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Bachelor of Fine Arts – Production Design

BFA Degree Total

130 credits

Filmmaking Total	88 credits
Liberal Arts Total	42 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Intensive Arts

1

-

1

Fundamentals of Production Design

1

-

1

Fundamentals of Screenwriting I [II is optional]

2

[2]

2

Fundamentals of Directing I & II

2

2

4

Short Film (Fall); American Cinema (Spring)

3

3

6

Fundamentals of Producing I & II

1

1

2

Fundamentals of Picture Editing I & II

1

2

3

Fundamentals of Sound Design

-

1

1

Fundamentals of Cinematography

2

-

2

Composition I & II

3

3

6

Math or Science Elective

3

-

3

Art History Elective

-

3

3

Year One Total

19

15

34

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Intensive Arts

1

-

1

Drafting I & II

2

2

4

Pre-Visualization

2

-

2

Digital Design for the Art Director

-

2

2

Sketching for Communication

2

-

2

Perspective Drawing

-

2

2

Year 2 Art Direction Workshop I & II

2

2

4

Classics of World Cinema (Fall); Cinema Studies (Spr)

3

3

6

Self, Society and Cosmos

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (choose one course)

-

3

3

Literature or Writing Elective

3

-

3

Liberal Arts Elective

-

3

3

Year Two Total

18

17

35

Year Three

Fall

Spring

Intensive Arts

1

-

1

Visual Effects for the Production Designer I & II

2

2

4

Color Rendering Techniques

2

-

2

Year 3 Art Direction Workshop I & II

2

2

4

Year 3 Productiion Design Practicum

-

4

4

FAR 2070, FAR 3020,

Life Drawing, Decorative Finishes,

2

2

4

FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX

Cinema Studies, Independent Study,

FIM 4088, FIM XX98

or Special Topics Electives¹

Philosophy or Psychology

3

-

3

Humanities or History Elective

-

3

3

Liberal Arts Elective

3

-

3

Liberal Arts Elective

-

3

3

Year Three Total

15

16

31

Year Four

Fall

Spring

Intensive Arts

1

-

1

Production Design Analysis I & II

2

2

4

Residential Decoration

-

2

2

Year 4 Art Direction Workshop I & II

2

2

4

Year 4 Production Design Practicum I & II

6

3

9

FAR 2070, FAR 3020,

Life Drawing, Decorative Finishes, ¹

2

2

4

FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX

Cinema Studies, Independent Study,

FIM 4088. FIM XX98

or Special Topics Electives¹

Liberal Arts Elective

3

-

3

Liberal Arts Elective

-

3

3

Year Four Total

16

14

30

¹ All Production Design students must complete a minimum of 8 credit hours of arts elective coursework as part of the required 88 Filmmaking credit hours towards this degree. We recommend that you select these electives in consultation with your Production Design mentor.