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The Film B.F.A. Program:
Academic Requirements
In addition to meeting general degree requirements, all film majors must complete the following requirements (102–104 credits, outlined below by year) with a minimum 3.0 (B) GPA. Requirements for the major include:
- A minimum of 24 credits in film history, criticism, and/or theory (TFI 2760 and 2770, plus four additional courses)
- Satisfactory completion, as determined by the Film Board of Study, of the 16-credit senior thesis film
Note: The curriculum is evaluated by the faculty on a yearly basis and subject to change by the Film Board of Study. At the end of each academic year, each student meets with the Film Board of Study for a review of the year’s work, at which time the board determines whether the student may advance to the next year.
Freshman year | Sophomore year | Junior year | Senior year
| Freshman Year: 30 credits | |
| TAC 1050 and 1060/Acting Workshop for Film and Design/Technology* |
4 credits |
| TFI 1090 and 1100/Exercises in Storytelling* | 6 credits |
| TFI 2090/Cinematography I | 2 credits |
| TFI 1160 and 1170/Film Workshop* | 10 credits |
| TFI 2760 and 2770/Cinematic Expression I and II | 8 credits |
| *Part One and Two (two-semester course) | |
| Note: TFI 2760 and 2770 are prerequisites for all other film history courses. | |
| Sophomore Year: 30 credits | |
| TFI 2000 and 2050/Introduction to Documentary: Nonfiction Film* |
10 credits | TFI 2010 and 2020/Film Editing I and II | 6 credits |
| TFI 2100/Cinematography II | 2 credits |
| TFI 2310 and 2320/Directors’ Scene Workshop* | 6 credits |
| TFI 2810/Writing for Film I | 2 credits |
| TFI —/Film history elective | 4 credits |
| *Part One and Two (two-semester course) | |
| Junior Year: 20–22 credits | |
| One of the following two-semester courses: | 6–8 credits |
| TFI 3200 and 3210/Film Directors’ Workshop* (8 credits) or | |
| TFI 3460 and 3470/Documentary Workshop I and II (8 credits) or | |
| TFI 3610 and 3620/Experimental Workshop* (6 credits) | |
| TFI 3090/Cinematography III | 2 credits |
| TFI 3320/Screenwriting I | 2 credits |
| TFI 3810/Writing for Film II | 2 credits |
| TFI —/Two electives in film history, criticism, and/or theory |
8 credits |
| *Part One and Two (two-semester course) | |
| Senior Year: 22 credits | |
| TFI 3725/The Business of Film | 2 credits |
| TFI 4180 and 4190/Senior Production: Filmmaking* | 16 credits |
| TFI —/One elective in film history, criticism, and/or theory |
4 credits |
| *Part One and Two (two-semester course) | |
Updated June 20, 2008
