Requirements-BA-in-Film-and-Television

Curriculum Requirements

First Year

  • DOC 224
  • FILM 101
  • FILM 105
  • FILM 110
  • FILM 131
  • POST 110
  • POST 124
  • SCWR 101
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110
    OR LSP 111
  • LSP 112
  • WRD 103
  • WRD 104

Second Year

  • ANI 101
  • FILM 235
  • FILM 250
  • SCWR 110
  • SCWR 120
    OR SCWR 150
  • 1 Open Elective
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 200
  • MAT 120
  • 1 Math and Computing Domain course
  • 1 Arts and Literature
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Third Year

  • CP 320
  • FILM 115
  • FILM 210
  • FILM 290
    OR FILM 390
  • POST 200
  • 2 Open Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry (Ethics)
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Arts and Literature

Fourth Year

  • FILM 325
    OR FILM 321
    OR FILM 323
    OR CP 360
  • CP 310
    OR CP 366
  • FILM 280
  • FILM 398
  • 1 Major Elective: 200 or 300-level in ANI, CP, DOC, FILM, POST, SCWR or VFX
  • 2 Open Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Historical Inquiry

Major Electives

Major Electives can be chosen from any 200 or higher level ANI, CP, DOC, FILM, GD, POST, SCWR, or VFX courses.

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Open Electives

Open Electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul. These are the only courses that may be taken under the pass/fail option. Students must earn a grade of D or higher in all open elective courses. Courses that satisfy a CDM minor or other minors are normally credited as open electives.


Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campus connect.

Note Students must complete an ethics class as one of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions requirements. Students must take one of the following ethics courses: DC 228/GAM 228/IT 228, PHL 248/MGT 248 or REL 228/MGT 228. In this sample schedule the ethics requirement replaces one of the Philosophical Inquiry requirements.

Students in this program must complete MAT 120 Quantitative Reasoning and 1 course (4 credit hours) from the Math and Computing Domain (MCD). The MCD course may replace one course from any one of the six Learning Domains as long as the student takes at least one course in each domain. In the year-by-year sample schedule above it replaces one Religious Dimensions requirement. Students should talk with an academic advisor to update the Degree Progress Report after completing the MCD course.

Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses)
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
  • between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.