Program: Film and Electronic Arts, Theory and Practice of Cinema Option, B.A. - California State University, Long Beach

Apr 01, 2025

2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

(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 208 - Introduction to Film Production (3 units)
FEA 299 - Media Aesthetics (3 units)

Upper Division Core

Take the following course:

FEA 301 - Critical Study of Film (3 units)

Culture and Media

Take three of the following:

FEA 310 - Film and Culture (3 units)
FEA 315 - Digital Culture (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 346 - The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism and Resistance (3 units)
RGR 346 - The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism and Resistance (3 units)
FEA 392 - Selected Topics in International Cinema (3 units) (choice of topics B, C, or D)
FEA 462 - East Asian Cinemas (3 units)
FEA 463 - Southeast Asian Cinemas (3 units)
FEA 464 - Middle Eastern Cinemas (3 units)

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

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.