» Film & TV Production - Cinematography Area of Study (B.F.A.): Suggested 4-year Plan for 2023-24

How to Use your 4-year Plan

This is a suggested 4-year plan for your major and not meant to replace regular academic advising.
The plan is flexible and can be changed to accommodate studying abroad, a second major/minor(s) or AP/IB credits.
You should work with an academic advisor to develop a plan that meets your interests and goals.
You must earn a minimum of 120 credits to graduate and 72 major-specific credits to earn a B.F.A. in Film & TV Production.
Transfer students should contact the program advisor for degree planning.
If you have any questions, please contact dodgeacademicsupport@chapman.edu.

We encourage you to select your General Education (GE) and minor/second major/Themed Inquiry/Honors program around the plan below. Once you fill your GE classes around your major classes, you will have a better idea of space remaining each semester when choosing your Exploration Focus.
To be enrolled full time, you must take at least 12 credits a semester.
In order to graduate within 4 years, we recommend you take 30 credits a year.

FP 115 - Editing I (3 credits)
FP 239 - Directing I (3 credits)
TWP 246 - History of Television (3 credits)
FP 280 - Intermediate Production Workshop (3 credits) or TWP - 114 Introduction to Television Production: Studio (3 credits)

* FS 244 - History of Film to 1959 is a prerequisite for this course.

FP 437 - Cinematography III (3 credits)
One of the following:
- VRAR 210 - Introduction to VR and AR (3 credits)
- TWP 311 - Advanced Multi-Camera TV Production (3 credits)
- TWP 320 - Narrative Television Workshop (3 credits)
- DOC 335 - Documentary Production (3 credits)

Upper-division Elective (3 credits)
One of the following:
- TWP 488 - Pilot Production (3 credits)
- TWP 496 - Short Form Television II (3 credits)
- DOC 497 - Documentary Post-Production, Senior Thesis II (3 credits)
- FP 498A - Cinematography Senior Thesis Workshop II (3 credits)