Undergraduate FilmmakingBFA Cinematography

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BFA Degree Total 120 credits

Filmmaking Course Total 84 credits General Education Course Total1 30 credits Liberal Arts or Designated Arts Course Total2 6 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring	Course Title	Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
FIM 1001		Fundamentals of Production Design	1 - 1
FIM 1101		Fundamentals of Screenwriting I	2 - 2
	FIM 1102	Fundamentals of Screenwriting II [optional]	- [2]
FIM 1201	FIM 1202	Fundamentals of Directing I & II	2 2 4
FIM 1311	FIM 1312	Short Film (Fall); American Cinema (Spring)	3 3 6
FIM 1401	FIM 1402	Fundamentals of Producing I & II	1 1 2
FIM 1611	FIM 1612	Fundamentals of Picture Editing I & II	1 2 3
	FIM 1622	Fundamentals of Sound Design	- 1 1
FIM 1801		Fundamentals of Cinematography	2 - 2
FYS 1000		Making & Reflecting	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...	- 3 3
		General Education Requirement1	- 3 3
Year One Total			15 15 30
Year Two
Fall	Spring
FIM 2311		Classics of World Cinema3	3 - 3
	FIM 33XX	Cinema Studies	- 3 3
FIM 2511		Year 2 Development & Collaboration	2 - 2
	FIM 2512	Year 2 Film Production & Critique	- 2 2
Plus two of the following each semester:
FIM 2101	FIM 2102	Screenwriting Workshop I & II	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2201	FIM 2202	Directing Workshop I & II	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2401		Conceiving and Developing the Short Film	[2] - [2]
	FIM 2402	Progress to Production	- [2] [2]
FIM 2601	FIM 2602	Developing the Editor's Eye I & II	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2801	FIM 2802	Cinematography Workshop I & II	[2] [2] [4]
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues	3 - 3
	HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	- 3 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year Two Total			15 15 30
Year Three
Fall	Spring
FIM 3811	FIM 3812	Aesthetics & Control: Making the Image I & II	3 3 6
FIM 3821		Shooting Film	2 - 2
	FIM 3822	Cinematography & Production Design: The Essential Partnership	- 2 2
FIM 3871	FIM 3872	Intermediate Cinematography Practicum I & II	3 4 7
		Cinema Studies, Film Electives, Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses4	2 3 5
		General Education Requirements1	3 - 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year Three Total			16 15 31
Year Four
Fall	Spring
FIM 4811	FIM 4812	Advanced Cinematography IA & IB	3 3 6
FIM 4821		Advanced Cinematography II	3 - 3
	FIM 4832	Transition to the Profession: The Freelance Cinematographer	- 2 2
FIM 4871	FIM 4872	Advanced Cinematography Practicum I & II	4 3 7
		Cinema Studies, Film Electives, Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses4	2 3 5
		Designated Arts or Liberal Arts Courses2	3 3 6
Year Four Total			15 14 29

¹ General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1000: Making & Reflecting
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2200: Paths to the Present

3 credits Social or Behavioral Sciences
(Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)

3 credits Language, Literature, and Culture
(Writing, Literature, English, Foreign Language, Communication)

3 credits Humanities
(History, Humanities, Art History, Philosophy, Theater History)

3 credits Math or Science (Math, Science)

6 credits General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses(ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student's major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).

² The School of Filmmaking requires a total of 6 additional credits earned from Liberal Arts or Designated Arts courses outside of the student’s Major. These may be taken earlier than Year Four, but we strongly recommend that they only be taken in semesters when the student is registered for one Gen Ed requirement.

³ Year Two generalists must take the following in the Fall: Classics of World Cinema, Year 2 Development & Collaboration, plus two “workshop” courses (one course each in your 1st and 2nd choice concentrations (Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, or Screenwriting). In the Spring, you must take one Cinema Studies class, Year 2 Production & Critique, and again two workshops in your 1st and 2nd choice concentrations.

⁴ All Cinematography students must complete a minimum of 10 credit hours of film/arts elective coursework as part of the required credit hours towards this degree. Elective course credits may be fulfilled by any of the following: FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX, FIM 4088, FAN XX98, FAR XX98, FIM XX98, as well as permitted Arts classes outside of the student’s concentration.