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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 170THE ART OF PRODUCTION DESIGN4
FILM 250CINEMATOGRAPHY I4
FILM 355LIGHTING I4
POST 110EDITING I4
MCS 274DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION4

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 325EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING I4
FILM 350CINEMATOGRAPHY II4
FILM 356LIGHTING II4
FILM 358CAMERA WORKSHOP4
FILM 364CINEMATOGRAPHY III4
POST 330PRODUCTION SOUND I4
Select eight (8) Credit Hours from the following list:8
CREATIVE METHODOLOGIES FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
TOPICS IN DIGITAL CINEMA
ADVANCED TOPICS IN CINEMA
FILM STRUCTURE FOR MAJORS
Eight (8) Credit Hours of Open Electives8

Fourth Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 398DIGITAL CINEMA CAPSTONE4
POST 340COLOR CORRECTION4
Select eight (8) Credit Hours from the following list:8
TELEVISION PRODUCTION I
PRODUCTION DESIGN
DIRECTING III: SCENE STUDY
MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING II
Select eight (8) Credit Hours from the following list:8
ANIMATION FOR NON-MAJORS
ANIMATION I
EDITING II
EDITING STYLES AND TECHNIQUES
ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION
POST-PRODUCTION SEMINAR
VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISION
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
Eight (8) Credit Hours of Open Electives8

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.