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Filmmaking Curriculum

There are many components that go into Filmmaking. To be successful in the field, you must have an understanding of every element that goes in to film production. With our Upside-Down Curriculum, you'll get a head start on these skills by starting your Filmmaking classes in your first semester. By the time you finish your first year, you will have taken upward of five courses related to your major!

Filmmaking Curriculum 2012 - 13

First Year

First Semester
Concepts of the Self (COR 110)
Rhetoric I (COR 115)
Visual & Digital Fundamentals (GDD 111)
Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (DFM 110)
College Algebra (MTH 120) OR Foundations of Mathematics (MTH 115)

Second Semester
Concepts of Community (COR 120)
Rhetoric II (COR 125)
Audio Production (MCM 130)
Fundamentals of Acting (THE 140)
Screenwriting I (DFM 228)

Second Year

First Semester
Scientific Revolutions (COR 210)
Aesthetic Expressions (COR 220)
Film History (DFM 210)
Cinematography & Lighting (DFM 225)
Critical Film Screenings (DFM 100a)

Second Semester
The Secular and the Sacred (COR 230)
Capitalism and Democracy (COR 240)
Critical Film Studies Screenings (DFM 100b)
Film Theory (DFM 220)
DFM Elective

Third Year

First Semester
Global Studies I: Technology & Development (COR 310)
Global Studies II: Human Rights (COR 320)
Digital Filmmaking I (DFM 310)
Video Compositing & Special Effects (DFM 330)
Critical Film Studies Screenings (DFM 100c)
DFM Elective

Second Semester
International Cultural Studies (COR 330)
International Cultural Studies (COR 330)
Digital Filmmaking II (DFM 315)
Fundamentals of Digital Music (DFM 120) Or Advanced Audio Production & Sound Design (MCM 330)
General Elective

Fourth Year

First Semester
DFM Internship (DFM 490) Or DFM Elective
Natural Science Elective with Lab (SCI XXX)
Independent Film Project (DFM 410)
Business of Film (DFM 320)

Second Semester
College Capstone (CCC 410)
DFM Internship (DFM 490) Or CCM Elective
Contemporary Media Issues (MCM 315) Or Legal Issues in Communication (MCM 360)
Senior Portfolio (DFM 420)
General Elective