Film, B.A. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show the courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements in 4 years. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

The General Education and All-University Requirements in this MAP are in effect for students entering Cal Poly Humboldt with the catalog year of 2023-24. Refer to your degree audit for details on your major and GE catalog year.

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Year 1

Semester 1 (16-18 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning AHSS 101 - The Stories We Tell Units: 3
Major and GE Area C: Arts TA 104 - Story Through Word and Image Units: 4
GE Area C: Arts and DCG Non-Domestic FILM 109 - Film Comedy Around the World Units: 3
American Institutions / Lower Division GE Area D U.S. and California Government OR U.S. History Units: 3

Semester 2 (14-17 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[1]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area B: Mathematics MATH 103 - Mathematics as a Liberal Art Units: 3 OR (MATH 103I - Mathematics as a Liberal Art with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND MATH 3 - Support for Mathematics as a Liberal Art Units: 1 ) ^[2]
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies Units: 3
Elective Course FILM 260 - Film Festival Units: 2

^[1] If ENGL 104 was taken the previous semester take an elective, other GE or a major course in place of ENGL 103.

^[2] Credit earned for math support course (MATH 3) does not count toward GE, major or graduation units.

Year 2

Semester 3 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences Units: 3 (Select a course with a lab activity)
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities Units: 3
Major (Core) FILM 305 - Art of Film: Beginning to 1950s Units: 3
Major (Core) FILM 317 - Art of Film Discussion: Pre 1950s Units: 1
American Institutions U.S. and California Government OR U.S. History Units: 3

Semester 4 (14-15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science Units: 3-4
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Units: 3 (Select a course that also fulfills DCG Domestic)
Major (Core), UD GE Area C and GWAR: FILM 306W - Art of Film: 1950s to the Present Units: 3
Major (Core) FILM 318 - Art of Film Discussion: Post 1950s Units: 1
Major (Art Requirement) ART 250 - Darkroom Photography Units: 3 OR ART 251 - Photography I Units: 3 OR one of the ART 104 series ART 104B ART 104C ART 104F ART 104G ART 104H ART 104I ART 104J ART 104K ART 104N
Elective Course Units: 1

Year 3

Semester 5 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science Units: 3
Major (Core) FILM 315 - Filmmaking I Units: 4
Major Film Elective (1 of 2)
Elective or Minor Units: 3
Elective or Minor Units: 1

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Units: 3 (Select a course that also fulfills DCG Domestic
Major (Core) FILM 375 - Filmmaking II Units: 4
Major Film Elective (2 of 2) ^[3] Units: 4
Major Film Production Elective (1 of 2) ^[4] Units: 4

^[3]Film Electives: FILM 350 , FILM 425 , FILM 455 , FILM 465

^[4] Film Production Electives: FILM 360 , FILM 362 , FILM 378 , FILM 478

Year 4

Semester 7 (15 Units)

Major (Core) FILM 415 - Filmmaking III Units: 4
Major Film Production Elective (2 of 2) ^[4]Units: 4
Major (Core) TA 494 - Senior Seminar Units: 2
Elective or Minor Units: 3
Elective or Minor Units: 2

Semester 8 (14 Units)

Major (Core) FILM 475 - Filmmaking IV Units: 4
Elective or Minor Course Units: 3
Elective or Minor Course Units: 3
Elective or Minor Course Units: 3
Elective or Minor Course Units: 1