Dec 14, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalogue

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalogue

Film Studies, B.A.

The film studies major prepares students to participate in a world increasingly shaped by moving pictures. The major is founded on the principle that the study of cinema and the artistic production of motion pictures complement one another, and all film studies majors perform substantial work in both areas. Through courses that offer a foundation for understanding cinema—and its relation to culture, history, technology and aesthetics—the film studies major teaches students to create and analyze moving images, to produce research, and to make art.

Competency Requirements for a Major in Film Studies for the B.A. Degree:

Oral Communication Requirement:

To satisfy the oral communication requirement for the B.A. in Film Studies, a student must successfully complete FST 495 or FST 496 .

Applied Learning Requirement:

To satisfy the applied learning requirement for the B.A. in Film Studies, a student must successfully complete one of the following courses: FST 301 , FST 302 , FST 363 , FST 451 , FST 493 , FST 495 , or FST 498 .

Writing Requirement:

To satisfy the writing requirement for the B.A. in Film Studies, a student must successfully complete one of the following courses: FST 317 (ENG 317 ), FST 363 , FST 367 , FST 368 , FST 440 , FST 445 , FST 480 , FST 496 , or another course designated by the department as “writing intensive.”

Course Requirements for a Major in Film Studies for the B.A. Degree:

The major consists of 47 hours, distributed as follows. No course may satisfy more than one Course Requirement within the major. However, a course that satisfies a Course Requirement may also be used to satisfy one or more Competency Requirements for the major.

Three Core courses:

FST 200 - Introduction to Film Study Credit Hours: 4
FST 201 - Introduction to Film Production Credit Hours: 4
FST 205 - Introduction to World Cinema Credit Hours: 3

Two Film History courses:

FST 370 - Early Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 371 - History of Documentary Film Credit Hours: 3
FST 372 - History of Avant-Garde Film Credit Hours: 3
FST 373 - History of Animation Credit Hours: 3
FST 375 - Studies in Global Film History Credit Hours: 3
FST 376 - American Cinema 1927-1960 Credit Hours: 3
FST 377 - American Cinema Since 1961 Credit Hours: 3
FST 378 - History of New Wave Cinemas Credit Hours: 3
FST 379 - Studies in Film History Credit Hours: 3
FST 381 - History of Russian and Soviet Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 475 - Advanced Studies in Global Film History Credit Hours: 3
FST 479 - Advanced Studies in Film History Credit Hours: 3

One Global Cinema course:

FST 375 - Studies in Global Film History Credit Hours: 3
FST 378 - History of New Wave Cinemas Credit Hours: 3
FST 380 - Introduction to Bollywood Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 381 - History of Russian and Soviet Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 382 - Contemporary Latin American Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 383 - Introduction to Latin American Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 384 - Contemporary French Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 385 - Japanese Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 386 - Introduction to German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 387 - Introduction to French Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 389 - Studies in World Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 475 - Advanced Studies in Global Film History Credit Hours: 3
FST 480 - Special Topics in World Cinema Credit Hours: 3

One Comprehensive Production Practicum:

FST 301 - Film Tools and Techniques Credit Hours: 3
FST 302 - Intermediate Film Production Credit Hours: 3

Two Film Production courses:

FST 220 - 3-D Computer Graphics Tools and Literacy Credit Hours: 3 (ART 220) (CSC 220)
FST 301 - Film Tools and Techniques Credit Hours: 3
FST 302 - Intermediate Film Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 318 - Screenwriting I: Introduction to Screenwriting Credit Hours: 3 (CRW 318)
FST 320 - Computer Animation Credit Hours: 3 (ART 320) (CSC 320)
FST 330 - Producing Credit Hours: 3
FST 331 - Introduction to Editing Credit Hours: 3
FST 334 - 6x1: Variations on the One-Minute Film Credit Hours: 3
FST 335 - Acting for the Camera Credit Hours: 3 (THR 335)
FST 393 - Sound Recording Credit Hours: 3
FST 394 - Sound Design Credit Hours: 3
FST 396 - Studio Seminar in Film Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 398 - Practicum in Film Production Credit Hours: 1 To 3
FST 399 - Film Directing Credit Hours: 3
FST 401 - Advanced Practicum in Cinematography Credit Hours: 3
FST 415 - Topics in Environmental Film Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 416 - Advanced Practicum in Film Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 418 - Screenwriting II: Writing the Feature Film Credit Hours: 3 (CRW 418)
FST 419 - Screenwriting III: Film Adaptation Credit Hours: 3 (CRW 419)
FST 430 - Digital Visual Effects Credit Hours: 3 (CSC 430)
FST 432 - Expanded Cinema Credit Hours: 3
FST 433 - Modes of Animation Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 493 - Directed Seminar in Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 495 - Senior Seminar in Film Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 497 - Applied Post Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 498 - Internship in Film Studies Credit Hours: 3
THR 230 - Acting For Non-Majors Credit Hours: 3

Two Capstone Courses

One Capstone in Film Production:

FST 493 - Directed Seminar in Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 495 - Senior Seminar in Film Production Credit Hours: 3
FST 497 - Applied Post Production Credit Hours: 3

One Capstone in Critical Studies:

FST 496 - Senior Seminar in Film Study Credit Hours: 3

Electives:

12 hours selected from courses with FST prefix at the 200, 300, or 400 level

Total: 47 hours