Electives

Film & Digital Arts Electives

All FDMA courses are categorized as either “Film History and Criticism” or “Production.” Many of these courses are required for degree plans but may be electives for others.

Production Electives

FDMA 1210 Digital Video Production I
FDMA 1520 Introduction to Digital Media
FDMA 1996 Topics (production topics)
FDMA 2120 Film Crew IFDMA 2125 Film Crew II
FDMA 2280 Topics in Videomaking (various)
FDMA 2286 Activating Digital Space
FDMA 2520 Introduction to Cinematography
FDMA 2525 Video Production II
FDMA 2530 Introduction to 3D Modeling
FDMA 2610 Directing I
FDMA 2714 Introduction to Animation
FDMA 2768 Introduction to Game Development
FDMA 2996 Topics (various)
FDMA 302 Digital Game Design
FDMA 303 Moving Image Art
FDMA 304 Experiments in Cinema
FDMA 310 Writing Digital Narrative
FDMA 311 Fundamentals of Music Technology
FDMA 324 Introduction to Screenwriting
FDMA 350 Advanced Screenwriting
FDMA 375 Producing for Film and Digital Media
FDMA 390 Topics in the Elements of Filmmaking (various)
FDMA 391 16mm Filmmaking
FDMA *401 Digital Post Production
FDMA *402 Documentary Film Production
FDMA *403 Advanced Game Development
FDMA *404 Animation II
FDMA *405 Advanced Maya Production
FDMA *406 Virtual Reality Cinema
FDMA *407 Compositing for Visual Effects
FDMA *409 Advanced Video Art
FDMA *410 Business and Law of Film and New Media
FDMA *411 Advanced Cinematography
FDMA 412 Fundamentals of Audio Technology
FDMA *415 Animation III
FDMA *416 Advanced Post Production
FDMA *429 Topics in Production (various)
FDMA *491 Topics in Film and Digital Media (various)
FDMA 492 Film and Digital Arts Internship
FDMA 496 Undergraduate Production Project
FDMA 499 Honors Thesis
ARTS 1510 Introduction to Electronic Arts
ARTS 1610 Drawing I
ARTS 2523 Video Art I
CS 105L Introduction to Computer Programming
CS 152L Computer Programming Fundamentals

Film History and Criticism Electives

FDMA 1996 Topics (film history topics)
FDMA 2110 Introduction to Film Studies
FDMA 2195 Beyond Hollywood
FDMA 313 / *413 Avant Garde Cinema
FDMA 314 / *414 History of Animation
FDMA 317 / *417 Queer Cinema History
FDMA 326 / *426 History of Film I
FDMA 327 / *427 History of Film II
FDMA 330 / *430 Studies in Film (various topics)
FDMA 331 / *431 Film Theory
FDMA 332 / *432 Documentary Film History and Theory
FDMA 334 / *434 Teen Rebels
FDMA 335 / *435 International Horror Film
FDMA 336 / *436 Images of Womxn
FDMA 337 / *437 Alfred Hitchcock
FDMA 339 Russian Culture and History through Film
FDMA *485 Problems in Interdisciplinary Studies
FDMA *487 Contemporary Interdisciplinary Topics
FDMA 492 Film and Digital Arts Internship
FDMA 497 Undergraduate Independent Study
FDMA 499 Honors Thesis