Film and Video Production, B.S.

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This degree is designed to train graduates in the field who are agile, adaptable, and able to employ their skills in an array of roles from entrepreneurial content producers to on-set film work, both above and below the line.

It will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the machinery at work behind media production and distribution, along with a set of tangible, marketable, and transferable skills for an array of positions within the infrastructure of film and content production.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate critical thinking, aesthetic awareness and technical proficiency in the production and assessment of audio-visual film work.
Understand all phases and roles of film production in order to help formulate career goals.
Understand the various potentials of film as both a commodity for a targeted audience, and an act of authorship and creative expression.
Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of peoples and cultures and of the significance and impact of cinema in a global society.

Requirement

Core Areas A, B, C, D, & E: 42 Hours

General Education Requirements (Core Curriculum)

Core Area F: 18 Hours

note that GFA 1000 is a 6 credit-hour class

COMM 1154 - Introduction to Mass Communications 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - 1000 or 2000 level 6 Credit Hours
FILM 2080 - Introduction to the Art of Film 3 Credit Hours (or)
FILM 2100 - History and Theory of Film 3 Credit Hours
GFA 1000 - Introduction to Film & Television Production 6 Credit Hours

Courses Specific for the Major

Required Courses: 33 Hours

COMM 3305 - Short-Form Screenwriting & Analysis 3 Credit Hours
COMM 3353 - Fundamentals of Film & Video Production 3 Credit Hours
COMM 3356 - Film and Culture 3 Credit Hours (or)
GRMN 4200 - Seminar in German Literature 3 Credit Hours (or)
GRMN 4230 - Kafka and the Kafkaesque in Literature and Film 3 Credit Hours (or)
GRMN 4240 - Mystery and Horror in German Literature and Film 3 Credit Hours (or)
GRMN 4250 - Contemporary German Cinema 3 Credit Hours (or)
FORL 3111 - World Film 3 Credit Hours (or)
FORL 4485 - Topics in National Film Traditions 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4109 - Film as Literature 3 Credit Hours
COMM 3366 - The Business of Film 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4405 - Sound Design 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4406 - Digital Cinematography & Image Design 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4407 - Film & Video Post-Production 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4408 - Producing for Film and Video 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4409 - Directing for Film and Video Production 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4425 - Documentary Production Practices 3 Credit Hours
COMM 4452 - Advanced Film and Video Production 3 Credit Hours

Electives: 9-15 Hours

Must be 3000-4000 level COMM courses or approved courses from list below. Majors may petition to apply alternative courses, including 1000-2000 level courses, as major electives that are relevant to their career aspirations by submitting requests and rationales to advisors. All alternative courses must be approved by the department chair.

Complete 9 credit hours if minor = 18 credit hours
Complete 12 credit hours if minor = 15 credit hours
Complete 15 credit hours if GFA certificate is chosen

MAX 24 credit hours of GFA can be applied to the degree

ABED 3100 - Business Communication 3 Credit Hours
ART 3400 - Graphic Design Survey for Non-Majors 3 Credit Hours
ABED 4118 - Web Page Design 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3200 - Intermediate Creative Writing 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 3405 - Professional and Technical Writing 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4109 - Film as Literature 3 Credit Hours
FILM 3200 - Screenwriting 3 Credit Hours
FORL 4485 - Topics in National Film Traditions 3 Credit Hours
FREN 3212 - Topics in Francophone Cinema 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 3713 - Meteorology 3 Credit Hours
HIST 4464 - American Sports History 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 3600 - Management 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 3602 - Business Law 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 3627 - Managing Cultural Differences 3 Credit Hours
MGNT 4630 - Dispute Resolution in Contemporary Organizations 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 3801 - Art of Selling and Personal Dynamics 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 3803 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 3809 - Advertising Practices 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 3810 - Social Media and Online Marketing 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 4805 - Sales Management 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 4861 - Services Marketing 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 4864 - Consumer Behavior 3 Credit Hours
MKTG 4866 - International Marketing 3 Credit Hours
PHED 3640 - History of Sport 3 Credit Hours
PHED 3641 - Psychology of Sport 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 3160 - Philosophy in Literature and Film 3 Credit Hours
POLS 3102 - Gender and Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 3103 - Media and Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4202 - Interorganizational Behavior 3 Credit Hours
POLS 4215 - Management of Non-Profit Organizations 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 3200 - Introduction to Organizational Development 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 3590 - Sports Psychology 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 3600 - Psychology of Communication 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 3730 - Social Psychology 4 Credit Hours
PSYC 4003 - Statistics for the Social Sciences 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4090 - Groups and Group Process 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4140 - Psychology of Gender 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4190 - Advanced Organizational Development 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 4500 - Explorations into Creativity 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3100 - Sociology of Humor 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3273 - Managing Cultural Differences 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3603 - Sociology of Gender 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3733 - Social Psychology: The Sociological Tradition 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3943 - American Class System 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4203 - Women in American Society 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4323 - Sociology of Race 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4373 - Visual Sociology 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4623 - Art, Media, Cultural Politics 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4693 - Sports, Crime, and Society 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4700 - Sociology of Emotions 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4916 - Gender and Work 3 Credit Hours
SPMG 3661 - Sociology of Sport 3 Credit Hours
SPMG 3665 - Communication in Sport 3 Credit Hours
SPMG 4665 - Sport Marketing and Promotion 3 Credit Hours
GFA 2000 - Film, Television & Digital Entertainment Internship 6 Credit Hours
GFA 2010 - Set Construction and Scenic Planning 6 Credit Hours
GFA 2020 - Lighting and Electric 6 Credit Hours
GFA 2030 - Grip and Rigging 6 Credit Hours
GFA 2040 - Post Production 6 Credit Hours
GFA 2050 - Introduction to Special Makeup Effects 6 Credit Hours
GFA 2060 - Production Accounting 3 Credit Hours
FORL 3111 - World Film 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 4200 - Seminar in German Literature 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 4230 - Kafka and the Kafkaesque in Literature and Film 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 4240 - Mystery and Horror in German Literature and Film 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 4250 - Contemporary German Cinema 3 Credit Hours

Minor or GFA Certificate 12-18 Hours

GFA certificate requires 12 additional hours

Minor requires 15-18 hours

Total: 120 Hours

Major Requirements

Minimum grade of C for ENGL 1101 , ENGL 1102 , COMM 1110 , COMM 1154 , and COMM 3353 .

Must complete a major declaration form.

A maximum of 3 credit hours of COMM 4486 (Internship) may count toward major requirements though you may complete additional credit hours.

Must complete senior exit survey.

Must complete requirements for a minor field or GFA certificate.

No more than 24 credit hours of GFA can be applied to the degree