Film and Digital Media Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Notes: two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college-level foreign 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 | |
| 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
Foreign 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.
Degree Works calculates 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 successfully earn a BA in Film from EWU should be able to do the following:
- 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.