Film & Visual Media (BHA Concentration)
Laura Donaldson, BHA Film & Visual Media Concentration Advisor (BH 259)
BHA Film & Visual Media Concentration
(81 units minimum)
The BHA concentration in Film & Visual Media trains students through a combination of coursework in visual media, film history and analysis, screenwriting, and production of film and other visual media. This concentration offers a comprehensive education in film and visual media, from theoretical framing and historical-cultural contextualization to training skills in both creating and analyzing film, and developing a complex blend of creative, professional and technical competencies. CMU's Department of English is an ideal home for the Film & Visual Media concentration due to the department’s combination of creative writers, film and media studies scholars, film makers, digital humanities and visual communication researchers.
Introductory Courses (2 courses, 18 units)
| Units | ||
| 76-239 | Introduction to Film Studies | 9 |
| 76-259 | Film History | 9 |
Production Course (1 course, 9 units)
| 76-292 | Introduction to Film Production | 9 |
Screenwriting Course (1 course, 9 units)
| 76-269 | Introduction to Screenwriting | 9 |
Topics in Film & Visual Media Studies (2 courses, 18 units)
Options include but are not limited to:
| 54-342 | Costume Design for TV and Film | 7 |
| 60-356 | Critical Studies: Once Upon a Time: A Survey of International Folk & Fairy Tale Film | 9 |
| 60-378 | Critical Studies: Science Fiction Film | 9 |
| 76-207 | Special Topics in Literature & Culture | 9 |
| 76-212 | Introduction to TV Writing | 9 |
| 76-234 | Media: Past, Present, and Future | 9 |
| 76-278 | Japanese Film and Literature: The Art of Storytelling | 9 |
| 76-295 | Russian Cinema: From the Bolshevik Revolution to Putin's Russia | 9 |
| 76-312 | Crime and Justice in American Film | 9 |
| 76-320 | The Writer's Room: TV Writing | 9 |
| 76-334 | Pitching to the Business of Entertainment | 9 |
| 76-339 | Topics in Film and Media (Can be taken more than once.) | 9 |
| 76-348 | Adaptation: Fiction to Film | 9 |
| 76-367 | Fact Into Film: Translating History into Cinema | 9 |
| 76-382 | Media: Past, Present, and Future | 9 |
| 76-401 | Hollywood vs. the World | 9 |
| 76-409 | History of German Film | 9 |
| 76-439 | Seminar in Film and Media Studies | 9 |
| 76-454 | Rise of the Blockbuster | 9 |
| 76-456 | Independent Study in Film & Media Studies ( requires approval from Film & Visual Media program director) | Var. |
| 76-482 | Rise of the Art Film | 9 |
| 76-501 | Semester in Hollywood Program: Story | 12 |
| 79-225 | West African History in Film | 9 |
| 79-316 | Photography, the First 100 Years, 1839-1939 | 9 |
| 79-319 | India Through Film | 9 |
| 79-339 | Juvenile Delinquency & Film: From Soul of Youth (1920) to West Side Story (1961) | 6 |
| 82-248 | Introduction to Latin American Film and Visual Arts | 9 |
| 82-253 | Korean Society through Film and Literature | 9 |
| 82-268 | Introduction to Italian Film | 9 |
| 82-278 | Japanese Film and Literature: The Art of Storytelling | 9 |
| 82-279 | Anime - Visual Interplay between Japan and the World | 9 |
| 82-296 | From Augustine to Avatars: Personal Narratives Across Media | Var. |
| 82-428 | History of German Film | Var. |
| 82-439 | Black Myth: Wukong and the Journey to the West | 9 |
Courses in Film Production, Screenwriting, Digital Media, Literature & Culture, and/or Film & Visual Media Studies (3 courses, 27 units)
Students may take an additional three Dietrich College courses for a minimum of 27 units of courses offered in the categories listed above. Because there are dozens of options available, including many of the courses listed above, please consult with the Department of concentration advisor for guidance. Recommended courses include 76-310 Advanced Studies in Film and Media and 76-374 Mediated Narrative.