Television and Film Studies

126 Credit Hours
Day & Evening
Queens & Staten Island

The curriculum in Television & Film Studies leading to a baccalaureate degree provides a strong educational foundation for those seeking employment in the vast field of television and film and its links to new technologies. Students are provided not only with the opportunity for intellectual growth, but with extensive hands-on experience as well.

The upper level studio courses are offered on the Queens campus only. A senior project is required.

Major Area Requirements – 51 Credit Hours
15 credit hours of required courses

  • MCC 1000 Introduction to Mass Communication
  • TVF 1200 Visual Production
  • COM 2500 Visual Aesthetics
  • TVF 4601/4602 Senior Project

18 credit hours of Production chosen from:

  • TVF 1230: Audio Production
  • TVF 2200: Television Production I: Studio
  • TVF 3200: Television Production II: Studio
  • TVF 4200: Television Production III: Studio
  • TVF 2202: Television & Film Performance
  • TVF 2203: Video Editing: Final Cut Pro
  • TVF 2204: Video Editing: Avid
  • TVF 3220: Film Production I
  • TVF 4220: Film Production II
  • TVF 3203: Documentary Production
  • TVF 3204: Field Production
  • TVF 4205: Directing Film & Video
  • TVF 4206: Television Program Development
  • COM 2280: Introduction to Motion Graphics & Animation
  • COM 3281: Motion Graphics I
  • COM 4282: Motion Graphics II
  • COM 3283: Animation I
  • COM 3284: 3-D Animation

6 credit hours of Writing chosen from:

  • TVF 2301 Writing for Television
  • TVF 2302 Non-Fiction Screenwriting
  • TVF 2303 Dramatic Screenplay Writing
  • TVF 3303 Advanced Dramatic Screenplay Writing
  • COM 2303 Writing for Broadcast Journalism

12 credit hours of Aesthetics, Industry Practices & History chosen from:

  • TVF 1400 Introduction to Motion Picture Production
  • TVF 1501 Contemporary American Television I: The Early Years
  • TVF 1502 Contemporary American Television II: A Time of Innocence, A Time of Change
  • TVF 1503 Special Television Studies
  • TVF 1504 Film Rhetoric
  • TVF 1505 The Rise of American Film
  • TVF 1506 Hollywood Films of the Studio Era
  • TVF 1507 International Cinema
  • TVF 1508 Contemporary Cinema
  • TVF 1509 The Hollywood Musical
  • TVF 1510 Special Cinema Studios
  • TVF 1511 East Asian Cinema
  • TVF 2402 The Business of Television
  • TVF 2403 Broadcast Operations
  • TVF 3404 The Business of Film & Video
  • TVF 3405 Film & Video Production Management
  • TVF 5001 TV Internship
  • TVF 5002 Film Internship
  • COM 2401 New Media
  • COM 3101 International Communications: Europe
  • COM 3102 International Communications: Asia

Business Area Requirements
12 credit hours

  • ACC 1007: Fundamentals of Accounting I
  • BLW 1001: Fundamentals of Business Law I
  • ECO 1001: Principles of Economics I
  • ENG 1006: Effective Business Writing
  • MGT 1001: Principles of Management I
  • MKT 1001: Principles of Marketing