BFA Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts at University of Colorado Boulder

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Fine Arts is a competitive degree program requiring an application and selection procedure. All students begin their Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts track declaring the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Cinema Studies as their major. Students wishing to declare a BFA in Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts as their major must first satisfy specific prerequisites.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts | Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

No more than 6 credit hours of independent study may be credited toward the major. Sample listed courses: CINE 1502 Introduction to Cinema Studies 1; CINE 2005 Form, Structure, and Narrative Analysis; CINE 4604 Colloquium in Film Aesthetics; CINE 2000 Moving Image Foundations I.

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Application information

Entry requirements

The Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts educates students in the history and development of film as an art form and contemporary medium. The curriculum instills an informed analytic awareness of the ways in which film has evolved artistically, stylistically and provides the resources for significant creative exploration of the medium. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is competitive. In order to graduate with a BFA degree, students must first satisfy a number of prerequisites and then submit a formal application to the BFA program at the prescribed time (deadline will be posted each semester on the Cinema Studies website ). There are two rounds of applications a year, at the end of the fall and spring semesters. Students are encouraged to apply to the BFA program at the end of their sophomore year.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year applicants may enter in fall, spring or summer: the early action deadline of 15 November and regular decision deadline of 15 January apply to fall and summer entry; the spring deadline is 1 October. Transfer applicants may enter in spring (deadline 1 October), summer (15 March) or fall (final deadline 1 June).

SAT and ACT scores are not required for first-year applicants; scores may be self-reported if the applicant wants them considered.

First-year deadlines: spring 1 October; fall and summer early action 15 November; fall and summer regular decision 15 January. Applications are made through the Common Application. The application fee is $65 for domestic applicants and $70 for international applicants; fee waivers can be requested on the Common Application.

Transfer deadlines: spring 1 October; summer and fall early notification 15 March; fall final deadline 1 June. The 2027 transfer application is open.

Apply through the official page: https://www.colorado.edu/admissions

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