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.
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