DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026 
    
    Jul 10, 2025  
DRAFT Advising Handbook 2025-2026

Filmmaking


Filmmaking
Academic Bulletin

Area of Study: Visual & Performing Arts
Program: Minor
Major/Minor Exclusions: A student cannot minor in both Filmmaking and Journalism & Documentary Storytelling

Minor suggested timeline (24 credits):

  Fall Semester Spring Semester Either Semester
Year 1 (4 credits) FILM 171    
Year 2 (8 credits) FILM 2021 FILM 3002  
Year 3 (8 credits) Filmmaking elective FILM 4003  
Year 4 (4 credits)     Filmmaking elective

1FILM 202 is scheduled to be offered every Fall
2FILM 300 is scheduled to be offered every Spring
3FILM 400 is scheduled to be offered every other spring, beginning Spring 2026

Filmmaking Electives (choose 2 courses)
 

FILM 350, Filmmaking Techniques ART 171, Photography 1
FILM 375, Documentary Traditions ART 187, Electronic and Intermedia Art
THTR 150, Acting 1: Fundamentals ART 271, Photography 2
THTR 260, Production Design 1 ENGL 205, Writing Fiction
THTR 280, Directing 1  

Students interested in declaring a minor in Filmmaking should speak with Mike Keeley (Filmmaking faculty) or the Department Chair of Communication, Media, and Performance.