Film and Digital Media Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Notes: two years of a single high school world language or one year of a single college-level world language is required.
| Required Courses | ||
| FILM 110 | INTRODUCTION TO FILMIC ARTS MEDIA PRODUCTION | 5 |
| FILM 214 | FILM AND THE HUMANITIES | 5 |
| FILM 221 | NARRATIVE SCRIPT ANALYSIS | 5 |
| FILM 305 | ACTING FOR DIRECTORS AND WRITERS | 2 |
| FILM 311 | FILM PRODUCTION | 5 |
| FILM 312 | FILM DIRECTING AND PRODUCING | 5 |
| FILM 321 | WRITING THE SHORT FILM | 5 |
| FILM 322 | ADAPTATION | 5 |
| FILM 365 | FILM HISTORY I | 5 |
| FILM 366 | FILM HISTORY II | 5 |
| FILM 410 | ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION I | 5 |
| FILM 417 | ADVANCED SCREENWRITING I | 4 |
| Concentrations–complete at least two of the following series | 18 | |
| Criticism | ||
| SEMINAR IN FILM CRITICISM (must be repeated with topics 1 and 2) | ||
| ORAL EXAMINATION: CRITICISM | ||
| Production | ||
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION II | ||
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION III | ||
| ORAL EXAMINATION: PRODUCTION | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING II | ||
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING III | ||
| ORAL EXAMINATION: SCREENWRITING | ||
| Required Senior Capstone | ||
| FILM 490 | FILM SENIOR CAPSTONE | 5 |
| Total Credits | 79 | |
Plan of Study
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
This major requires the completion of the World Language requirement. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete two years of a single language in high school or one year of a single language in college.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| ENGL 101 | 5 | ENGL 201 | 5 | MATH 107 | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | Social Science BACR 21 | 5 | Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| Social Science BACR 11 | 5 | Natural Science BACR 11 | 5 | Natural Science BACR 21 | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| FILM 110 | 5 | FILM 311 | 5 | FILM 305 | 2 |
| FILM 214 (Humanities & Arts BACR 2) | 5 | FILM 321 | 5 | FILM 312 | 5 |
| FILM 221 | 5 | FILM 365 (Global Studies - graduation requirement) | 5 | FILM 322 | 5 |
| FILM 366 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 17 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| FILM 410 | 5 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 |
| FILM 417 | 4 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 |
| FILM 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 1 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 1 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 1 | ||
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | ||||
| 15 | 13 | 15 | |||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||
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University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
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Concentrations–complete at least two concentrations in Criticism, Production or Screenwriting.
| Year One | ||
| Fall | ||
| FILM 110 | INTRODUCTION TO FILMIC ARTS MEDIA PRODUCTION | 5 |
| FILM 214 | FILM AND THE HUMANITIES | 5 |
| FILM 221 | NARRATIVE SCRIPT ANALYSIS | 5 |
| Winter | ||
| FILM 311 | FILM PRODUCTION | 5 |
| FILM 321 | WRITING THE SHORT FILM | 5 |
| FILM 365 | FILM HISTORY I | 5 |
| Spring | ||
| FILM 305 | ACTING FOR DIRECTORS AND WRITERS | 2 |
| FILM 312 | FILM DIRECTING AND PRODUCING | 5 |
| FILM 322 | ADAPTATION | 5 |
| FILM 366 | FILM HISTORY II | 5 |
| Total Credits | 47 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| FILM 410 | ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION I | 5 |
| FILM 417 | ADVANCED SCREENWRITING I | 4 |
| FILM 490 | FILM SENIOR CAPSTONE | 5 |
| Winter–after completing the FILM core, students complete at least two of three concentrations | 8 | |
Criticism Concentration | ||
| SEMINAR IN FILM CRITICISM (Topic 1) | ||
Production Concentration | ||
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION II | ||
Screenwriting Concentration | ||
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING II | ||
| Spring—complete at least two concentrations (four courses) | 10 | |
Criticism Concentration | ||
| SEMINAR IN FILM CRITICISM (Topic 2) | ||
| ORAL EXAMINATION: CRITICISM | ||
Production Concentration | ||
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION III | ||
| ORAL EXAMINATION: PRODUCTION | ||
Screenwriting Concentration | ||
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING III | ||
| ORAL EXAMINATION: SCREENWRITING | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BA in Film from EWU should be able to:
- direct a senior-level motion picture from a short script;
- orally support one’s creative or scholarly choices;
- write a short script suitable for a senior-level production;
- write an essay informed by film theories;
- write an essay to support the historical significance of a film.
In addition, all students should be able to do two of the following three:
- write a critical film analysis that is suitable for submission to an undergraduate scholarly conference or publication;
- direct a motion picture suitable for entry in a film festival;
- write an industry-standard screenplay suitable for entry in a college-level screenwriting competition.