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 (11 to 12 hours)
Mathematics*									Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
Natural Science									Choose a pair in sequence from approved list	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:

47-49

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

Film and Documentary Production Major

ENGL 2222	Introduction to Film	3
GRDS 2200	Foundations in Graphic Design	3
MCOM 1000	Foundations of Media Technologies	1
MCOM 1500	Introduction to Mass Communications	3
MCOM 2000	Media Writing I	3
MCOM 2400	Video Production I	3
MCOM 2500	Audio Production I	3
MCOM 2600	Fundamentals 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	2
MCOM 4802	Film Capstone Project II	2
	Choose two from:
MCOM 3470	Lighting for Video Production	3
MCOM 3800	Global Media Industry & Operations	3
MCOM 4040	Advanced Film Editing and Sound	3
Total Credit Hours:		46

Film and Documentary Production Electives

Students must select a minimum of six 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 3475	Cinematography II	3
MCOM 4000	Directing for Film	3
MCOM 4010	Producing: The Business of Film	3
MCOM 4030	Advanced Screenwriting	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:		6

General Electives

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

Total Credit Hours: 121