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Cinema Arts, BA

57 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Arts instructs students in strategies, styles, and hands-on techniques for filmmaking. The degree connects students’ studies of the liberal arts with the process of telling stories with moving pictures.

Students in the Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Arts Program will:

  • Create films that are engaging works of cinematic storytelling.
  • Be able to understand the style and technique of filmmaking.
  • Be versatile media producers, able to apply a wide variety of tools and technology to the art of cinematic storytelling.
  • Build and draw on a broad knowledge of the liberal arts in managing the collaborative creative process.

    • Requirements

    The Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Arts requires students to complete the following courses:

    COM 11000Fundamentals of Oral Communication

    3
    COM 14000Introduction to Cinema Arts

    3
    COM 15400Video Production

    3
    COM 20200Design with Photoshop

    3
    COM 25600Television Production

    3
    COM 30700Writing for the Electronic Media

    3
    COM 32700Media Literacy

    3
    COM 35400Producing for Film and Video

    3
    COM 35700Editing for Film and Video

    3
    COM 35900Short Film Production

    3
    COM 37000History of World Cinema

    3
    COM 41700Narrative Screenwriting

    3
    COM 45101Cinema Capstone I

    3

    Students must also select twelve credit hours from the following options:

    COM 336003D Graphics

    3
    COM 37100-37199Topics in Production

    1-3
    COM 37200-37299Topics in Post-Production

    1-3
    COM 37300-37399Topics in Producing

    1-3
    COM 37400-37499Topics in Scriptwriting

    1-3
    COM 37500-37599Topics in Media Studies

    1-3
    COM 37600Asian Cinema

    3
    GAM 32100Concept Design

    3
    GAM 469003D Animation

    3
    GD 32200Motion Graphics

    3
    TA 10100Acting I

    3

    Students must also select three credit hours from the following:

    Any course addressing either ILO 1.1.5 (GE-Human Culture: Philosophy) or ILO 1.1.6 (GE-Human Culture: Religion).

    Plus three credit hours from the following options:

    COM 30131Applied Mass Communication-Video I

    1
    COM 30132Applied Mass Communication-Video II

    2
    COM 30133Applied Mass Communication-Video III

    3
    COM 34000Television Sports Production I

    3
    COM 45000Communications Internship

    3