Prerequisite Phase
The goal of the prerequisite phase is to give students the background necessary for starting the graduate program. These prerequisite phase requirements can be fulfilled in one of two ways:
- The student takes the course and earns a grade of B- or higher
- The faculty advisor waives the course because of equivalent academic background or work experience.
All students are blocked from enrolling in Graduate Phase courses prior to completing their prerequisites. Students must submit an online Change of Status request (through myCDM) when the Prerequisite Phase is completed to inform the Student Services offices that the block can be removed.
| DC 101 |
| DC 210 |
| DC 215 |
| DC 220 |
| DC 275 |
| VFX 200 |
Foundation Phase
Theory Phase
and student must select
1 course from the following list:
| DC 421 |
| DC 422 |
| DC 431 |
| DC 451 |
| DC 470 |
| DC 481 |
| DC 485 |
| DC 489 |
Production Phase
| DC 401 |
| DC 415 |
| DC 420 |
| DC 423 |
| DC 475 |
| DC 495 |
Major Electives
Students must choose any
3 graduate level DC, ANI or VFX production or theory courses.
Thesis Phase
MFA Thesis
The
MFA Thesis shall be a major artistic digital project. Although there is no prescribed length for thesis, the following should be used as guidelines:
- For live action projects, 15-35 minutes. (15-20 minute films tend to get the best festival play). Films longer than 35 minutes usually do not qualify for the SAG student film waiver. The Digital Cinema faculty encourages students to produce feature length films.
- For animation projects, 10 minutes or more.
Student's MFA Advisor Committee During this phase students are supervised by their MFA Advisor Committee. The student's MFA Advisor Committee shall have a Chair and a minimum of two other members. The Chair (who was the student's advocate during the selection process) and one committee member must be full-time Digital Cinema Faculty. After assembling an MFA Advisor Committee the student will advise the Chair of the Digital Cinema MFA Committee of the composition of that committee. Students will work closely with the Chair of their committee in planning and completing the MFA thesis.
MFA Thesis Screening A major component of the MFA degree is the public screening of the MFA thesis. It is the student's responsibility to organize, schedule, promote and publicize this screening.
MFA Thesis DefenseAt some point following the public screening the student will schedule a thesis defense with his/her MFA Advisor Committee. At this defense the student's MFA Advisor Committee will discuss, evaluate, and critique the thesis and make a determination on the awarding of the MFA degree.