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Cinema-Television

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Cinema-Television (Cinema Track) Degree Requirements

General Education Curriculum Requirement 41 hours

Common Core Requirements
CTV 1320 Survey of Television and Media
(formerly EMF 1320 Survey of Electronic Media and Film)
CTV 2301 Film and Video Aesthetics
CTV 2304 Basic Video and Audio Production

9 hours

Cinema Course Requirements
CTV 2307 Basic Audio Principles
CTV 2351 Film History
CTV 2352 American Film History (formerly CCCN 2352 Film History II)
CTV 2354 Basic Screenwriting
CTV 3355 Film Production I
CTV 3356 Film Production II or
CTV 3357 Film/TV Lighting
CTV 4353 Film-Television Theory
CTV 4316 Producers Seminar or
CTV 3335 Film Exhibition and Distribution

24 hours

Cinema-TV Electives
Any 9 Hours (may not be double-counted with any grouping above)
Any Three CTV Courses (with approval of adviser); suggested courses include:
CTV 2332 American Popular Film
CTV 2344 History of Animated Film
CTV 2353 American Television History
CTV 2356 Writing the Fiction Script
CTV 2360 The Black Experience in Cinema-TV
CTV 2364 History of Cinema-TV Comedy
CTV 2384 War on Film
CTV 3300 Film/TV Genres
CTV 3304 History of Documentary Film-Television
CTV 3308 Non Linear Editing
CTV 3310 Screen Artists
CTV 3311-15 Great Directors
CTV 3350 Advanced Screenwriting
CTV 3357 Film/TV Lighting
CTV 3358 Directing the Screen Actor
CTV 3359 National Cinemas
CTV 3360 Gender and Representation in World Cinema
CTV 3390 Italian Cinema
CTV 3393 Video Production II: Field
CTV 4300 Cinema-Television Seminar
CTV 4318 Advanced Television Production Workshop
CTV 4339 Television Criticism
CTV 5301-04 Topics in Cinema-Television

9 hours

Fine Arts Component
One course (3 hrs.) selected from the following: 3
ASDE 1300 Introduction to Studio Drawing
ASPH 1300 Basics of Photography
ASPH 2300 Black and White Photography
ARHS 1303 Introduction to Western Art I
ARHS 1304 Introduction to Western Art II
ARHS 1331 Romantic Century: Cultural Content of Artistic Form in the 19th Century
ARHS 1332 20th Century Art: Sources and Styles of Modern Art
THEA 3311 The Art of Acting
THEA 3313 Introduction to Design for the Theater
THEA 3314 Lighting Design: Theater, Film, and Television
THEA 3316 Scene Design: Theater, Film, and Television
THEA 3318 Costume Design: Theater, Film, and Television

3 hours

Meadows Elective/Corequirement (in Meadows outside the major)

3 hours

Free Electives

42 hours

 

 

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