Film and Television, B.F.A.

HEGIS Code: 0605.00                         

Inventory of Registered Program Code: 28764

Program Overview

The Film and Television Program develops in students the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to produce broadcast-style and narrative motion pictures. Graduates of the Film and Television Program are prepared for entry-level positions as film editors, production crew, and cinematographers. Learning goals for students focus upon mastery of cinematography, film history, film/video editing, motion picture directing, motion picture production, and scriptwriting.

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The courses below are required of all students in the Film and Television Program.

Program Course Requirements
Common Core
ENG 101 - English Composition 1; (3cr)
ENG 102 - English Composition 2; (3cr)
PSY 101 - General Psychology; (3cr)
Quantitative Competency Elective; (3cr)
Scientific Competency Elective; (3cr)
Diversity Competency Elective; (3cr)
Oral Communication Competency Elective; (3cr)
Total Common Core Credits: 21
Film and Telvision Content Specialty Courses
MAC 280 - Digital Media Art: Design; (3cr)
VID 100 - Production Safety and Set Protocol; (1cr)
VID 121 - Intro Prod: Introduction to Filmmaking; (3cr)
VID 131 - Intro Prod: Television Workshop; (3cr)
VID 132 - Fund Prod: Remote Television Workshop; (3cr)  or IMA 110 - 3D Animation 1; (3cr)
VID 145 - Digital Photography; (3cr)
VID 215 - Film Lighting; (3cr)
VID 231 - Motion Picture Editing 1; (3cr)
VID 233 - Fund Prod: Narrative Filmmaking; (3cr)
VID 240 - Audio for Video; (3cr)
VID 243 - Producing; (3cr)
VID 305 - Film Aesthetics; (3cr)
VID 306 - Post Production Sound for Film and Television; (3cr)
VID 315 - Cinematography 1; (3cr)
VID 331 - Cinematography 2; (3cr)
VID 334 - Motion Picture Editing 2; (3cr)
VID 371 - Directing 1; (3cr)
VID 425 - Pre-Production: Senior Project 1; (3cr)
VID 430 - Senior Project 2; (2cr)
Advanced Craft Course; (3cr)
Design Elective; (3cr)
Intermediate Production Course; (6cr)
Internship Elective; (3cr)
Film and Television Program Elective; (6cr)
Total Content Specialty Courses: 75
Additional Liberal Arts and Science Courses
Art or Music History Elective; (3cr)
ENG 204 - Script Writing; (3cr)
ENG 304 - Screenwriting; (3cr)
HIS 202 - Film History; (3cr)
HIS 220 - Movements Through Film; (3cr)
Total Additional Liberal Arts and Science Credits: 15
Electives
General Elective; (9cr)
Total Electives Credits: 9
Total Program Credits: 120

 

 

 

 

 

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Recommended Sequence of Courses

Course Name	Course Name
Semester 1	Semester 2
ENG 101 - English Composition 1; (3cr)	ENG 102 - English Composition 2; (3cr)
Quantitative Competency Elective; (3cr)	HIS 202 - Film History; (3cr)
Oral Communication Competency Elective; (3cr)	Scientific Competency Elective; (3cr)
VID 100 - Production Safety and Set Protocol; (1cr)	Intro Prod: Television Workshop; (3cr)
VID 121 - Intro Prod: Introduction to Filmmaking; (3cr)	VID 231 - Motion Picture Editing 1; (3cr)
VID 145 - Digital Photography; (3cr)
Total 16	Total 15
Semester 3	Semester 4
MAC 280 - Digital Media Art: Design; (3cr)	Art or Music History Elective; (3cr)
VID 132 - Fund Prod: Remote Television Workshop; (3cr)  or IMA 110 - 3D Animation 1; (3cr)	ENG 204 - Script Writing; (3cr)
VID 215 - Film Lighting; (3cr)	VID 233 - Fund Prod: Narrative Filmmaking; (3cr)
VID 240 - Audio for Video; (3cr)	VID 315 - Cinematography 1; (3cr)
VID 243 - Producing; (3cr)	Film and Television Program Elective; (3cr)
Total 15	Total 15
Semester 5	Semester 6
ENG 304 - Screenwriting; (3cr)	HIS 220 - Movements Through Film; (3cr)
VID 305 - Film Aesthetics; (3cr)	VID 371 - Directing 1; (3cr)
VID 331 - Cinematography 2; (3cr)	VID 425 - Pre-Production: Senior Project 1; (3cr)
VID 334 - Motion Picture Editing 2; (3cr)	VID 306 - Post Production Sound for Film and Television; (3cr)
Intermediate Production Course; (3cr)	Intermediate Production Course; (3cr)
Total 15	Total 15
Semester 7	Semester 8
General Elective; (3cr)	General Elective; (3cr)
PSY 101 - General Psychology; (3cr)	General Elective; (3cr)
VID 430 - Senior Project 2; (2cr)	Diversity Competency Elective; (3cr)
Advanced Craft Course; (3cr)	Design Elective; (3cr)
Internship Elective; (3cr)	Film and Television Program Elective; (3cr)
Total 14	Total 15