Film and Digital Media Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Notes: two years of a single high school world language or one year of a single college-level world language is required.
| INTRODUCTION TO FILMIC ARTS MEDIA PRODUCTION | 5 |
| FILM AND THE HUMANITIES | 5 |
| NARRATIVE SCRIPT ANALYSIS | 5 |
| ACTING FOR DIRECTORS AND WRITERS | 2 |
| FILM PRODUCTION | 5 |
| FILM DIRECTING AND PRODUCING | 5 |
| WRITING THE SHORT FILM | 5 |
| ADAPTATION | 5 |
| FILM HISTORY I | 5 |
| FILM HISTORY II | 5 |
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION I | 5 |
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING I | 4 |
| SEMINAR IN FILM CRITICISM (must be repeated with topics 1 and 2) | |
| ORAL EXAMINATION: CRITICISM | |
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION II | |
| ADVANCED FILM PRODUCTION III | |
| ORAL EXAMINATION: PRODUCTION | |
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING II | |
| ADVANCED SCREENWRITING III | |
| ORAL EXAMINATION: SCREENWRITING | |
| FILM SENIOR CAPSTONE | 5 |
| Total Credits | 79 |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
This major requires the completion of the World Language requirement. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete two years of a single language in high school or one year of a single language in college.
| First Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| 5 | | 5 | | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | Social Science BACR 21 | 5 | Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| Social Science BACR 11 | 5 | Natural Science BACR 11 | 5 | Natural Science BACR 21 | 5 |
| | 15 | | 15 | | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| | 15 | | 15 | | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| 5 | | 5 | | 2 |
| (Humanities & Arts BACR 2) | 5 | | 5 | | 5 |
| 5 | (Global Studies - graduation requirement) | 5 | | 5 |
| | | | 5 |
| | 15 | | 15 | | 17 |
| Fourth Year |
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| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
|---|
| 5 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 |
| 4 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 4 |
| (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 1 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 1 | | Film and Digital Media Concentration Elective2 | 1 |
| | | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| | 15 | | 13 | | 15 |
| Total Credits 180 |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BA in Film from EWU should be able to:
- direct a senior-level motion picture from a short script;
- orally support one’s creative or scholarly choices;
- write a short script suitable for a senior-level production;
- write an essay informed by film theories;
- write an essay to support the historical significance of a film.
In addition, all students should be able to do two of the following three:
- write a critical film analysis that is suitable for submission to an undergraduate scholarly conference or publication;
- direct a motion picture suitable for entry in a film festival;
- write an industry-standard screenplay suitable for entry in a college-level screenwriting competition.