1179 Union Circle, Denton, TX 76201
M.F.A. Degree
Learn more about our M.F.A. degree in Documentary Production and Studies
M.A. Degree
Find out more about our M.A. programs in Critical-Cultural Studies or Industry Studies
Undergraduate Degrees
Learn about a Bachelor's degree in Media Arts or Converged Broadcast Media
Youth Media Lab
The Youth Media Lab (YML) at UNT is an innovative and unique collaboration between media researchers and media producers.
Mentoring
Provide all incoming and continuing students with various avenues of assistance to have a successful journey through college.
Who We Are
Come visit us and learn about the ways the Department of Media Arts prepares students for careers in media and beyond.
DANCE AND THEATER
The Department of Dance and Theatre is housed in both the Radio, TV, Film & Performing Arts (RTFP) Building and in the Dance and Theatre Arts (DATH) Building.
The department's two full-size performance venues are the University Theatre and the Studio Theatre, which are both located in the RTFP building.
The University Theatre is a proscenium stage with reserved continental seating for 415 patrons.
The Studio Theatre is a flexible performance space that changes according to the needs of each production. It can seat up to 160 patrons. AA/EOE/ADA seating is available upon advance request in both theatres.
The Department of Dance and Theatre has four dance studios in the DATH Building that are wood sprung. Dance classes feature live accompaniment. Students, faculty, and staff also have access to a new Dance/Theatre Technology Lab for working directly with digital media and computer technology.
The sets, costumes, and props are designed and constructed in full-size shops in the RTFP Building. Design/Technology students have the unique opportunity to design at all levels of production.
Theatre instruction also takes place in the Design Lab, two acting and directing studios, the Lighting Laboratory, the Costume Shop, and Makeup Shop.
The RTFP Building is also home to the Holland Library, where students, faculty, and staff may check out and research various plays and dance and/or theatre texts.
Department of Media Arts.
Media Arts provides a liberal arts education that empowers students as creative media producers and critical consumers. We prepare students with the principles, skills, critical thinking, and opportunities to succeed in an ever-changing media environment.
88.1 The One is KNTU-FM
KNTU is licensed to the University of North Texas and is on the air 24 hours, every day of the year, broadcasting with 100,000 watts at 88.1 FM.
The station's format is primarily Jazz, but also includes specialty programs that can be created and hosted by students; as of December 2021, there are not any of these type shows on the air, but a pair of students are hosting a podcast titled The Main Event. KNTU also offers educational and special interest programs, including news, sports, locally-produced information/issues programs, and features.
KNTU's purpose is essentially three-fold:
- To serve the public interest with news, public affairs, and entertainment programming for the McKinney, Denton, Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- To provide news and information of community interest about the University of North Texas.
- To provide an industry-standards environment in which students learn about radio broadcasting.
KNTU's on-air staff is mostly volunteer -- some students sign up to earn practicum credit toward their degrees -- with the station offering an excellent opportunity for UNT students to gain valuable broadcast experience in a variety of areas, including programming and production, news and sports announcing, sales and development, and station administration. The station has eight mid-level student managers who work part time, paid positions that usually last for a full year; sometimes a student manager graduates and leaves before working a full year.
All UNT students are eligible to work at KNTU. The studios are in the Radio/TV/Film & Performing Arts (RTFP) Building on the Denton campus of the University of North Texas. There are three Media Arts staff members providing guidance to the students: General Manager Dan Balla, Program/News/Operations Manager Mark Lambert, and Chief Engineer Randy Smith.