Film Production (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)
IA: Rhetoric	ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning								Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
IC: Critical Thinking								Choose course from approved list	3
ID: Scientific Method								Choose course from approved list	0 to 1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition	ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking								Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences								Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities								Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government								Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language								Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures								Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts	ENGL 2222							Introduction to Film	3
Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)
IVA: Natural Science								Choose course from approved list	6 to 9
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics								Choose course from approved list	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience	PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

46-51

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

General Electives

	General Electives	10-23
Total Credit Hours:		10-23

Film Production Electives

Students must select a minimum of nine credit hours of electives from the following list:

ENGL 3395	Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation	3
ENGL 4481	Seminar in Film	3
GRMN 4435	German Cinema	3
MCOM 3120	Special Topics in Film	3
MCOM 3470	Lighting for Video Production	3
MCOM 3475	Cinematography II	3
MCOM 4000	Directing for Film	3
MCOM 4010	Producing: The Business of Film	3
MCOM 4030	Advanced Screenwriting	3
MCOM 4040	Advanced Editing and Sound for TV and Film	3
SOCI 3355	Film as Sociology	3
SPAN 4435	Spanish Cinema	3
THTR 2210	Fundamentals of Acting	3
THTR 3317	Lighting Design	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Film Production Major

ENGL 2222	Introduction to Film	3
GRDS 2200	Foundations in Graphic Design	3
MCOM 1000	Foundations of Media Technologies	1
MCOM 1500	Mass Media Survey	3
MCOM 2000	Media Writing I	3
MCOM 2400	Video Production I	3
MCOM 2500	Audio Production I	3
MCOM 2600	Foundations of Web Design	3
MCOM 3004/5	TV/Film Practicum	2
	OR
MCOM 3050	Mass Media Internship	2-9
MCOM 3150	Entertainment Television Screenwriting & Production	3
MCOM 3400	Cinematography	3
MCOM 3425	Documentary Writing and Production	3
MCOM 4300	Communications Law and Ethics	3
MCOM 4801	Film Capstone Project I	1
MCOM 4802	Film Capstone Project II	2
MCOM 4991	Film Professional Development II	1
Total Credit Hours:		40

Total Credit Hours: 121