A Bachelor of Arts in Film requires a minimum of 120 semester hours. All students majoring in Film must complete 41 hours of Jax MIX general education courses, 19 hours of pre-professional and lower-level elective courses, and forty-nine (49) hours, including the core classes:
Course List | Course | Title | Credits |
Course List | Course | Title | Credits |
| FLM 231 | Film Technology Foundations I | 3 |
| FLM 232 | Film Technology Foundations II | 3 |
| FLM 235 | Camera and Film Techniques | 3 |
| FLM 240 | Film Production I | 3 |
| FLM 250 | Short Film Script Writing | 3 |
| THR 284 | Stage Crafts | 3 |
| THR 250 | Student's Theatre | 1 |
| Total Hours | 19 |
Course List | Course | Title | Credits |
| FLM 230 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| FLM 241 | Film Directing I | 3 |
| FLM 298 | Mid-degree Assessment | 0 |
| FLM 300 | Film Editing I | 3 |
| FLM 310 | Acting for the Camera | 3 |
| FLM 331 | Techniques for High Definition Cinematography | 3 |
| FLM 340 | Film Production II | 3 |
| FLM 400 | Film Theory (WI) | 3 |
| FLM 499 | Film Capstone | 3 |
| EH 409 | The Art of the Film (WI) | 3 |
| 15 |
| Digital Literacy for Artists/Designers | |
| Introduction to Photography | |
| History of Photography (WI) | |
| Film Noir, Classics, and Melodrama | |
| Film Adaptation | |
| Internship in Film | |
| Film Techniques | |
| Historical Bollywood | |
| Contemporary Latin American and Spanish Film Criticism | |
| Acting Fundamentals | |
| Elements of Design | |
| Directing | |
| Auditioning | |
| Playwriting and Screenwriting | |
| Scenic Design I | |
| Scenic Design II | |
| Costume Design I | |
| Costume Design II | |
| Stage Lighting | |
| Stage Makeup I | |
| Sound Design and Production | |
| Scene Painting | |
| Costume Techniques | |
| Acting: Advanced Techniques | |
| Computer Aided Rendering for Theatre | |
| Special Topics in Theatrical Studies | |
| Special Topics in Design/Technology | |
| Special Topics in Performance | |
| Total Hours | 42 |
Students must earn a 2.50 in the major and a "C" or better in each of the major and minor courses to graduate. The student may choose any minor offered at JSU, but the following minors are recommended: creative writing, theatre, communication, entrepreneurship, gender studies, marketing, and photography.
In addition to courses noted below, candidates for graduation must successfully complete all JSU Academic Regulations. More information about Jax MIX requirements and Alabama Transfers equivalents can be found in their respective section of the catalog.
Plan of Study Grid | Freshman |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| FLM 230 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| FLM 231 | Film Technology Foundations I | 3 |
| THR 250 | Student's Theatre | 1 |
| THR 284 | Stage Crafts | 3 |
| SSC 101 | First Year Experience | 0 |
| | Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| FLM 232 | Film Technology Foundations II | 3 |
| FLM 250 | Short Film Script Writing | 3 |
| FLM 310 | Acting for the Camera | 3 |
| | Hours | 15 |
| Sophomore |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| MS 110 | Finite Mathematics () | 3 |
| 4 |
| FLM 235 | Camera and Film Techniques | 3 |
| FLM 240 | Film Production I | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| EH 141 | Speech () | 3 |
| 3 |
| FLM 241 | Film Directing I | 3 |
| FLM 298 | Mid-degree Assessment | 0 |
| FLM 300 | Film Editing I | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Hours | 15 |
| Junior |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| 4 |
| FLM 340 | Film Production II | 3 |
| FLM 400 | Film Theory (WI) | 3 |
| 3 |
| | Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| FLM 331 | Techniques for High Definition Cinematography | 3 |
| 3 |
| 6 |
| | Hours | 15 |
| Senior |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| EH 409 | The Art of the Film (WI) | 3 |
| 3 |
| 6 |
| | Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| FLM 499 | Film Capstone | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Hours | 12 |
| | Total Hours | 120 |
