BA Film Production at Pennsylvania State University

Programme overview

The Film Production major is designed to serve students whose primary interest is the art of creative storytelling through film and video production. It offers an integrated curriculum in which historical, critical, and theoretical studies parallel the teaching of production and aesthetics. The major includes a broad liberal arts background with introductory courses in the areas of film history, theory, and practice.

Faculty: Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications | Duration: minimum 120 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

The degree requires a minimum of 120 credits, including General Education and the requirements for the major. Required courses include The Art of the Cinema, Basic Video/Filmmaking, Gender, Diversity and the Media, Film History for Filmmakers I: The Development of the Cinema to 1960, Intermediate Documentary Production, Intermediate Narrative Production.

Career pathways

A film production degree prepares students to enter careers in entertainment, business, communications, mass media or any number of related fields that value strong, talented communicators and visual storytellers. Students with a film-production degree have many options to put their skills to work.

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Entry requirements

Minimum Cumulative GPA: 3.00 Minimum third semester classification Courses required with a grade of B or better: COMM 150N , COMM 242 Additional Criteria A candidate who does not meet the minimum GPA or grade requirements may submit a portfolio during finals week of Spring semester as outlined at: https://bellisario.psu.edu/academics/film-production-media-studies/film-video-entrance-to-major-requirements . Successful portfolio students will be admitted to the major for the following Fall provided the candidate satisfies the minimum academic requirement of at least a C (2.00) cumulative average for all courses taken at the University subject to the conditions of Section 51-50.

Undergraduate applications are accepted for Fall, Spring and Summer entry; the application opens August 1 for Fall and Summer and June 1 for Spring.

Early Action: apply by November 1 to receive a decision by December 24. Recommended submission deadline for all applications: December 1. Applicants apply through the MyPennState application or the Common App. A nonrefundable application fee is paid by credit card; fee waivers are available to eligible students.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.psu.edu/apply/

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