Four Year Plan

There are hundreds of courses that satisfy various L&S Degree Requirements, and courses can double-count towards more than one requirement. The sample below assumes no high school Foreign Language was taken and that the student placed into college-level Math and English. In addition, this sample reflects the degree requirements for students who began their college education in Fall of 2013 or later. If you started college coursework prior to Fall of 2013, your degree requirements may be different.

This sample shows one possible pathway to earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies in four years. This plan does not replace the advice of your Film Studies advisor or your College of Letters & Science Undergraduate Advisor. You are cautioned to meet regularly with both to create a personalized plan that matches your particular circumstances rather than following this verbatim.

    Sample Study Plan

    Year 1
    Fall Credits
    ENGLISH 101
    Introduction to College Writing
    3
    MATH 103
    Contemporary Applications of Mathematics (QL-A)
    or MATH 105
    Introduction to College Algebra
    3
    1st semester Foreign Language
    3-5
    ARTHIST 205
    History of Film I: Development of an Art (HU) (Int'l)
    3
    L&S Social Science
    3
    Spring Credits
    ENGLISH 102
    College Writing and Research (OWC-A)
    3
    PHILOS 211
    Elementary Logic (HU) (QL-B) (formal reasoning)
    3
    2nd semester Foreign Language
    3-5
    L&S Natural Science
    3-5
    Arts GER
    3
    Year 2
    Fall Credits
    ENGLISH 215
    Introduction to English Studies (OWC-B)
    3
    3rd semester Foreign Language (Int'l)
    3-5
    L&S Natural Science with lab
    3-5
    FILMSTD 290
    Introduction to Film Studies (HU)
    3
    FilmStd intermediate elective
    3
    Spring Credits
    FILMSTD 291
    Introduction to Television Studies (HU)
    3
    4th semester Foreign Language (Int'l)
    3-5
    L&S Social Science/Cultural Diversity
    3
    L&S Natural Science
    3-5
    FilmStd intermediate elective
    3
    Year 3
    Fall Credits
    FILMSTD 390
    Classical Film Criticism and Theory
    3
    FilmStd upper-level elective
    3
    L&S Social Science
    3
    L&S Natural Science
    3-5
    Elective
    3
    Spring Credits
    L&S Social Science
    3
    FilmStd upper-level international cinema
    3
    FilmStd upper-level elective
    3
    L&S upper-level elective
    3
    Elective
    3
    Year 4
    Fall Credits
    FilmStd upper-level international cinema
    3
    FilmStd upper-level elective
    3
    FilmStd upper-level elective
    3
    L&S upper-level elective
    3
    Elective
    3
    Spring Credits
    FilmStd 690
    3
    FilmStd upper-level elective
    3
    L&S upper-level elective
    3
    L&S upper-level elective
    3
    Elective
    3

    Key
    (A) Arts GER (Int’l) International
    (HU) Humanities (QL-A) Quantitative Literacy A
    (NS) Natural Science (QL-B) Quantitative Literacy B
    (SS) Social Science (OWC-A) Oral and Written Communication A
    (CD) Cultural Diversity GER (OWC-B) Oral and Written Communication B