BFA IN FILM/ANIMATION/VIDEO
2023-2024 | Curriculum | 4-year program
The Film/Animation/Video program cultivates new generations of media makers by providing students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a community that emphasizes curiosity, creative thinking, socio-cultural awareness, and critical dialogue. We encourage unique personal perspectives and experimentation, as students make work across and within three general approaches: animation, live-action, and open media. Students develop an expressive language and professional skill set in moving images and sound. These fluencies enable them to communicate in diverse, thoughtful and innovative ways; sustain their practices; and contribute to the future growth of their chosen fields.
FOUNDATION YEAR | ||||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 3 | 15 | ||||||
SOPHOMORE | ||||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||||
course or course or course or | Film Practices or Video Practices or Animation Practices or Digital Practices [b] | 6 | Non-major Studio Elective [c] | 3 | course or course or course or | Film Practices or Video Practices or Animation Practices or Digital Practices [b] | 6 | |
Time, Light, Sound | 3 | Studio Elective | 3 | |||||
Studio Elective | 3 | Liberal Arts [a] | 6 | |||||
Liberal Arts [a] | 3 | |||||||
Total credits | 15 | Total credits | 3 | Total credits | 15 | |||
JUNIOR | ||||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||||
Studio Elective | 3 | Non-major Studio Elective [c] | 3 | Studio Elective | 3 | |||
Liberal Arts [a] | 6 | Liberal Arts [a] | 6 | |||||
AND | live action curriculum | live action curriculum | ||||||
Intermediate Studio: Live Action | 3 | Non-major Studio Elective [c] | 3 | Intermediate Studio: Live Action | 3 | |||
FAV Studio Elective | 3 | FAV Studio Elective | 3 | |||||
or animation curriculum | or animation curriculum | |||||||
Intermediate Studio: Animation | 3 | Intermediate Studio: Animation | 3 | |||||
FAV Studio Elective | 3 | FAV Studio Elective | 3 | |||||
or open media curriculum | or open media curriculum | |||||||
Intermediate Studio: Open Media | 3 | Intermediate Studio: Open Media | 3 | |||||
FAV Studio Elective | 3 | FAV Studio Elective | 3 | |||||
Total credits | 15 | Total credits | 3 | Total credits | 15 | |||
SENIOR | ||||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||||
Studio Elective | 3 | Studio Elective | 3 | |||||
Liberal Arts [a] | 3 | Liberal Arts [a] | 3 | |||||
AND | live action curriculum | live action curriculum | live action curriculum | |||||
Senior Studio: Live Action [c] | 6 | Senior Studio: Live Action [c] | 3 | Senior Studio: Live Action [c] | 6 | |||
or animation curriculum | or animation curriculum | or animation curriculum | ||||||
*Senior Studio: Animation [c] | 6 | Senior Studio: Animation [c] | 3 | Senior Studio: Animation [c] | 6 | |||
or open media curriculum | or open media curriculum | or open media curriculum | ||||||
Senior Studio: Open Media [c] | 3 | Senior Studio: Open Media [c] | Senior Studio: Open Media [c] | 3 | ||||
Meeting Points: Open Media [c] | 3 | Meeting Points: Open Media [c] | 3 | |||||
total credits | 12 | total credits | 3 | total credits | 12 | |||
Total Credits: 126 | ||||||||
Notes:
[a] Choose a Liberal Arts, Major or Non-Major Studio Elective, depending on unfulfilled degree requirements and class availability.
[b] Two of these courses are assigned in Fall and two in Spring.
[c] Students select from Senior Studio options in Animation, Live Action, or Open Media. Animation and Live Action Senior Studios are 6-credits in the Fall and Spring and 3-credits during Wintersession. Students choosing Open Media will take the 3-credit Open Media Senior Studio plus the 3-credit Meeting Points: Open Media during Fall and Spring, and the 3-credit Open Media Senior Studio during Wintersession.
It is suggested that because of the amount of work required for the senior project, enough credits be taken in previous years to enable a reduced course load of 12-credits per semester during senior year and still have the required 126 credits to graduate.
Please note that some courses have prerequisites.