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2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Film and Electronic Arts, Theory and Practice of Cinema Option, B.A.

(120 units)

54 units required for the major.

Students are admitted to the Option in Theory and Practice of Cinema after completing the Major-Specific Admissions Requirements. Note: The 54 units required for the major includes the following 3-unit preparation course not included under the major requirements below: ART 110 - Introduction to the Visual Arts ; or AH 111B Foundation Art History II ; or articulated equivalent (grade of C or better required).

Requirements

Lower Division Core

(grade of C or better required)

Take the following courses:

FEA 205 - Film History (3 units)
FEA 206 - History of Broadcasting (3 units)
FEA 207 - Introduction to Screenwriting (3 units)
FEA 299 - Media Aesthetics (3 units)

Upper Division Core

Take the following courses:

FEA 302 - Film Theory I: Classical (3 units)
FEA 401 - Film Theory II: Contemporary (3 units)

Culture and Media

Take three of the following:

FEA 310 - Film and Culture (3 units)
FEA 315 - Theory of New Media (3 units)
FEA 316 - Mass Media and Popular Culture (3 units)
FEA 317 - Women in the History of U.S. Film (3 units)
FEA 318 - Theory of Fiction and Film (3 units)
FEA 380 - Documentary History and Theory (3 units)
FEA 394 - American Film Genres (3 units)
FEA 450 - American Indian and Indigenous Cinema (3 units)
FEA 486 - Alternative Media (3 units)

International Cinema

Take three of the following:

FEA 392B
FEA 392C
FEA 392D
FEA 460 - Spanish Cinema (3 units)
or
SPAN 428 - Spanish Cinema (3 units)
FEA 462 - East Asian Cinemas (3 units)
FEA 464 - Middle Eastern Cinemas (3 units)

Only one of the following may be used to meet this requirement:

FEA 346 - The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism and Resistance (3 units)
RGR 346 - The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism and Resistance (3 units)
FEA 454 - Italian Cinema (3 units)
ITAL 454 - Italian Cinema (3 units)
FEA 456 - French Cinema (3 units)
FREN 456 - French Cinema (3 units)
FEA 457 - German Cinema (3 units)
GERM 480 - German Cinema (3 units)
FEA 458 - Russian Cinema (3 units)
RUSS 428 - Russian Cinema (3 units)

Tracks of Specialization

Select one of the following 15-unit tracks. Courses in any track may be applied as electives in other tracks. See an advisor to determine the most relevant electives for your track.

Critical Practice

Take the following course:

FEA 322 - Diverse Media: Writing and Production (3 units)

Take two of the following courses:

FEA 318 - Theory of Fiction and Film (3 units)
FEA 394 - American Film Genres (3 units)
FEA 410 - Film Criticism Practicum (3 units)

Take one of the following courses:

FEA 315 - Theory of New Media (3 units)
FEA 486 - Alternative Media (3 units)

Take three additional units of FEA elective

Creative Nonfiction Production

Take the following courses:

FEA 380 - Documentary History and Theory (3 units)
FEA 381 - Directing the Documentary (3 units)
FEA 382 - Documentary Production I (3 units)
FEA 383 - Documentary Production II (3 units)
FEA 415 - Media Editing (3 units)

Screenwriting

Take the following courses:

FEA 304 - Writing the Short Script (3 units)
FEA 404 - Advanced Screenwriting I (3 units)
FEA 406 - Advanced Screenwriting II (3 units)
FEA 409 - Writing the Episodic Series Pilot (3 units)

Take one of the following courses:

FEA 365 - Introduction to Game Writing and Design (3 units)
FEA 405 - Comedy Writing (3 units)
FEA 408 - Writing the Screen Adaptation (3 units)

Editing

Take the following courses:

FEA 309 - Production I: Cinematography (3 units)
FEA 415 - Media Editing (3 units)
FEA 416 - Advanced Media Editing (3 units)

Take two courses from the following:

FEA 307 - Audio Production (3 units)
FEA 337 - Digital Arts Production (3 units)
FEA 360 - Independent Television Field Production (3 units)
FEA 418 - Color Correction (3 units)

Audio

Take the following courses:

FEA 307 - Audio Production (3 units)
FEA 320 - Sound Design (3 units)
FEA 337 - Digital Arts Production (3 units)

Take one course from the following:

FEA 322 - Diverse Media: Writing and Production (3 units)
FEA 338 - Television Studio Production (3 units)
FEA 339 - Commercials for Electronic Media (3 units)
FEA 360 - Independent Television Field Production (3 units)

Take three additional units of FEA elective

Broadcast Production

Take the following courses:

FEA 338 - Television Studio Production (3 units)
FEA 360 - Independent Television Field Production (3 units)
FEA 438 - Television Studio Directing (3 units)

Take one course from the following:

FEA 322 - Diverse Media: Writing and Production (3 units)
FEA 375 - Producing and the Business of Television (3 units)
FEA 448 - Television Sports Production (3 units)

Take three additional units of FEA elective

Production Management

Take the following courses:

FEA 322 - Diverse Media: Writing and Production (3 units)
FEA 327 - Production Management I (3 units)
FEA 427 - Production Management II (3 units)

Take one of the following courses:

FEA 360 - Independent Television Field Production (3 units)
FEA 375 - Producing and the Business of Television (3 units)

Take three additional units of FEA elective

Digital Arts

Take the following courses:

FEA 315 - Theory of New Media (3 units)
FEA 337 - Digital Arts Production (3 units)
FEA 365 - Introduction to Game Writing and Design (3 units)
FEA 437 - 3D Computer Animation (3 units)

Take 3 additional units of FEA elective.

Production Design

Take the following courses:

FEA 330 - Introduction to Production Design for Motion Pictures (3 units)
FEA 331 - Production Design Practicum (3 units)
FEA 337 - Digital Arts Production (3 units)
FEA 437 - 3D Computer Animation (3 units)

Take three additional units of FEA electives