Nov 24, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Media and Entertainment Arts (Film) BA Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs. or
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs.
Science & Lab 4 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
Foreign Language 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Select 1:

PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

Foreign Language 3 hrs.
Minor Requirement 3 hrs.

Select 1:

CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs. (SI)
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs. (SI)
CMS 320 - Professional Communication 3 hrs. (SI)
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs. (SI)

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Select 1:

ENG 200 - Introduction to Drama 3 hrs.
ENG 201 - Introduction to Fiction 3 hrs.
ENG 202 - Introduction to Poetry 3 hrs.
HIS 201 - Survey of United States History to 1877 3 hrs.
HIS 202 - Survey of United States History since 1877 3 hrs.
FLM 170 - Introduction to Film Studies 3 hrs.
WGS 301 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies 3 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (16 hours)

Select 1: (not previously taken)

2nd semester (16 hours)

Select 2:

FLM 373 - Film Animation 3 hrs.
FLM 436 - Western Film Genre 3 hrs.
FLM 473 - The Documentary Film 3 hrs.
FLM 474 - Film Noir 3 hrs.
FLM 475 - Film Business Procedures and Management 3 hrs.
FLM 476 - British Film 3-6 hrs.
FLM 477 - Advanced Film Production Workshop 3 hrs.
FLM 492 - Special Problems in Film 1-3 hrs.
COM 429 - Internship Experience 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

2nd semester (15 hours)

FLM 472 - Writing for Television and Film 3 hrs.
Minor Requirement 3 hrs.
FLM 479 - Film Theory and Criticism 3 hrs.
FLM 485 - Advanced Filmmaking II 3 hrs.
General Electives 3 hrs.