Cinema Arts Major, B.F.A.

B.F.A. degree

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Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

Students will be able to sign an intent to major in Cinema Arts during their freshmen year. To sign the major, students must produce a portfolio of their video work after taking BCA 440, which should occur during their sophomore year. Students will be given the parameters of the portfolio during BCA 440 and this course will prepare them to produce the portfolio. Portfolios will be assessed and critiqued by program faculty. Students who do not pass this assessment may produce a second attempt. If students do not pass the second attempt, students will not be accepted to the program. These students will be able to sign a BCA or ART major or switch to a new major.

 

Program Requirements

Required Courses I - Foundation (18 hours)

ART 106	Introduction to Drawing	3(0-6)
ART 119	Design Foundations	3(0-6)
ART 125	Digital Design	3(0-6)
BCA 211WI	Writing for Multimedia	3(3-0)
BCA 222	Audio Production	3(1-4)
BCA 223	Video Production	3(1-4)

Required Courses II - History/Business (9 hours)

ART 285	Introduction to Western Art, Part II	3(3-0)
BCA 101	At the Movies: History and Analysis of Cinema	3(2-2)
BCA 510	Electronic Media Law	3(3-0)

Required Courses III - Intermediate (15 hours)

ART 207	Introduction to Animation: Traditional Media	3(0-6)
ART 241	Introduction to Photography	3(0-6)
BCA 421	Advanced Audio Production	3(2-2)
BCA 440	Introduction to Cinematography	3(2-2)
BCA 508WI	Writing the Feature-Length Screenplay	3(3-0)

Required Courses IV - Advanced (12 hours)

ART 441	Photography Lighting Studio	3(0-6)
BCA 521	Advanced Cinematography	3(2-2)
BCA 522	Audio Post-Production	3(2-2)
BCA 532	Advanced Video/Multimedia Post-Production	3(2-2)

Electives I - Study/Theory (12 hours)

Select four of the following courses:

ART 341	History of Photography	3(3-0)
ART 363	History of Design: 1750-2010	3(3-0)
ART 366	Contemporary Design Issues	3(3-0)
ART 385	European Modernism	3(3-0)
ART 485	Art After 1945	3(3-0)
BCA 290	French Film and Other Media	3(3-0)
BCA 350/WGS 350	Women in Film	3(2-2)
BCA 351/WGS 351	Queer Cinema	3(2-2)
BCA 525	Film Genre Study	3-9(Spec)
BCA 527	Film Directors	3-9(Spec)
BCA 528	History and Analysis of Documentary Film	3(2-2)
BCA 575	Film Theory and Criticism	3(3-0)

Electives II - Applied/Studio (12 hours)

Select four of the following courses:

ART 222	2D Digital Animation	3-6(Spec)
ART 231	Introduction to Graphic Design	3(0-6)
ART 308	Storyboarding for Digital Media	3-6(Spec)
ART 349	Typography	3(0-6)
ART 541	Advanced Photography Studio	1-12(Spec)
BCA 441	Producing and Directing in the Studio	3(2-2)

Total: 78 semester hours