.

[paradox]

My guess is that Regent will probally grab more students from Oral Roberts than anywhere else, in terms of undergrads. I think that it would be safe to assume that the Regent degree probally carries a little more weight than an ORU degree.

Up until this latest announcement, Regent's undergrad program was geared toward working adults. It makes sense to add the broadcasting/film type majors to the bachelor's program because of CBN. I'm not so sure that their plans extend much farther than what we're seeing now. It would be a huge endeavor for Regent, but certainly possible nonetheless.

[ATrain]

I'm willing to bet half the coms professors that LU just fired end up at Regent.

Probably so...but Regent did get one of the good ones. $10 says we'll see Prof. Kendall there, he's got a lotta friends there.

[PAmedic]

No. Regent must die.

cue Ed Dantes in 3, 2, 1 ...

[mrmacphisto]

I'm willing to bet half the coms professors that LU just fired end up at Regent.

Some of them might fit in better there. I know Henrich has always been more of a film/screenwriting guy, and Regent has a film school.

[SuperJon]

I hated his class. He was horrible.