Cinema Arts, BFA

57 credit hours

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in cinema arts offers a rigorous focus on professional-style filmmaking. Students explore strategies, styles, and hands-on techniques for creating works of cinematic art. Students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in cinema arts program will

Create films that are engaging and meaningful works of cinematic storytelling.
Be able to understand and master the style and technique of filmmaking.
Be versatile media producers, able to make the best use of the wide variety of tools and technology appropriate to any particular cinematic story.
Build and draw on a broad knowledge of the liberal arts in leading a collaborative creative process.
Assess creative work using the standards, language and history of cinema.

Requirements

Major Coursework

36 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

CINE 11000 - Video Production 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 13000 - Introduction to Cinema Arts 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 32000 - Short Film Production 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 32500 - Documentary Production 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 32600 - Cinematography 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 34000 - History of World Cinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 35000 - Screenwriting 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 36000 - Producing for Film and Video 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 37000 - Sound for Film and Video 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 38000 - Editing for Film and Video 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 41000 - Cinema Capstone I 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 42000 - Cinema Capstone II 3 Credit Hour(s)

Elective Coursework

18 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

AAD 30600 - Imaging and Illustration 3 Credit Hour(s)
AAD 32200 - Motion Graphics 3 Credit Hour(s)
AAD 33600 - 3D Graphics 3 Credit Hour(s)
CAH 43000 - Arts Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 14000 - Introduction to Film 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 31500 - MicroCinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 32700 - Advanced Cinematography 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 32800 - Directing for Film & Television 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 33500 - History of Animation 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 33600 - Asian Cinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 33700 - Cinema and Gender 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 33800 - African American Cinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 34200 - The Films of the Coen Brothers 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 34300 - The Films of Alfred Hitchcock 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 34400 - Horror Cinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 34500 - The Films of Martin Scorsese 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 34700 - Cult Cinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 35200 - Advanced Screenwriting 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 35500 - Feature Film Screenwriting 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 36300 - Production Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 38500 - Advanced Post Production 3 Credit Hour(s)
CINE 38700 - Visual Effects 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 25600 - Multicamera & Event Production 3 Credit Hour(s)
TA 10100 - Acting I 3 Credit Hour(s)

Practical Application Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:

CAH 44444 - Internship 1-6 Credit Hour(s)

Seminar Coursework

Zero credit hour course in which students are required to enroll every fall and spring semester from matriculation to degree conferral.

CINE 10000 - Cinema Seminar 0 Credit Hour(s)