MAJOR CURRICULUM
Total credits required for a BFA in Film & Video: 120.0
If a Studio and Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.
The below degree plan is for students entering in the 2019 - 20 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
First-Year-Experience Requirements |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Frameworks: Themes in Humanistic Studies | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| First-Year-Experience Elective | 3.0 | |
Liberal Arts Requirements |
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| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 9.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Theory | -TH | 3.0 |
| Science/Math | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 6.0 | |
Film & Video Major Requirements |
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| Moving Image I | FILM 200 | 3.0 |
| Film I | FILM 210 | 3.0 |
| Sound Design for the Moving Image | FILM 250 | 3.0 |
| Moving Image II | FILM 300 | 3.0 |
| Video Art | FILM 307 | 3.0 |
| Documentary Production | FILM 317 | 3.0 |
| Cinematography & Lighting | FILM 364 | 3.0 |
| Senior Thesis I | FILM 498 | 3.0 |
| Senior Thesis II | FILM 499 | 6.0 |
| Internship | INT 402 | 3.0 |
| Film & Video Electives | FILM | 9.0 |
| Studio Electives | 12.0 | |