Every Bachelor of Arts degree candidate must complete Burlington College’s General Education requirements and must earn a minimum of 120 credits to achieve a degree. The following course requirements are specific to the Cinema Studies and Film Production major.

Major Requirements
45 credits past the 6 entry level credits are required. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted. Other coursework may be substituted with permission of academic advisor.

Entry Level (100) 6 credits
Introduction to Cinema Studies
Film Production I

Intermediate Level (200) 15 credits
• Film Production II
• Non-linear Editing
• Introduction to Screenwriting
• Cinema Studies Electives * —3 credits
• Film Production Elective—3 credits

Upper Level (300) 21 credits
• Location Audio
• Cinematography
• Topics in Cinema Studies
• Cinema Studies Elective * —6 credits
• Film Production Electives—6 credits

Internship 3 credits

Degree Project I & II (3 credits each) 6 credits

Total Credits Above Entry Level 45

* Cinema studies electives must include 3 credits in Theory/Criticism/Aesthetics. The additional 6 credits of cinema studies electives should be in more than one of the following categories of cinema studies courses: national cinema survey courses, genre courses, “films of” director courses, and special topics courses.

Intermediate Level Film Production Electives (200)
• Documentary Production I
• Documentary Production II
• Experimental Filmmaking
• Introduction to Animation
• Flash Animation
• Photoshop I
• Acting and Directing

Intermediate Level Cinema Studies Electives (200)
• Filmmakers and Film Theories *
• Film as a Subversive Art *
• Hollywood and Its Alternatives *
• Film Comedy
• The Festival Experience: Lake Placid Film Forum
• “The Films Of” (a specific director)

Upper Level Film Production Electives (300)
• Film Production III
• Writing the Feature I
• Writing the Feature II
• Audio Post Production
• After Effects
• Advanced Non-linear Editing
• Producing and Industry Literacy
Upper Level Cinema Studies Electives (300)
• French Cinema
• German Cinema
• Non-fiction Film
• Horror Film
• Shades of Noir
• Italian Cinema
• Middle Eastern Cinema
• Third World Cinema *
• Ways of Seeing *

* These courses meet the Theory/Criticism/Aesthetics requirement.

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