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Program and course admission is contingent upon University admission.

Entry to all programs and to many courses is by audition, interview or application. Contact the school’s office for information on procedures and deadlines.

Although the University operates on a trimester system, most FPA courses are planned in a two term (fall and spring) sequence. Consequently, students enter in the fall term (September) and are advised to contact the school in the preceding January for program entry and requirements information.

Transfer Credit and Advanced Standing

Unassigned or general elective (type 2 and 3, respectively) transfer credit awarded for courses completed at other recognized post-secondary institutions will not automatically entitle students to advanced standing in the school’s programs. Advanced standing is generally given on an individual basis as a result of an audition or interview.

Program Requirements

Students are encouraged to take advantage of interdisciplinary offerings within the school. As many programs depend on a continuing sequence of courses completed in order, students should plan carefully to gain the maximum benefit and efficiency from their study. Note that not all courses are offered every term and several are offered on a rotational basis, i.e. every third or fourth term. An advisor is available to help plan study programs.

Students are reminded that the school is an interdisciplinary fine and performing arts department, and are strongly advised to acquaint themselves with the many disciplinary courses that are available.

Students complete 30 units as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete 12 units including both of

• FPA 136 The History and Aesthetics of Cinema I (3)
• FPA 137 The History and Aesthetics of Cinema II (3)

and two of

• FPA 235 Experimental Film and Video (3)
• FPA 236 Cinema in Canada (3)
• FPA 237 Selected Topics in Film and Video Studies (3)

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete 18 units including all of

• FPA 335 Introduction to Film Theory (4)
• FPA 337 Intermediate Selected Topics in Film and Video Studies (4)
• FPA 436 Advanced Seminar in Film and Video Studies (4)

and two upper division elective courses chosen from the following.

• CMNS 310 Media and Modernity (4)
• CMNS 322 Documentary Media (4)
• CMNS 333 Broadcast Policy and Regulation in the Global Context ^†(4)
• CMNS 334 Cultural Policy ^† (4)
• CMNS 357 Audio Media Analysis ^† (4)
• CMNS 363 Approaches to Media and Audience Research ^† (6)
• CMNS 488 Selected Topics in Communication */** (4)
• ENGL 376 Special Studies */** (4)
• ENGL 383 Studies in Popular Literature and Culture */** (4)
• ENGL 482W Topics in Cultural Studies */** (4)
• ENGL 484W Topics in Literature and Media (4)
• ENGL 486W Topics in Gender, Sexuality and Literature */** (4)
• FPA 308 Contemporary Arts Field School I (Theory/History) ** (4)
• FPA 310 Interdisciplinary Methods in Art and Culture Studies (4)
• FPA 311 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts (4)
• FPA 312 Selected Topics in Art and Culture Studies ** (3)
• FPA 314 Readings in the History of Art and Culture */** (3)
• FPA 319W Critical Writing in the Arts (3)
• FPA 337 Intermediate Selected Topics in Film and Video Studies * (4)
• FPA 338W Screenwriting II (3)
• FPA 389 Selected Topics in the Fine and Performing Arts II ** (3)
• FPA 408 Contemporary Arts Field School III (Theory/History) ** (4)
• FPA 412 Advanced Seminar in Art and Culture Studies */** (4)
• FPA 414 Advanced Topic in the History of Art and Culture */** (3)
• FPA 416 Practices in Art and Culture */** (3)
• FPA 436 Advanced Seminar in Film and Video Studies * (4)
• FREN 352 French and Francophone Cultures through Films and/or Media Texts ** (3)
• FREN 452 Topics in French and Francophone Cultures or Cinemas ** (3)
• GSWS 401 Research Project (5)
• GSWS 412 Women and Film, Films and Theories (5)
• IAT 313 Narrative and New Media (3)
• IAT 443 Interactive Video (3)

*Can be repeated as an elective if the course topic changes
**With prior approval and when the cinema/media/theory topic is relevant
***With prior permission, up to eight of these units may be courses, devoted to film or video, from other departments. See the director of the film BA program or the undergraduate advisor for a list of other related courses.
^†Students are responsible for fulfilling prerequisites.

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