Undergraduate Degree Requirements
Major Requirements
- Four required core courses.
- Five additional Department of Film & Television courses.
- A concentration of 3 College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) courses in the same subject area, at 300 level or higher.
Required Courses
| COM FT303 – Understanding Television |
| COMFT310 – Storytelling for Film & Television |
| COMFT353 – Production I |
| COMFT360 – Understanding Film |
Program Electives
Pick five classes from those listed below.
Studies
| COMCM415 – Mass Media in Ireland |
| COMFT316 – The Impact of Film and Television in Modern Britain |
| COMFT317 – British Cinema and Society |
| COMFT318 – British Television Studies |
| COMFT345 – Australian Cinema |
| COMFT457 – American Masterworks |
| COMFT458 – International Masterworks |
| COMFT533 – American Independent Film |
| COMFT536 – Film Theory and Criticism |
| COMFT543 – Television Situational Comedy |
| COMFT545 – Television and Childhood |
| COMFT549 – The Profane |
| COMFT550 – Scandinavian Cinema |
| COMFT551 – Designing the Short Film |
| COMFT553 – Special Topics |
| COMFT560 – The Documentary |
| COMFT561 – Television Drama |
| COMFT563 – French New Wave |
| COMFT569 – Holocaust on Film |
Management
| COMFT304 – Film Industry |
| COMFT325 – Producing I |
| COMFT515 – International TV |
| COMFT517 – Television Management |
| COMFT523 – Understanding Marketing and Sales |
| COMFT525 – Creative Producing II |
| COMFT566 – Special Topics |
| COMFT808 – Line Producing |
General Electives
| COMFT456 – Acting for Directors and Writers |
| COMFT491 – Directed Studies |
| COMFT493 – Internship |
| COMFT494 – Internship |
| COMFT573 – BUTV |
| COMFT574 – BUTV |
Production
| COMFT351 – Film Production I |
| COMFT352 – Film-Style Video Production |
| COMFT402 – Production II-Digital |
| COMFT403 – Production II- Film |
| COMFT428 – Creating New Ideas With Existing Content |
| COMFT468 – Production III - Film |
| COMFT502 – Sound Design for Film and Television |
| COMFT504 – Post production FX Editing |
| COMFT505 – Television Production Hothouse |
| COMFT507 – Television Studio Production |
| COMFT526 – Advanced Directing |
| COMFT527 – Lighting |
| COM FT544 – Documentary Production |
| COMFT552 – Special Topics |
| COMFT555 – The Narrative Documentary Practicum |
| COMFT593 – Introduction to Cinematography |
Writing
| COMFT411 – Screenwriting II |
| COMFT412 – Screenwriting III |
| COMFT512 – Writing Episodic Drama |
| COMFT514 – Advanced Writing for Television |
| COMFT522 – Writing Situation Comedies |
| COMFT542 – Advanced Screenwriting |
Some courses have prerequisites which are not listed above. All Film & Television requirements, prerequisites and course descriptions are listed on the Boston University Academics website.
