• B.S. in Cinema and Photography
• B.F.A. in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts

Cinema and Photography

Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Steven Skopik, Professor and Chair

The Department of Cinema and Photography administers two degree programs: the bachelor of science program in cinema and photography and the bachelor of fine arts program in film, photography, and visual arts. Both offer a variety of experiences in the conceptual, design, and production phases of film and photography. The departmental curriculum provides the critical, theoretical, and historical frames of reference necessary for informed communication and creative expression, as well as technical fluency with the media.

The department also offers a minor in still photography.

The bachelor of science program in cinema and photography (120 credits) has three concentrations -- cinema production, screenwriting, and still photography. Majors typically choose their concentration before registration for the first semester of their sophomore year. The B.S. program allows students to choose a significant number of elective courses and/or minors from the very broad range of offerings at the College.

The bachelor of fine arts program in film, photography, and visual arts (120 credit hours) emphasizes an interdisciplinary focus in a production-intensive communications and fine arts program. It combines the same course requirements found in the cinema production concentration of the B.S. program with significant additional required coursework in still photography and required supplemental courses in video production, studio art, and art history. The B.F.A. program is more tightly structured than the B.S. program, with fewer open electives. Planning for off-campus semesters (in London, Los Angeles, or elsewhere) must be done carefully.

Entering majors in both degree programs must have their own light meters and 35 mm cameras. In addition, students must pay for laboratory services and purchase materials such as photographic film and paper, mounting board, motion picture film, videotapes, and digital storage media. Because of the large number of required production courses, B.F.A. applicants should be aware that they will incur additional expenses for supplies.

B.S. in Cinema and Photography

Departmental Academic Policies

In addition to meeting general College guidelines for academic standing and the Park School academic policies, majors in cinema and photography are required to maintain an overall cumulative GPA of 2.50. All majors must complete a minimum of 60 credits outside communications and a minimum of 60 credits in courses designated as liberal arts (LA).

Requirements for the Major

(*denotes liberal arts courses)

Departmental requirements

222-10100	Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis*	3
222-11100	Cinema Production 1	4
222-14100	Introduction to Photography*	4
	Total	11

Additional requirements for the cinema production concentration

222-21400	Hollywood and American Film	4
222-22400	Cinema Production 2	4
222-23300	Screenwriting	3
222-40901-222-40999	Seminar in Film Studies	4

Choose one of the following

222-30000	Fiction Film Theory (3)
222-30100	Nonfiction Film Theory (3)	3

Choose two of the following (one must be 222-32100, 222-32200, 222-32300, or 222-32400)

222-32100	Advanced Cinema Production: Fiction (4)
222-32200	Advanced Cinema Production: Nonfiction (4)
222-32300	Advanced Cinema Production: Experimental (4)
222-32400	Advanced Cinema Production: Animation (4)
222-33001-33099	Special Topics in Advanced Cinema Production (4)	8

Choose one of the following

222-42000	Thesis Cinema Production (4)
222-45000	Cinema Production Practicum (4)	4
	Total	30

Additional requirements for the screenwriting concentration

305-16000	Introduction to Theater*	3
307-2XX00	Level-2 English course*	3
377-20500	Personal Essay*	3
222-21400	Hollywood and American Film*	4
222-23300	Screenwriting	3
377-3xx00	Level-3 writing course*	3
222-33300	Advanced Screenwriting	3
221-33300	Writing for Series Television	3
222-40901-222-40999	Seminar in Film Studies*	4
222-43201-222-43299	Selected Topics in Screenwriting	3
222-43300	Screenwriting Workshop	3

Choose one of the following

222-33300	Advanced Screenwriting+ (repeated a second time) (3)
221-43100	Advanced Writing for Television (3)	3

Choose one of the following

222-30000	Fiction Film Theory* (3)
222-30100	Nonfiction Film Theory* (3)	3

Choose one of the following

307-1xx00	Level-1 English course* (3)
307-2xx00	Level-2 English course* (3)	3

Choose one of the following

377-15000	Affiliate to Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis*(3)
377-10600	Academic Writing I* (3)
377-10700	Academic Writing II (3)	3

Choose one of the following

305-13100	Acting I* (3)
319-13200	Storytelling* (3)
319-26000	Analysis and Performance of Literature* (3)	3
	Total	50

*May be repeated once. Students may opt to take 221-43100 instead of a second semester of 222-33300.

Additional requirements for the still photography concentration

222-20300	The Photograph in Exhibition	1
222-24000	History of Photography*	3
222-24200	Intermediate Photography	4
222-24600	Digital Photography	4
376-25200	Twentieth-Century European Art	3
376-28300	American Visual Culture	3
222-30401-222-30499	Photography: Selected Topics (two sections required)	8
222-40200	Photographers' Forum	1
222-44000	Contemporary Photographic Issues*	3
222-44100	Photography: Advanced Studio	4
222-44300	Photo Workshop	4

Choose one of the following

337-10600	Academic Writing I (3)
337-10700	Academic Writing II (3)	3
	Total	41

Note: Majors with the still photography concentration must take 222-20300 and 222-20400 concurrently; and 222-44000 and 222-44100 concurrently.

Summary

	Departmental requirements	11
	Concentration requirements:
	Cinema Production	30
	Screenwriting	50
	Still Photography	41
	Electives	59-79
	Total, B.S. in cinema and photography	120

B.F.A. in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts

Departmental Academic Policies

In addition to meeting general College guidelines for academic standing and the Park School academic policies, majors in film, photography, and visual arts are required to maintain an overall cumulative GPA of 2.75. All majors must complete a minimum of 48 credits outside communications, and a minimum of 25 percent of their credits (normally 30) in courses designated as liberal arts (LA).

Requirements for the Major

(*denotes liberal arts courses)

Departmental requirements

222-10100	Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis*	3
222-11100	Cinema Production 1	4
222-14100	Introduction to Photography*	4
222-21400	Hollywood and American Film*	4
222-22400	Cinema Production 2	4
222-23300	Screenwriting	3
222-24000	History of Photography*	3
222-24200	Intermediate Photography	4
222-40901-222-40999	Seminar in Film Studies*	4
222-42000	Thesis: Cinema Production	4
222-44000	Contemporary Photographic Issues*	3
222-44100	Photography: Advanced Studio	4
222-44300	Photo Workshop	4

Choose one of the following 3

222-30000	Fiction Film Theory (3)
222-30100	Nonfiction Film Theory (3)

Choose three of the following (one must be 222-32100, 222-32200, 222-32300, or 222-32400) 12

222-32100	Advanced Cinema Production: Fiction (4)
222-32200	Advanced Cinema Production: Nonfiction (4)
222-32300	Advanced Cinema Production: Experimental (4)
222-32400	Advanced Cinema Production: Animation (4)
222-33001- 222-33099	Selected Topics in Advanced Cinema Production (4)
	Total	63

Additional requirements

Video supplement

221-11500

Introduction to Field Production

4

Choose one of the following

221-31000	Experimental Video: Production and Criticism (4)
221-49100	Video Workshop (4)	4
	Total	8

Art history supplement

376-1xxxxx	One level-1 art history course	3
376-2xxxx or 376-3xxxx	Two level-2 or level-3 art history courses	6
	Total	9

Directed elective -- choose one of the following

222-33300	Advanced Screenwriting (3)
305-11200	Introduction to Theatrical Design (3)
305-30300	Techniques of Theater Sound Production (3)
326-12000	Two-Dimensional Design* (3)
326-13000	Introduction to Drawing* (3)
326-22000	Intermediate Drawing (3)
326-27000	Book Design (3)
377-23400	Humorous Writing* (3)
377-30500	Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy* (3)
555-25100	Music and the Media* (3)	3
	Total	3

Summary

	Total requirements	83
	Open electives	37
	Total, B.F.A. in film, photography, and visual arts	120

Minor in Still Photography

Steve Skopik, Professor and Coordinator

Not open to majors in cinema and photography or in film, photography, and visual arts. A minor in still photography provides opportunities to develop a systematic knowledge of the discipline. Minors must be declared through consultation with still photography faculty and approved by the chair of the cinema and photography department. Applicants to the minor must have at least a 2.50 cumulative GPA.

Required courses for the minor

222-14100	Introduction to Photography	4
222-24000	History of Photography	3
222-24200	Intermediate Photography	4
222-44300	Photo Workshop	4
	Photography electives (defined as any two different offerings under 222-304xx or one offering under 222-304xx and 222-24600 Digital Photography)	8
	Total	23

Note: Transfer courses are not accepted to meet requirements of the minor.