Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Film and Documentary Production (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     
English Literature    ENGL 2222             Introduction to Film 3
                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Social Science

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

Mathematics*

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:46-49

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

Film and Documentary Production Major

ENGL 2222Introduction to Film

3

GRDS 2200Foundations in Graphic Design

3

MCOM 1000Foundations of Media Technologies

1

MCOM 1500Introduction to Mass Communications

3

MCOM 2000Media Writing I

3

MCOM 2400Video Production I

3

MCOM 2500Audio Production I

3

MCOM 2600Fundamentals of Web Design

3

 

MCOM 3004/5
TV/Film Practicum

2

OR

MCOM 3050Mass Media Internship

2-9

 

MCOM 3150Entertainment Television Screenwriting & Production

3

MCOM 3400Cinematography

3

MCOM 3425Documentary Writing and Production

3

MCOM 4300Communications Law and Ethics

3

MCOM 4801Film Capstone Project I

1

MCOM 4802Film Capstone Project II

2

MCOM 4991Film Professional Development II

1

Total Credit Hours:40

Film and Documentary Production Electives

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

ENGL 3395Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation

3

ENGL 4481Seminar in Film

3

GRMN 4435German Cinema

3

MCOM 3120Special Topics in Film

3

MCOM 3470Lighting for Video Production

3

MCOM 3475Cinematography II

3

MCOM 3800Global Media Industry & Operations

3

MCOM 4000Directing for Film

3

MCOM 4010Producing: The Business of Film

3

MCOM 4030Advanced Screenwriting

3

MCOM 4040Advanced Film Editing and Sound

3

SOCI 3355Film as Sociology

3

SPAN 4435Spanish Cinema

3

THTR 2210Fundamentals of Acting

3

THTR 3317Lighting Design

3

Total Credit Hours:9

General Electives

General Electives

10-23

Total Credit Hours:10-23

Total Credit Hours: 121