Requirements for the Major - 12 courses
*Please note that most classes are offered only one semester per academic year

4 INTRODUCTORY-LEVEL COURSES:

FILM BC3201: Introduction to the Study and Theory of Film (pre-requisite for further film courses at Columbia and Barnard; Columbia's W3001 may be substituted for BC3201.)

FILM W3100: American Film History, 1930-60

FILM W3200: Silent Screen

FILM W3201: International Film History, 1930-60

W3202: International Film History 1960-90

3 INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL COURSES:

FILM R4005: The Film Medium: Script Analysis FILM W3050: The Documentary Tradition or W4098: Film Theory I

FILM W4145: Topics in World Cinema (or, with approval, appropriate substitutions from the list of elective courses below.)

3 ADVANCED-LEVEL COURSES:

FILM BC3119: Screenwriting or FILM W3005: Laboratory in Writing for Film

ENGL BC3200: Production (substitutes for FILM W3051: Laboratory in Nonfiction Filmmaking or W3054: Laboratory in Fiction Filmmaking)

 

FILM BC3301: Advanced Production

ENGL BC3998: Senior Seminar/Film or FILM W3840: Senior Seminar in Film Studies


2 FILM ELECTIVES
Please consult our courses page

Please Note

  1. The prerequisite for all classes is Introduction to the Study and Theory of Film, open to first-year students.
  2. The Senior Seminar requirement can be fulfilled at Columbia in the fall or at Barnard in the spring (BC 3998y - M. Spiegel)
  3. The Film Program does not offer Independent Study
  4. There is no minor in film studies

    5. page last updated 10/30/09