2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Film and Video Production
A strong hands-on emphasis characterizes the film and video production major. Courses include animation, cinema studies, documentary and nonfiction, fiction filmmaking, new media, and sound design. The curriculum integrates production experience with the insights offered by media history, theory, and criticism.
Digital video facilities include editing suites, a full complement of field gear, a studio classroom, and a digital audio studio. Students work with a variety of software in Macintosh computer laboratories. Student internship opportunities include regional and national productions, postproduction houses, and many more.
Requirements for a Major in Film and Video Production
B.A. and B.S. Degree Requirements
All film and video production students must choose either the B.A. or B.S. requirement.
B.A. Degree Requirement
The B.A. degree requires a third semester proficiency in a world language of the student's choice.
B.S. Degree Requirement
- CIS 160 - Learn to Code in Python (3 credits)
- CIS 162 - Computer Science I (4 credits)
- CIS 238 - Internet Media and Programming (3 credits)
Film/Video Production Foundation
The following courses can be taken in any order:
Minimum 3.0 GPA required for FVP preadmission courses and 2.5 GPA overall required to apply to the major. See admission policy. Students must maintain good academic standing at the university after admission to the major.
The film/video production foundation requires 22 credits, including:
- FVP 123 - Survey of Media Production Modes (3 credits)
- FVP 125 - Media Production I (3 credits)
- FVP 226 - Media Production II (3 credits)
- FVP 227 - Post-Production Techniques (3 credits)
- FVP 261 - Scriptwriting I (3 credits)
- FVP 282 - Audio Production I (3 credits)
AND two history/theory/criticism courses from the following:
- FVP 348 - Film Theories (3 credits)
- FVP 370 - American Cinema (3 credits)
- FVP 371 - History of Animation (3 credits)
- FVP 372 - History of Documentary Film (3 credits)
- FVP 373 - Issues of Representation (3 credits)
- FVP 374 - Experimental Film and Video (3 credits)
- FVP 375 - World Cinema (3 credits)
- FVP 376 - Latin American Cinema (3 credits)
Film/Video Production Emphasis
The film/video production emphasis requires 15 credits.
Choose five courses; one course must be a 400-level advanced production course.
Intermediate Production
- FVP 321 - Fiction Filmmaking I (3 credits)
- FVP 322 - Documentary Production I (3 credits)
- FVP 324 - 3-D Computer Animation (3 credits)
- FVP 325 - Animation I (3 credits)
- FVP 326 - New Media I (3 credits)
- FVP 327 - Film and Video Art (3 credits)
- FVP 328 - Intermediate Film Practicum (3 or 6 credits)
- FVP 330 - Digital Postproduction (3 credits)
- FVP 362 - Scriptwriting II (3 credits)
- FVP 368 - Lighting for Film and Video Productions (3 credits)
- FVP 380 - Special Topics in Film and Video (3 credits)
- FVP 382 - Audio Production II (3 credits)
Advanced Production
- FVP 421 - Fiction Filmmaking II (3 credits)
- FVP 422 - Documentary Production II (3 credits)
- FVP 425 - Animation II (3 credits)
- FVP 426 - New Media II (3 credits)
- FVP 428 - Advanced Film Practicum (3 or 6 credits)
- FVP 429 - Postproduction Practicum (3 credits)
- FVP 470 - Producing for Clients (3 credits)
- FVP 482 - Sound Design for Film and Video (3 credits)
History/Theory/Criticism
- FVP 348 - Film Theories (3 credits)
- FVP 370 - American Cinema (3 credits)
- FVP 371 - History of Animation (3 credits)
- FVP 372 - History of Documentary Film (3 credits)
- FVP 373 - Issues of Representation (3 credits)
- FVP 374 - Experimental Film and Video (3 credits)
- FVP 375 - World Cinema (3 credits)
- FVP 376 - Latin American Cinema (3 credits)
Internship or Thesis
Requires one to six credits.
Capstone
All students majoring in film and video production must take FVP 495 (Capstone) during their senior year. The Capstone is a culminating course in which students demonstrate their conceptual understanding and creative abilities as they relate to film and media arts.
Visual and Media Arts Requirement
Choose one course for three credits.
- ART 150 - Foundations: 2-D Design and Color (3 credits)
- ART 151 - Foundations: 3-D Design (3 credits)
- ART 152 - Foundations: Color and Design (3 credits)
- ART 153 - Foundations: Making and Meaning in Art and Design (3 credits)
- ART 155 - Foundations: Introduction to Drawing I (3 credits)
- ART 209 - Graphic Design Basics (3 credits)
- ART 245 - Fabricating Adornment: Jewelry Basics and Design (3 credits)
- ART 260 - Introduction to Painting (3 credits)
- ART 265 - Introduction to Printmaking (3 credits)
- ART 270 - Sculpture: Creating/Building/Making (3 credits)
- ART 271 - Sculpture: Digital 3D Modeling and Design (3 credits)
- ART 275 - Ceramics: The Basics (3 credits)
- PHO 171 - Darkroom Photography (4 credits)