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Course Requirements

First Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 101FOUNDATIONS OF CINEMA FOR MAJORS4
FILM 105FOUNDATIONS OF TELEVISION4
FILM 110DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I4
FILM 150CINEMATOGRAPHY I4
FILM 155LIGHTING I4
FILM 170THE ART OF PRODUCTION DESIGN4
POST 110EDITING I4
SCWR 110INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION IN FILM & TV4
or MPOP 274 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION

Second Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
DOC 224DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION I4
DOC 352DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY4
FILM 131HISTORY OF CINEMA PRODUCTION4
FILM 210CINEMA PRODUCTION II4
FILM 251CINEMATOGRAPHERS AT WORK4
FILM 254IMAGE, OPTICS AND CINEMATIC MOTION 4
FILM 279VISUAL DESIGN4
SCWR 101SCREENWRITING FOR MAJORS4

Third Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 256LIGHTING FOR CINEMA II4
FILM 325EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING I4
FILM 350CINEMATOGRAPHY II4
FILM 358CAMERA WORKSHOP4
FILM 364CINEMATOGRAPHY III4
POST 330PRODUCTION SOUND I4
Select eight (8) Credit Hours from the following list:8
FILM 232
CREATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
FILM 290
TOPICS IN DIGITAL CINEMA
FILM 390
ADVANCED TOPICS IN CINEMA
SCWR 120
FILM STRUCTURE FOR MAJORS

Fourth Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 365CINEMATOGRAPHY IV4
FILM 398DIGITAL CINEMA CAPSTONE4
POST 340COLOR CORRECTION4
Select eight (8) Credit Hours from the following list:8
FILM 115
TELEVISION PRODUCTION I
FILM 270
PRODUCTION DESIGN
FILM 285
DIRECTING III: SCENE STUDY
FILM 323
MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION
FILM 326
EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING II
Select four (4) Credit Hours from the following list:4
ANI 101
ANIMATION FOR NON-MAJORS
or ANI 201
 ANIMATION I
POST 200
EDITING II
POST 306
EDITING STYLES AND TECHNIQUES
POST 344
ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION
POST 384
POST-PRODUCTION SEMINAR
VFX 330
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISION
VFX 340
PREVISUALIZATION
Four (4) Credit Hours of Major Elective selected from any 200-level or 300-level course in ANI, CP, DOC, FILM, POST, SCWR, or VFX4

Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Program Combination Restrictions

Students pursuing the BFA in Film and Television with a Concentration in Cinematography are forbidden from pursuing the BA in Film and Television.