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Submitter's Information

Name

Geri Ulrey

Title

Professor and Chair of Film, TV and Media Arts

Region

Los Angeles

College

Glendale Community College

CTE Dean

CTE Dean's Name

Dr. Freddy Saucedo

CTE Dean's Email

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Program Details

Program Title

Film Studies (Certificate)

Submission Type

New Program

TOPs Code

Television (including combined TV/film/video) (060420)

Projected Start Date

01/01/25

Catalog Description

This degree is designed to help students gain the breadth of knowledge, appreciation and understanding of cinematic language that is necessary for film and tv production and to seek employment in the field. These film and TV courses are designed to help students learn the aesthetics and craft of film language, cinematic story telling, production design, composition, lighting techniques, sound design, and picture editing.

Enrollment Completer Projections

4-6

Program Proposal Attributes

Program Award Type(s) (Check all that apply)
  • Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
Program Goal

To serve students interested in studying the cinematic language; to educate and train students to be adept in cinematic/visual literacy to be competitive in an increasingly media centered global economy; to offer students basic education in film studies who may seek employment in ancillary sectors to film/tv production which may include distribution and marketing, festival programming, film archiving and preservation, curation and exhibition. 

Course Units and Hours

Total Certificate Units (Minimum and Maximum)

24/24

Units for Degree Major or Area of Emphasis (Minimum and Maximum)

n/a

Total Units for Degree (Minimum and Maximum)

n/a

Course Report

Program Requirements Narrative

Students will demonstrate an understanding of film aesthetics composition, film language, lighting and sound design to support the creative vision of the director.

Students will also be able to recognize, articulate, and judge the visual, verbal, and audio conventions through which images, words, and sounds make meaning in film and media texts.

Program Requirements
CourseTitleUnitsYear/Semester
(Y1 or S1)
FTVM 100Aesthetics of Cinema3S1
ARTH 125Motion Picture History and Culture3S1
FTVM 120

or


FTVM 112
Writing for Media

or

Introduction to Screenwriting
3S1
9 units from below 


FTVM 101Film Genres3

S2 or S3

FTVM 102Aesthetics of International Cinema: World War II to the Present3

S2 or S3

FTVM 103Emerging Global Cinema3

S2 or S3

FTVM 104American Independent Film3

S2 or S3

FTVM 106Great Filmmakers3

S2 or S3

FTVM 107Beyond Hollywood: Gender, Race and Sex in the Movies3

S2 or S3

FTVM 108Documentary Film Aesthetics3

S2 or S3

ENGL 117Film as Literature3

S2 or S3

6 units from below


FTVM 135Introduction to Audio Production3


S4
FTVM 137Introduction to Cinematography3

               S4

FTVM 139Introduction to Editing3S4
FTVM 131Introduction to TV Studio Production3S4
FTVM 132Introduction to Film Production3S4
FTVM 271Documentary Filmmaking3S4


Supporting Documents

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Los Angeles Regional Questions

District

Glendale Community College District

College

Glendale Community College

LA Workforce Council Voting Member

Dr. Freddy Saucedo

Email

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Phone

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Reason for program recommendation request

New Program

Place of program in college's curriculum/similar program

Film, Television and Media Arts

List similar programs at other colleges in the Los Angeles Region

Santa Monica College

Annual Enrollment projects (non-duplicative)

3-5

List of colleges contacted for collegial consultation
Priority Sector

ICT Media Sector

If this is a program modification, please provide a brief description of the changes to the program. A bulleted list of key changes is acceptable.

N/A

Submission Details

Published at

09/29/24 - 12:13 PM

Status

Recommended

Return to Drafts

Please list the reason(s) for returning "Film Studies (Certificate)". to Geri Ulrey's drafts. This message will be sent to gulrey@glendale.edu

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GR

Gray Rakow Super User   ·  10/01/24

As required by the LARC Program Recommendation Process, which is outlined on the LARC Program Recommendation webpage (https://losangelesrc.org/program-recommendation/), the LA Workforce Council Voting Members must be included in the collegial consultation process for new programs. If you have not already done so, please reach out to the LAWC voting members at colleges with similar programs (per your issued LMI report from LA COE) within the next week to ensure that any concerns or questions may be addressed prior to the upcoming business meeting. The current voting members are always available in the Resources section of the LARC Program Recommendation webpage. Please feel free to reach out with any questions (grakow@pasadena.edu).