Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Steven Skopik, Professor and Chair
The Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts 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 department also offers a minor in still 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 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 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.
Cinema and Photography, B.S.
Film, Photography, and Visual Arts, B.F.A.
Still Photography Minor
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 3.00. All majors must complete a minimum of 60 credits outside communications, which includes the distribution requirements, and a minimum of 60 credits in courses designated as liberal arts (LA).
*Denotes a liberal arts course
CNPH 10100 |
Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis* |
3 |
CNPH 11100 |
Cinema Production I |
4 |
CNPH 14100 |
Introduction to Photography* |
4 |
Total |
11 |
CNPH 21400 |
Hollywood and American Film |
4 |
CNPH 21001-21099 |
Special Topics in Cinema Production (3) |
3 |
CNPH 20200 | Cinema in Exhibition (must be taken concurrently with CNPH 21001-21099) | 1 |
CNPH 22400 | Cinema Production II | 4 |
CNPH 23300 |
Screenwriting |
3 |
Choose one of the following:
CNPH 30000 |
Fiction Film Theory (3) |
|
CNPH 30100 |
Nonfiction Film Theory (3) |
3 |
Choose two of the following (one must be CNPH 32100, CNPH 32200, CNPH 32300, or CNPH 32400):
CNPH 32100 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Fiction (4) |
|
CNPH 32200 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Nonfiction (4) |
|
CNPH 32300 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Experimental (4) |
|
CNPH 32400 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Animation (4) |
|
CNPH 33001-33099 |
Special Topics in Advanced Cinema Production (4) |
8 |
Choose one of the following:
CNPH 42000 |
Thesis Cinema Production (4) |
|
CNPH 45000 |
Cinema Production Practicum (4) |
4 |
Total |
30 |
THPA 16000 |
Introduction to Theater* |
3 |
ENGL 2xx00 |
Level-2 English course* |
3 |
WRTG 20500 |
Personal Essay* |
3 |
CNPH 21400 |
Hollywood and American Film* |
4 |
CNPH 23300 |
Screenwriting |
3 |
WRTG 3xx00 |
Level-3 writing course* |
3 |
CNPH 33300 |
Advanced Screenwriting |
3 |
TVR 33300 |
Writing for Series Television |
3 |
CNPH 43201-43299 |
Selected Topics in Screenwriting |
3 |
CNPH 43300 |
Screenwriting Workshop |
3 |
Choose one of the following:
CNPH 33300 |
Advanced Screenwriting+ (3) |
|
TVR 43100 |
Advanced Writing for Television (3) |
3 |
Choose one of the following:
CNPH 30000 |
Fiction Film Theory* (3) |
|
CNPH 30100 |
Nonfiction Film Theory* (3) |
3 |
Choose one of the following:
ENGL 1xx00 |
Level-1 English course* (3) |
|
ENGL 2xx00 |
Level-2 English course* (3) |
3 |
Choose one of the following:
WRTG 15000 |
Affiliate to Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis* (3) |
|
WRTG 10600 |
Academic Writing I* (3) |
|
WRTG 11100 |
Academic Writing II (3) |
3 |
Choose one of the following:
THPA 13100 |
Acting I* (3) |
|
SPCM 13200 |
Storytelling* (3) |
|
SPCM 26000 |
Analysis and Performance of Literature* (3) |
3 |
Total |
46 |
+May be repeated once. Students may opt to take TVR 43100 instead of a second semester of CNPH 33300.
CNPH 20300 |
The Photograph in Exhibition |
1 |
CNPH 24000 |
History of Photography* |
3 |
CNPH 24200 |
Intermediate Photography |
4 |
CNPH 30401-30499 |
Photography: Selected Topics (two sections required) |
8 |
CNPH 40200 |
Photographers' Forum |
1 |
CNPH 44000 |
Contemporary Photographic Issues* |
3 |
CNPH 44300 |
Photo Workshop |
4 |
Choose two courses from the following:
ARTH 13500 |
Visual Culture* |
|
ARTH 25100 |
Nineteenth-Century European Art* |
|
ARTH 25200 |
Twentieth-Century European Art* |
|
ARTH 25500 |
The Mediated Image* |
|
ARTH 27500 |
Selected Topics in Art History* |
|
ARTH 28300 |
American Visual Culture* |
|
ARTH 28500 |
Art since 1960* |
|
ARTH 34200 |
Images of Women in Western Art* |
|
ARTH 35000 |
Studies in Art from Baroque to Modern* |
|
ARTH 37500 |
Selected Topics in Art History* |
|
ARTH 38600 |
American Painting: Landscape into History* |
|
ARTH 39000 |
Introduction to Museology* |
6 |
Choose one of the following:
WRTG 10600 |
Academic Writing I (3) |
|
WRTG 11100 |
Academic Writing II (3) |
3 |
Total |
33 |
Departmental requirements |
11 |
Concentration requirements: |
30-46 |
Cinema Production (30) |
|
Screenwriting (46) |
|
Still Photography (33) |
|
Electives |
63-79 |
Total, B.S. in cinema and photography |
120 |
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, which includes the distribution requirements, and a minimum of 25 percent of their credits (normally 30 credits) in courses designated as liberal arts (LA).
*Denotes a liberal arts course
CNPH 10100 |
Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis* |
3 |
CNPH 11100 |
Cinema Production I |
4 |
CNPH 14100 |
Introduction to Photography* |
4 |
CNPH 21400 |
Hollywood and American Film* |
4 |
CNPH 21011-21099 |
Special Topics in Cinema Production |
3 |
CNPH 22400 |
Cinema Production II |
4 |
CNPH 23300 |
Screenwriting |
3 |
CNPH 24000 |
History of Photography* |
3 |
CNPH 24200 |
Intermediate Photography |
4 |
CNPH 42000 |
Thesis: Cinema Production |
4 |
CNPH 44000 |
Contemporary Photographic Issues* |
3 |
CNPH 44300 |
Photo Workshop |
4 |
Choose one of the following:
CNPH 30000 |
Fiction Film Theory (3) |
|
CNPH 30100 |
Nonfiction Film Theory (3) |
3 |
Choose two of the following (one must be CNPH 32100, CNPH 32200, CNPH 32300, or CNPH 32400):
CNPH 32100 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Fiction (4) |
|
CNPH 32200 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Nonfiction (4) |
|
CNPH 32300 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Experimental (4) |
|
CNPH 32400 |
Advanced Cinema Production: Animation (4) |
|
CNPH 33001-33099 |
Selected Topics in Advanced Cinema Production (4) |
8 |
Total |
54 |
TVR 11500 |
Introduction to Field Production |
4 |
Choose one of the following:
TVR 31000 |
Experimental Video: Production and Criticism (4) |
|
TVR 49100 |
Video Workshop (4) |
4 |
Total |
8 |
ARTH 1xxxx |
One level-1 art history course |
3 |
ARTH 2xxxx or ARTH 3xxxx |
Two level-2 or level-3 art history courses |
6 |
Total |
9 |
Choose one of the following:
CNPH 33300 |
Advanced Screenwriting (3) |
|
THPA 11200 |
Introduction to Theatrical Design (3) |
|
THPA 30300 |
Techniques of Theater Sound Production (3) |
|
ART 12000 |
Two-Dimensional Design* (3) |
|
ART 13000 |
Introduction to Drawing* (3) |
|
ART 22000 |
Intermediate Drawing (3) |
|
ART 27000 |
Book Design (3) |
|
WRTG 23400 |
Humorous Writing* (3) |
|
WRTG 30500 |
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy* (3) |
|
MUNM 25100 |
Music and the Media* (3) |
|
Total |
3 |
Total requirements |
74 |
Open electives |
46 |
Total, B.F.A. in film, photography, and visual arts |
120 |
Steve Skopik, Professor and Coordinator
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 3.00 cumulative GPA, but this minimum does not guarantee acceptance into the minor.
Not open to majors in cinema and photography or in film, photography, and visual arts.
CNPH 14100 |
Introduction to Photography |
4 |
CNPH 24000 |
History of Photography |
3 |
CNPH 24200 |
Intermediate Photography |
4 |
CNPH 44300 |
Photo Workshop |
4 |
Photography electives (any two different offerings under |
8 |
|
Total |
23 |
Note: Transfer courses are not accepted to meet requirements of the minor.