Curriculum

Suggested Course Map

Download the Film Program Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2012 and spring 2013.

Core Studio

Drawing 1

3 units

2D, 3D & 4D

9 units

Film Major Requirements

Film 1: Image & Sound

3 units

Film Language and Form

3 units

Film 2: Production

3 units

Post-Production

3 units

Narrative Strategies

3 units

Writing for the Moving Image

3 units

Sound for the Moving Image

3 units

New Digital Media

3 units

Film Workshops (at least one Film Workshop must be a 300-level Advanced Workshop)

6 units

Fundamentals of Directing

3 units

Film 3: Advanced Production

3 units

Senior Projects

6 units

Additional Studio Requirements

Interdisciplinary Critique

3 units

Interdisciplinary Studio

3 units

Diversity Studies Studio

3 units

Studio Electives

12 units

75 total units

Humanities & Sciences Requirements

English 1: Language Dynamics

3 units

English 2: Literature and Writing

3 units

Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern

3 units

Introduction to the Modern Arts

3 units

Visual Studies Seminar (300 level)

3 units

Media History: Film Genres and Practices

3 units

Visual Studies Electives

3 units

Science

3 units

Mathematics

3 units

Philosophy / Social Science

3 units

Foundation in Critical Studies

3 units

Cultural History

3 units

Methods Of Knowledge Seminar

3 units

Literature Seminar (304 level)

3 units

Diversity Studies Seminar

3 units

Humanities & Science Electives

6 units

51 total units

These are degree requirements for students matriculated in fall 2012 and spring 2013.