George Mason University - BA in Film and Video Studies

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The BA in Film and Video Studies is 120 credit hours. Of those 120 credit hours, 44 are from required General Education courses and 48-50 are from required courses for the major, distributed among core courses; practicum hours; analysis, history, and theory electives; video production electives; and electives in a focus area outside of the FAVS major courses. All students must declare a minor or intermediate level in a foreign language.

Core courses: 21 credits

AVT 204
Visual Thinking (3 credits)

ENGH 372
Introduction to Film (3 credits)

COMM 355
Video Production: Principles and Practices (3 credits)

ENGH 370
Introduction to Documentary (3 credits)

COMM 454
Free Speech & Ethics (3 credits)

OR

FAVS 352
Ethics Film & Video (3 credits)

FAVS 355
Introduction to Business of Film and Video (3 credits)

THR 482
Advanced Screenwriting Workshop (3 credits)

Practicum courses: 9 credits

FAVS 100
Colloquium (1 credit, three times, for a total of 3 credits)

FAVS 450
Internship (3 credits) Internship Application

FAVS 499 -001
Senior thesis/project (3 credits)

FAVS 499-002
Senior thesis/project (3 credits)

Analysis, history, and theory electives: 6 credits (others can be added)

CHIN 320
Contemporary Chinese Film (3 credits)

COMM 365
Women and Media (3 credits)

COMM 380
Media Criticism (3 credits)

ENGH 319
Literary Approaches to Popular Culture (Film and Media)
(3 credits)

ENGH 338
Cultural Constructions of Sexualities (Film and Media)
(3 credits)

ENGH 470
Film History (3 credits)

ENGH 472
Film Theory (3 credits)

ENGH 474
Special Topics in Film (3 credits)

FAVS 225
The History of World Cinema (3 credits)

FAVS 399-002
Genre Studies: Horror Film (3 credits)

FREN 470
Topics in French Cinema (3 credits)

HIST 393
Topics in Film and History (syllabus approved by FAVS Director) (3 credits)

JAPA 320
Japanese Film (3 credits)

RUSS 470
Topics in (Post) Soviet Cinema (3 credits)

Video production electives: 6 credits (others can be added)

*AVT 354
Digital Photo (4 credits)

*AVT 356
Studio Lighting (4 credits)

*AVT 374
Sound and Vision (4 credits)

*AVT 376
Live Movies (4 credits)

*AVT 382
Digital Art and Animation (4 credits)

*AVT 388
Three-Dimensional Digital Art (4 credits)

*AVT 390
Digital Media and Video Art (4 credits)

*AVT 457
Documentary Photography (4 credits)

*AVT 482
Advanced Two-Dimensional Digital Arts (4 credits)

*AVT 487
Advanced Digital Media (4 credits)

COMM 358
Video II: Producing and Directing (3 credits)

COMM 360
Video Editing (3 credits)

COMM 363
Video II: Advanced Production (1 credit)

COMM 364
Videography (3 credits)

COMM 366
Theories of Visual Communication (3credits)

FAVS 335
Sound and Lighting (3 credits)

FAVS 365
Introduction to Digital Documentary (3 credits)

FAVS 399
Webisodes (3 credits)

FAVS 399-003
Fiction Film Directing (3 credits)

FAVS 483
Feature Length Scriptwriting (3 credits)

THR 215
Stage Make-up (3 credits)

THR 230
Introduction to Technical Theater (3 credits)

THR 235
Introduction to Technical Theater II (3 credits)

THR 235
Fundamentals of Costume Construction (3 credits)

THR 314
Lighting Stagecraft (3 credits)

THR 334
Lighting Design (3 credits)

THR 423
Audition Techniques: Stage and Camera (3 credits)

*Students may count no more than 16 credits of AVT courses toward their FAVS degree in this category.

Electives in a separate area of specialization : 6 credits

Students are required to take two courses demonstrating a focus in subject matter, possibly from the following departments: History, Music, Sociology and Anthropology, and Theater.

Graduate Classes

FAVS 590
Feature-Length Scriptwriting

FAVS 590
Webisodes