Department of Visual and Performing Arts

Required Theory and Production (27 credits)

• FILM3350    History of Film
• FILM3005    Video and Film Concepts
• FILM1501    Introduction to Visual Storytelling
• FILM2208    Production I
• FILM2250    Screenwriting I
• FILM3210    Postproduction I
• FILM3209    Production II
• FILM3311    Senior Thesis I
• FILM3312    Senior Thesis II

Cognate Requirements (10-16 credits)

•  ART1313     Raster Imaging and Effects
• THEA3351    Performance & Production I
• COMM2001    Introduction to Communication Studies
• THEA4457    Contemporary Film Studies
• ANIM2212    3-Dimensional Modeling
• ANIM3203    3-Dimensional Computer Animation

Concentration Electives (14-16 credits)

Electives may be selected from a variety of courses in concentration and cognate disciplines. It is recommended that each student select courses from the elective category that fits the track:

• FILM3211    Lighting Design for Film and Video
• FILM3214    Cinematography for Film and Video
• FILM3212    Postproduction II
• FILM2251    Screenwriting II
• FILM3363    Film Directing 
• FILM4422    Internship I
• FILM4423    Internship II
• FILM4465    Corporate Video Production
• VDEO4461  Documentary Filmmaking
• THEA3336   Acting for Film and TV
• FILM4866    Feature Filmmaking
• FILM3215    Intro to World Cinema
• FILM2015    Italian Cinema
• FREN2005   French Film
• FILM2207    East Asian Cinema
• FILM2355    "American Film, Amer Scandal"
• THEA4801   Horror/Science Fiction Movies
• THEA2407   Experimental/Surreal Cinema
• THEA2404   Films of Alfred Hitchcock
• THEA3345   Films of Steven Spielberg
• THEA2405   American Film Comedy
• THEA3335   The American Film
• ANIM1202   History of Special Effects & Anim
• ANIM3307   Flash for the Web
• ANIM3320   Advanced Director
• ANIM3330   3-Dimensional Environment Modeling
• ANIM3340   Introduction to 3-Dimensional Character Animation
• ANIM3341   Advanced 3-Dimensional Character Animation
• ART1314      Vector Art and Design
• ANIM2211   Special Effects (Claymation)
• ANIM2213   2-Dimensional Design with the Computer
• VDEO3303   Web Design and Implementation

Free Electives

Students can take related courses in other departments such as

• MUSIC2205   Music for the Movies
• COMM3020  Art and Theory of Film
• COMM2210  Popular Culture and the Media
• COMM2214  Introduction to Broadcasting
• COMM3018  Mass Communication
• ENGL2007    Short Story & Film 
• COMM3012  Newswriting
• ENGL3053    Shakespeare and Film
• ENGL3410    Modern Novels on the Screen
• HIST2100      Medieval History in Film
• COMM3433   Comm in Sci-Fi Lit & Film
• COMM2851   Visual Journalism
• ART1191       Photography I
• ART2265       History of Photography