CSUN Degree Planning Guides - 4 Year Plan

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4-Year Plan: Cinema and Television arts / screenwriting

Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication


This is a registration planning tool. If you follow the outline of courses for each semester, you will complete your degree program in four years. Students should consult with an academic advisor on a regular basis and note that these plans serve only as a guide to graduation.

To apply for admission at CSUN, go to www.csumentor.edu and select major code 127555B.

Key

Contact

Cinema and Television Arts Department
www.ctva.csun.edu
Manzanita Hall 195
(818) 677-3192

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts 100 (also meets GE Lifelong Learning)

GE Basic Skills: Written Communication

GE Basic Skills: Mathematics

GE Arts and Humanities

Elective

3

3

3

3

3

Total

15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts 210

GE Basic Skills: Oral Communication

GE Social Sciences         

Title 5 Requirement

Elective

3

3

3

3

3

Total

15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts 220

GE Basic Skills: Critical Thinking

Electives

3

3

9

Total

15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts 230 or 240 or250

GE Arts and Humanities

GE Natural Science (with lab requirement)

Electives

3

3

4

5

Total

15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts 320

Cinema and Television Arts 309

Cinema and Television Arts Upper Division Elective

GE Upper Division Social Sciences (select course to meet IC part 2 requirement)

GE Upper Division Comparative Cultures

3

3

3

3

3

Total

15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts History Requirement (CTVA 305 or 310)

Cinema and Television Arts 420

Cinema and Television Arts Upper Division Elective

GE Natural Science (with lab requirement)

Elective

3

3

3

4

2

Total

15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts Directing Requirement (CTVA 350 or 440)

Cinema and Television Arts Criticism Requirement (CTVA 301 or 319)

Cinema and Television Arts Writing Requirement (CTVA 327 or 428)

GE Upper Division Comparative Cultures

Electives

3

3

3

3

3

Total

15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course

Units

Cinema and Television Arts 425

Cinema and Television Arts Upper Division Elective

Title 5 Requirement

Electives

3

3

3

6

Total

15

OVERALL TOTAL UNITS

120