{"id":1151,"date":"2023-06-01T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/ftdm\/?page_id=1151"},"modified":"2024-08-30T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T23:02:15","slug":"cinema-and-media-studies-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/ftdm\/academics\/areas-of-study\/cinema-and-media-studies-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema and Media Studies Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media (FTDM) offers students a uniquely diverse and comprehensive array of courses designed to prepare its graduates to be industry leaders, creative contributors and\/or impactful scholars in arguably the most pervasive and influential field of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>In this scholarship- and research-oriented major, students practice the critical analysis of visual media (including film, television, streaming video, social media and virtual reality), with the goal of understanding how we are continuously influenced and shaped, as a culture and as individuals, by the media texts that have become essential components of our everyday lives.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Students wishing to major in\u00a0cinema and media studies must complete the following requirements for graduation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A minimum of 120 semester hours overall, including at least 42 hours earned at the 30000 level or above<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/pages\/M1TbuvPKvvRxtdUoaexi\">TCU Core Curriculum requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A minimum of 31 semester hours in the FTDM major courses, including at least 12 hours at the 30000 level or above<\/li>\n<li>A minor of at least 18 hours; all requirements of the minor department must be followed<\/li>\n<li>A grade of &#8220;C&#8221; or better in all courses taken in the FTDM department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Language requirements<\/h3>\n<p>Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree also must demonstrate competency in a foreign language equivalent to completion of one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0099681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARAB 20063\u00a0Intermediate Arabic II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0012341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHIN 20063\u00a0Intermediate Chinese II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0018631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FREN 20063\u00a0Fourth Semester College French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0020781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GRMN 20063\u00a0Intermediate German<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0020951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GREE 20063\u00a0Fourth Semester College Greek (Hellenistic)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0024381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITAL 20063\u00a0Fourth Semester College Italian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0024451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JAPN 20063\u00a0Fourth Semester College Japanese<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0033901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPAN 20203\u00a0Intermediate Spanish 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0084421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPAN 20213\u00a0Intensive Intermediate Spanish 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Course order<\/h2>\n<p>It is strongly recommended that Cinema and Media Studies majors complete their course requirements in this order:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Departmental core requirements (9 hours)\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"sc-courselink\" href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057211\">FTDM 10113 History of Broadcasting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"sc-courselink\" href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057221\">FTDM 10123 History of Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"sc-courselink\" href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057241\">FTDM 10143 Introduction to Film and Television Aesthetics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional foundational course (3 hours)\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"sc-courselink\" href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057491\">FTDM 30103<\/a>\u00a0Media Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Critical studies courses (15 hours. Choose five from the following list)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057601\">FTDM 30410 Film and Television Genres<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057631\">FTDM 30433 American Cinema<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0082181\">FTDM 30453 Crime Films and Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0089421\">FTDM 30463 Media Decades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0082191\">FTDM 30473 History in the Movies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0089341\">FTDM 30483 Media Authorship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057761\">FTDM 30593 Television, Culture and Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057771\">FTDM 30643 British Cinema and European Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057811\">FTDM 30983 Women in Television and Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0057961\">FTDM 40440 Topics in Film<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0058061\">FTDM 40570 Topics in Television<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0058101\">FTDM 40623 World Cinema<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0089351\">FTDM 40643 Media and Popular Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0076781\">FTDM 40653 Popular Music and the Recording Industry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0089431\">FTDM 40663 Contemporary Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0058121\">FTDM 40683 Film Theory and Criticism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Additional requirements\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"sc-courselink\" href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0098271\">FTDM 49003 Capstone Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"sc-courselink\" href=\"https:\/\/undergraduate.catalog.tcu.edu\/courses\/0058151\">FTDM 40901 Senior Seminar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media (FTDM) offers students a uniquely diverse and comprehensive array of courses designed to prepare its graduates to be industry leaders, creative contributors and\/or impactful scholars in arguably the most pervasive and influential field of the 21st century. 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