Bachelor of Arts - Film and Television with a Film Studies Emphasis

Minimum of 40 credits, 20 being upper division.

 In the Film Studies emphasis, students learn how to study film as an art form and a mass medium. The curriculum focuses on the critical, historical, and theoretical aspects of motion pictures. 

Introductory Courses                 

• FILM 205: Introduction to Film and TV Production

• FILM 101: Introduction to Film Studies

• One of the following:

  • FILM 207: Beginning TV Production

  • FILM 208: Beginning Cinema Production

 Required Courses        

• COMM 351: Research Methods

• COMM 360: Film Theories

 Select five courses from this list        

• COMM/POLS 308: Politics in Cinema

• ENGL 201: Introduction to Literary Study

• ENGL 301: Academic Research and Writing

• ENGL 362: Literature of Climate Change

• FREN 447: French Cinema

• GERM 447: German Cinema

• MUS 333 ; History and Survey of Film Music

• RLTH 360: Jesus in Film and History

• SPAN 470: Film in Spanish