Plan of Study

First Year

ART 101 Art History Survey I                                 ART 102 Art History Survey II

ENG 101 English Composition                               ENG 102 English Composition II

ART 161 2-D Design / Color Fundamentals             ART 164 4-D Design

ART 162 Drawing I                                                FLM 103 Elements of Film Art

ART 163 3-D Design                                              FLM 112 Tech I

(15 Credit Hours)                                                  15 Credit Hours)

Second Year

COM 220 Fundamentals of Speech Comm              MAT 101 Math for Visual Arts

FLM 201 The Early Development of Cinema            FLM 202 Modern Int’l Cinema

FLM 204 Introduction to Screenwriting                    FLM 211 Production II

FLM 210 Film Production I                                     FLM 291 Introduction to Editing

FLM 261 Directing Workshop                                  FLM 292 Film Sound I

FLM 299 Portfolio Review

(15 Credit Hours)                                                  (15 Credit Hours)

Third Year

HIS 101 History of World Civilization I                   Visual Arts Elective

FLM 301 Production Fundamentals                        FLM 310 Film Production III

General Education Elective                                   HIS 102 History/W’ld Civ

FLM 432 Writing the Short Screenplay                   FLM 370 Cinematography I

Visual Arts Elective

(15 Credit Hours)                                                  (15 Credit Hours)

Fourth Year

General Education Elective                                    General Education Elective

SCI 310 History of Scientific Thought                     ANT 101 Anthropology

FLM 451 Film Industry, Business, & Finance          Concentration/Film Elective

Concentration/Film Elective                                   Concentration/Film Elective

Concentration/Film Elective                                   Concentration/Film Elective

(15 Credit Hours)                                                 (15 Credit Hours)

(Visual arts or General Education and some Film elective courses may be taken over the summer.)

* Although this Plan of Study describes a 4-year completion schedule, full-time students who work while attending the institution, or who for various reasons cannot manage a 15-credit-hours-per-semester workload may alternatively plan to complete the degree program in 4-1/2 or 5 years. A majority of Watkins students have historically made the decision to complete their Plan of Study in 5 years. Since Watkins charges tuition by the credit hour rather than by the semester, the total cost of tuition remains the same regardless of whether the student completes the BFA in 4, 4-1/2, or 5 years.