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Major Requirements

First Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 101FOUNDATIONS OF CINEMA FOR MAJORS4
FILM 105FOUNDATIONS OF TELEVISION4
FILM 110CINEMA PRODUCTION I FOR MAJORS4
FILM 131HISTORY OF CINEMA PRODUCTION4
POST 110EDITING I4
POST 124SOUND DESIGN I4
SCWR 101SCREENWRITING FOR MAJORS4
SCWR 110INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION IN FILM & TV4
or MPOP 274 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION

Second Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 150CINEMATOGRAPHY I (FORMERLY FILM 250)4
GAM 317GAME SOUND DESIGN AND SCORING STUDIO4
IT 202CODING FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO4
POST 180ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR MEDIA CREATORS4
POST 224SOUND DESIGN II4
POST 306POST-PRODUCTION AESTHETICS AND ANALYSIS 4
POST 330PRODUCTION SOUND I (FORMERLY POST 330)4
POST 332PRODUCTION SOUND II4

Third Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
DOC 224DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION I4
POST 323SOUND SYSTEM DESIGN4
POST 324SOUND MIXING I4
POST 326SOUND MIXING II4
POST 327SOUND MIXING III: IMMERSIVE SOUND MIXING 4
POST 328SCORING FOR FILM AND VIDEO4
POST 338PODCASTING FOR MAJORS4

Fourth Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 323MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION4
POST 329SOUND DESIGN AND SCORING STUDIO4
POST 336ADVANCED SOUND RECORDING AND EDITING4
POST 360SOUND & MUSIC SYNTHESIS FOR FILM4
POST 384POST-PRODUCTION SEMINAR4
POST 386POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISION4
POST 398POST PRODUCTION CAPSTONE 4
Four (4) credit hours of Major Electives selected from the list below4

Major Electives

Course Title Quarter Hours
Major elective credit hours must be selected from the following list:
ANI 101
ANIMATION FOR NON-MAJORS
FILM 210
CINEMA PRODUCTION II
GAM 315
SOUND DESIGN FOR GAMES II
GAM 351
EXPRESSIVE AUDIO SCRIPTING IN GAMES
POST 200
EDITING II
POST 321
LOGIC PRO MIDI SEQUENCING WORKSHOP
POST 322
ABLETON LIVE WORKSHOP
POST 340
COLOR CORRECTION
POST 390
TOPICS IN POST-PRODUCTION SOUND
POST 395
ESTABLISHING A CREATIVE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS
SCWR 120
FILM STRUCTURE FOR MAJORS
VFX 340
AI TOOLS FOR VISUAL EFFECTS AND POST-PRODUCTION

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 Sound are forbidden from pursuing the BA in Film and Television. Students pursuing the BFA in Film and Television with a Concentration in Sound are also forbidden from pursuing the following Minor degrees: Film Production; Sound Design.