Suggested 4-year Plan
- 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.
Year 1
Fall Semester (9 credits for major)
- FTV 130 - Introduction to Visual Storytelling (3 credits)*
- FS 244 - History of Film to 1959 (3 credits)
- SW 127 - Writing for Film and TV I (3 credits)
Spring Semester (9 credits for major)
- TV 140 - Introduction to Film Aesthetics (3 credits)
- FP 133 - Audio Techniques (3 credits)
- FP 239 - Directing I (3 credits)
* You must earn at least a B- in FTV 130 in order to satisfy major requirements. (You must earn a C- or above in all other courses to satisfy major requirements.)
Year 2
Fall Semester (12 credits for major)
- FP 237 - Cinematography I (3 credits)
- FP 115 - Editing 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)
Spring Semester (12 credits for major)
- FS 245 - History of Film 1960-Present (3 credits)**
- FP 318 - Performance for Directors (3 credits)
- CRPR 234 - Introduction to Production and Set Management (3 credits)
- SW 297 - Short Script Workshop (3 credits)
** FS 244 - History of Film to 1959 is a prerequisite for this course.
Year 3
Fall Semester (9 credits for major)
- FP 338 - Directing II (3 credits)
- FP 293 - Production Design I (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)
Spring Semester (9 credits for major)
- FP 331 - Advanced Production Workshop (3 credits)***
- One of the following:
- FP 315 - Editing II (3 credits)
- FP 333 - Audio Design (3 credits)
- FP 337 - Cinematography II (3 credits)
- FP 436 - Production Design II (3 credits)
- One of the following:
- TWP 265 - Prime Time: The Game of Television (3 credits)
- TWP 327 - Seminar in Television Writing: Comedy (3 credits)
- TWP 328 - Seminar in Television Writing: Drama (3 credits)
- SW 357 - Scripted Story Analysis (3 credits)
- FP 424 - Thesis Script Development (3 credits)
- DOC 463 - Writing the Documentary (3 credits)
*** You must earn at least a B- in FP 331 in order to satisfy major requirements. (You must earn a C- or above in all other courses to satisfy major requirements.)
Year 4
Fall Semester (6 credits for major)
- FP 438 - Directing III (3 credits)
- One of the following:
- TWP 445 - Television Pre-Production: Series (3 credits)
- VRAR 494 - Advanced VR/AR Workshop (3 credits)
- TWP 495 - Short Form Television I (3 credits)
- DOC 496 - Documentary Pre-Production, Senior Thesis I (3 credits)
- TWP 494 - Multi-Camera Television Production Workshop (3 credits)
- FP 497B - Directing Senior Thesis Workshop I (3 credits)
Spring Semester (6 credits for major)
- FP 370 - Visual Effects for Live-Action Production (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 498B - Directing Senior Thesis Workshop II (3 credits)
