Degree Requirements

Required of all Film Majors
8 Core Courses

FLM 180 Film Sight and Sound
FLM 216 Film Production 1
ENL 241 Introduction to Cinema Arts
COM 247 Documentary History and Theory
FLM 260 Documentary Production
ENL 371 History of Cinema
FLM 420 Issues in Contemporary Cinema
FLM 490 Film Studies Keystone

Select and complete one (1) of the following acting courses:
THR 232 Acting
THR 233 Acting for the Camera

In the area of electives, students will select and complete three (3) courses chosen from one of three (3) tracks listed below.

Track 1 – Production.  Students interested in producing films and or videos complete three (3) electives chosen from:

ART 132 Photography
ART 215 Web Design 1
ART 315 Web Design 2
ART 340 Digital Imaging
COM 243 Television Production
FLM 312 Film Production 2
FLM 348 Intermediate Video Production
FLM 499 Independent Study
ENL 228 Broadcast & Online Journalism
MUS 130 Introduction to Music and the Fine Arts
PHY 119 Physics for the Fine Arts
THR 328 Theatrical Design

Track 2 – Performance.  Students interested in acting and directing chose from:

ENL 325 Playwriting
ENL 328 Screenwriting
PHY 119 Physics for the Fine Arts
THR 328 Theatrical Design
THR 350 Voice for the Speech, Stage, and screen
THR 360 Interpretive Reading
THR 366 Stage Direction
FLM 499 Independent Study

Track 3 – Theory and Culture.  Students interested in analysis of film, film genres, and cultural context chose from:

ART 240 Art History Survey
AIS 264 American Indians in the Cinema
AIS 364 Indigenous Filmmakers
AIS 208/408 Native American Women and Film
ENL 221 Expository Writing about the Arts and Popular Culture
ENL 228 Broadcast and Online Journalism
ENL 240 Introduction to Literary Study
ENL 430 Advanced Studies in Theory and Method
FLM 499 Independent Study (Prereq- Instructor’s permission)
PHI 120 Ethics
PHI 260 Philosophy of the Arts
PHY 119 Physics for the Fine Arts
SPA 248 Spanish & Latin American Culture through Film
REL 309 Religion at the Movies

Students interested in a film minor would take 6 courses.  They are:

COM 120 Mass Media and Popular Culture
FLM 180 Film Sight and Sound
ENL 241 Introduction to Cinema Arts
COM 247 Documentary History and Theory
ENL 371 History of Cinema
FLM 420 Issues in Contemporary Cinema