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College of Fine Arts

BAA in Media Arts — Filmmaking (2024 - 2025)

1st year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEN ED: ENGL 101 College English I 1 0103 GEN ED: ENGL 102 College English II 1 0103
GEN ED: First-Year Seminar 0703 GEN ED: Social & Behavioral Sciences 0503
MART 101 Intro to Media Arts3 MART 102 Intro to Media Aesthetics and Analysis3
MART 103 Intro to Digital Filmmaking3 MART 311 Intro to Sound for Digital Media3
COMM 206 Intro to Multimedia3 MART 325 Editing for Film3
Fall Total Hours 15 Spring Total Hours 15

Total hours for 1st year: 30


2nd year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEN ED: MATH 1__ College Algebra or Contemporary Math 1 0303 GEN ED: COMM 111 Public Speaking 1 0203
MART 225 Writing for Film and Television3 GEN ED: Social & Behavioral Sciences 0503
MART 359 Cinematography I3 MART 299 Media Arts Practicum I1
MART 392 Professional Practices – Business Development1 MART 351 Principles of Video Production3
COMM 321 Intro to Film Studies3 MART 352 Storyboarding3
Media Arts Elective3 MART 385 Directing for Film3
Fall Total Hours 16 Spring Total Hours 16

Total hours for 2nd year: 32


3rd year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
MART 130 Film History3 GEN ED: Arts & Humanities 0603
MART 353 Video Storytelling3 MART 379 Cinematography II3
MART 393 Professional Practices – Legal Issues1 MART 399C Media Arts Practicum II – FM2
MART 424 Compositing and VFX I3 MART 474 Compositing and VFX II3
Media Arts Elective3 THEA 359 Directing I3
Choose one of the following:
  • COMM 506 Sound for Picture
  • MART 411 Advanced Sound for Digital Media
3 Media Arts Elective2
Fall Total Hours 16 Spring Total Hours 16

Total hours for 3rd year: 32


4th year
Fall Semester Fall Hours Spring Semester Spring Hours
GEN ED: Natural & Physical Sciences w/ Lab 0404-5 GEN ED: Arts & Humanities 0603
GEN ED: Diversity Designation 0703 MART 499C Media Arts Practicum III – FM3
MART 391 Professional Practices – Portfolio1 Film Studies Elective3
THEA 390 Acting for the Camera3 Media Arts Elective2-3
Choose one of the following:
  • MART 425 Advanced Writing for Film and Television
  • THEA 517 Scriptwriting II
3
Fall Total Hours 14-15 Spring Total Hours 11-12

Total hours for 4th year: 26


Hours needed to complete the degree: 120


  1. C- or higher required.

Systemwide General Education (SGE) Key

  • 010 English
  • 020 Communications
  • 030 Math/Statistics
  • 040 Natural and Physical Science
  • 050 Social and Behavioral Science
  • 060 Arts and Humanities
  • 070 Institutionally Designated/Diversity