Campus: NYC
In this program, film is seen as both an object of study and a methodological tool used in a variety of disciplines. Close advisement is necessary if double majoring. Please consult with an academic advisor on rules and limitations when double-counting requirements.
Major Completion Summary
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| University Core Requirements | 44-55 |
| Major Requirements | 36 |
| Open Electives | 37-48 |
| Total Credits | 128 |
University Core Requirements (44-55 Credits)
See complete University Core requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| University Core | ||
| Complete University Core Requirements | 44-55 | |
| Total Credits | 44-55 | |
Major Requirements (36 Credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required FSS-Titled Major Courses | ||
| FSS 202 | History of Film I | 3 |
| FSS 203 | The Art of Film | 3 |
| FSS 383 | Theories of Film | 3 |
| FSS 386 | Advanced Topics in Film and Screen Studies 1 | 3 |
| Required Major Electives | ||
| Select 24 credits from department-approved elective courses from FSS and other academic programs with film themes: | 24 | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
| 1 | FSS 386 Advanced Topics in Film and Screen Studies may be taken for credit more than once, because each semester the course topic differs (to include genres, movements, major figures or periods). See program director for registration assistance. |
Available FSS Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| The Aesthetics and Technology of Motion Picture Production | ||
| Introduction to Production Design | ||
| Freaks, Queers, and Outsiders: Filmmaking from the Margins | ||
| Introduction to Production Design | ||
| Introduction to Filmmaking | ||
| Film and Screen Studies Practicum | ||
| History of Film II: World War II - Present | ||
| Film and Television Editing 1 | ||
| Directing for Film and Television | ||
| Digital Television Field Production | ||
| Digital Production Design | ||
| Topics in Horror | ||
| Film Genres | ||
| Cinema Auteurs | ||
| Major Film Movements | ||
| Film and Revolution: World Cinemas | ||
| Cinematic Spaces | ||
| Race and Representation | ||
| History of Writing for the Screen | ||
| Topic: History of the Documentary | ||
| Topic: Film Auteurs of NYC | ||
| Topic: Special Effects and the Cinema | ||
| Topic: Film and Television Editing I | ||
| Filmmaking: Image and Sound | ||
| Editing for Film and Television 2 | ||
| Writing for Television | ||
| Hip-Hop Cinema and Visual Culture | ||
| Internship in Film and Screen Studies | ||
| Independent Study in Film & Screen Studies | ||
| Independent Study in Film & Screen Studies (A) | ||
| Creative Projects in Film History | ||
| Film and Screen Studies Advanced Production Practicum |
Available Electives from Other Disciplines
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Available Electives | ||
| Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies | ||
| Topics: Entertaining America's Children | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology 1 | ||
| African Diaspora Through Film | ||
| Topic: Middle East through Film | ||
| Introduction to Photography | ||
| Digital Photography I | ||
| Picturing Art in Film and Video | ||
| Visual Literacy | ||
| Digital Design I | ||
| Stop Motion Animation | ||
| Photography II: Color | ||
| Art History: History of Photography | ||
| Photography II: Black and White | ||
| Digital Design II | ||
| Mobile Media: City as Screen | ||
| Video I | ||
| Computer Design: Adobe Illustrator | ||
| Special Topics in Advanced Photography | ||
| Digital Photography 2 | ||
| Photography III: Experimental Photography | ||
| Computer Illustration | ||
| Media, Culture, and Society | ||
| Introduction to Mass Media | ||
| Comics, Cartoons and the American Conversation | ||
| Digital Cultures | ||
| Communication and Popular Culture | ||
| Introduction to Cultural Studies | ||
| Media and Gender | ||
| Propaganda | ||
| Writing in the Disciplines 1 | ||
| Creative Writing: Film Scenario | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| Advanced Screenwriting | ||
| Topics in Professional Writing: TV Scriptwriting | ||
| Topics: From French Literature in Translation | ||
| The French Speaking World Seen Through Its Films | ||
| Introduction to French Cinema | ||
| Seminar: French Literature and Film | ||
| Topic: Unity and Disunity: History of South Korean Cinema | ||
| Japanese Manga & Anime: History of Asian Media | ||
| Modern East Asia in Film | ||
| Topic: Of Swords and Cherry Blossoms: Samurai Images Past and Present | ||
| Topic: Italian Cinema | ||
| Urban Social Photography | ||
| Computers and the Surveillance Society | ||
| Gender and Television | ||
| Topic: The City in Film, Literature and Social Theory | ||
| Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinema | ||
| Media and the Politics of War | ||
| The Biology of Science Fiction Film | ||
| Lords, Ladies, and Avatars: the Middle Ages in Art, Literature, and Second Life | ||
| Disability Stories through Film and Media | ||
| From the Page to the Screen: Transforming Italian Literature and Film | ||
| Topic: Modern Japanese Literature and Film in English Translation | ||
| Topic: Japanese Culture Through Film | ||
| Topic: Love and Marriage in Japanese Literature and Film | ||
| Luz, Camara, Accion! : Film as Mirror of Social Change in Latin American History and Culture | ||
| Selfies, Literature and the Visual | ||
| Literature and Film | ||
| Literature and Film: Ambiguous Discourse in Film and Literature | ||
| Shakespeare on Film | ||
| The Making of a Motion Picture | ||
| Media Production I | ||
| Media Production II | ||
| Producing Corporate Video | ||
| Digital Editing Workshop I - Introduction | ||
| Digital Editing Workshop II - Advanced | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| Producing the Documentary | ||
| Topic: Advanced Production II | ||
| Topic: Advanced Production | ||
| Topic: From Script to Screen | ||
| Directing | ||
| Seminar in Media and Communication Arts: The Documentary Film | ||
| Seminar in Media and Communication Arts: The Science Fiction Film | ||
| Acting For Film and Television | ||
| Acting For Film and Television III | ||
| Film Script Analysis | ||
| Television Script Analysis | ||
| Television History for BFA in Film Television, Commercials and Voice Overs | ||
| Acting For Film and Television | ||
| Topic: Script Analysis | ||
| Film and Philosophy | ||
| Topic: Feminism Film and Philosophy | ||
| Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies | ||
| Middle East Politics through Film | ||
POL 380M | ||
| The Russian Soul Through Film | ||
| Sociology Through Film | ||
| Sociology of Visual Media | ||
| Topic: Latin American Literature and Film | ||
| Latin American Cinema | ||
| Seminar: Culture of Spain through Film | ||
| Magical Realism in the Literature and Film of Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
| Seminar: Love and Repression in Modern Latin American and Caribbean Literature and Film | ||
| Topic: Latin American Literature and Film of the 21st Century: The Andean World | ||
| Intro to Women's & Gender Studies | ||
| Gender, Race and Class | ||
| Men and Masculinities 1 | ||
| Lesbians in Literature and Film | ||
| Queer Cinema | ||
| Women and Film: Past and Present | ||
| Topic: Melodrama in America | ||
| 1 | Only applicable to major when the 'film theme' version is the one completed. |
Open Electives (37-48 Credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Open Electives | ||
| Select 37-48 credits | 37-48 | |
| Total Credits | 37-48 | |
CRITICAL STUDIES TRACK
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ENG 110 | Composition | 3 |
| FSS 130 | The Aesthetics and Technology of Motion Picture Production | 4 |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge and Learning Community (LC) course | 3 | |
| UNV 101 | First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Community | 1 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 120 | Critical Writing | 4 |
| MAT 102 | Mathematics for Life | 3 |
| CIS 101 or CIS 103 |
Introduction to Computing or Problem Solving Using Technology |
3 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSS 203 | The Art of Film | 3 |
| FSS 240 | Film Genres | 3 |
| FSS 215 | Writing for the Screen: An Introduction | 3 |
| First Second Language Course. See Advisor for guidelines | 3 | |
| COM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FSS 202 | History of Film I | 3 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| ENG 201 | Writing in the Disciplines | 3 |
| One Lab science course | 3 | |
| Second Language Course, if applicable | 3 | |
| One Civic Engagement (CE) elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSS 206 | History of Film II: World War II - Present | 3 |
| FSS 210 | Film and Television Editing 1 | 4 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| FSS 386 | Advanced Topics in Film and Screen Studies | 3 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSS 383 | Theories of Film | 3 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Open Elective Course | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| FSS 393 | Internship in Film and Screen Studies | 4 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Open Elective Course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Total Credits | 128 | |
Production Track
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ENG 110 | Composition | 3 |
| FSS 130 | The Aesthetics and Technology of Motion Picture Production | 4 |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge and Learning Community (LC) course | 3 | |
| UNV 101 | First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Community | 1 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 120 | Critical Writing | 4 |
| FSS 210 | Film and Television Editing 1 | 4 |
| FSS 135 | Introduction to Production Design | 4 |
| MAT 102 | Mathematics for Life | 3 |
| One Lab science course | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSS 203 | The Art of Film | 3 |
| FSS 220 | Directing for Film and Television | 4 |
| First Second Language Course. See Advisor for guidelines | 3 | |
| One Civic Engagement (CE) course | 3 | |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| FSS 204 | Introduction to Filmmaking | 4 |
| FSS 202 | History of Film I | 3 |
| FSS 215 | Writing for the Screen: An Introduction | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Writing in the Disciplines | 3 |
| Second Language Course, if applicable | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSS 206 | History of Film II: World War II - Present | 3 |
| FSS 230 | Digital Television Field Production | 4 |
| ENG 317 | Screenwriting | 3 |
| CIS 101 | Introduction to Computing | 3 |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| FSS 235 | Digital Production Design | 4 |
| FSS 301 | Filmmaking: Image and Sound | 4 |
| COM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| FSS 330 | Writing for Television | 3 |
| FSS 386 | Advanced Topics in Film and Screen Studies | 3 |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| FSS 383 | Theories of Film | 3 |
| FSS 405 | Film and Screen Studies Advanced Production Practicum | 3 |
| FSS 380 | Special Topics in Filmmaking | 3 |
| FSS 383 | Theories of Film | 3 |
| Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FSS 393 | Internship in Film and Screen Studies | 4 |
| FSS 405 | Film and Screen Studies Advanced Production Practicum | 3 |
| One elective course in subject FSS | 3 | |
| Open Elective Course | 3 | |
| Open Elective Course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Total Credits | 128 | |