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Communication Arts: Digital Filmmaking
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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 204 - MEDIA LITERACY (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 221 - SPEECH FOR COMMUNICATION ARTS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS – COMM 229 - WORLD CINEMA MOVEMENTS (recommended) (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 220 - STORY STRUCTURE: DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION FILM WI (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: COMM 217 - DIGITAL POST PRODUCTION (HRS 4)
- Major: History/Theory/Criticism Course: Level 300 (if COMM 229 was taken as a Gen Ed Global Awareness) (Some courses are WI) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: CULTURE AND CREATIVITY – COMM 218 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL FILMMAKING (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: COMM 206 - FUNDAMENTALS OF AUDIO (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: COMM 308 - DIRECTING THE DOCUMENTARY FILM (HRS 4)
- CHOOSE ONE: COMM 338 - SOUND DESIGN FOR DIGITAL MEDIA OR COMM 342 - DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY OR COMM 344 - WRITING THE SCREENPLAY WI OR COMM 352 - THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCING FOR FILM & TV OR COMM 366 - ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES (HRS 4)
- Major: History/Theory/Criticism course 300 Level (Some courses are WI) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: COMM 337 - DIRECTING THE FICTION FILM (HRS 4)
- Major: Elective in the Major (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: COMM 380 - SENIOR PROJECT:PROPOSAL DIGITAL FILMMAKING (HRS 4)
- Major: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: COMM 433 - SENIOR PROJECT: DIGITAL FILMMAKING (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary Course WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry (+W)
Scientific Reasoning
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
GLOBAL AWARENESS (Recommended: COMM 229 - WORLD CINEMA MOVEMENTS)
Distribution Category (Outside of CA)
Distribution Category
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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