StudyQA — Bachelor: Film and Media Studies

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Film and Media Studies is an undergraduate program incorporating courses in film history, aesthetics, and theory; theory and practice in television, popular culture, and new media; and all aspects of 16mm film and digital video production, including narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental film.

The program’s curriculum is designed to foster critical understanding and historical knowledge of media forms, as well as their relationship to modern cultures, literatures, art, history, and philosophy. Students are afforded the opportunity to apply their analytical and theoretical knowledge to the production and creation of visual texts, a process that is crucial to enhancing their understanding of film, television, and other media.

Our small size allows us to focus on offering undergraduates an unusual amount of hands-on experience, intensive mentoring, and significant individual attention. Students work in a highly collaborative environment in small classes, and are taught by instructors known for their teaching excellence. The majority of our students have gone on to attend the top graduate film schools and to work in the film and media industries.

Majors often participate in the projects of the Hopkins Film Society, including the planning and organization of various film series and events, and the award-winning Johns Hopkins Film Festival. Through the Film Society, students learn to curate and to operate 35mm and 16mm projectors.

Core Required Courses
AS.061.140	Introduction to Cinema, 1892-1941	3
AS.061.141	Introduction to Cinema, 1941-present	3
One writing course:		3
AS.060.113	Expository Writing
AS.060.114	Expository Writing
AS.060.100	Introduction to Expository Writing
AS.061.226	Special Topics: Writing About Film
AS.360.133	Freshman Seminar: Great Books at Hopkins
Foreign language (two semesters at elements level or demonstrated proficiency equivalent to one year of elements)		6-9
Completion of Critical Studies or Production Track
Critical Studies Track
One (1) of the following introductory production/visual theory courses:
AS.061.145	Introduction to Visual Language
AS.061.150	Introduction to Film Production: Rediscovering Early Cinema
AS.061.152	Introduction to Digital Video Production
Two (2) 200-level critical studies film courses (POS tag FILM-CRITST)
Seven (7) critical studies courses at 300- or 400-level courses with POS tag FILM-CRITST (one JHU cross-listed class with POS tag FILM-CRITST and a maximum of 2 study abroad courses can count toward this requirement. Students are strongly encouraged to take one course focusing on cinema outside the United States. MI.061 classes cannot count toward this requirement)
AS.061.441	Sen Proj-Film Production	3.00
Production Track
Two of the following:
AS.061.145	Introduction to Visual Language
AS.061.150	Introduction to Film Production: Rediscovering Early Cinema
AS.061.152	Introduction to Digital Video Production
One (1) 200-level critical studies film course (POS tag FILM-CRITST)
Four (4) 300- or 400-level critical studies film courses with POS tag FILM-CRITST (a maximum of one class outside Film and Media Studies can count toward this requirement. This coule be one cross-listed JHU class with POS tag FILM-CRITST or one study abroad course. Students are strongly encouraged to take one course focusing on cinema outside the United States. MI.061 classes cannot count toward this requirement)
One (1) 200-300 level screenwriting course (including, but may not be limited to):
AS.061.314	Sketching the Scene: Image as Narrative Tool
AS.061.270	Writing for the Screen
AS.061.316	Characters for the Screenplay
AS.220.204	Introduction to Dramatic Writing: Film
AS.061.205	Introduction to Dramatic Writing: Film
AS.220.337	Intermediate Dramatic Writing: Film
Intermediate Film Production or Intermediate Digital Video Production course (note: the prerequisite for Intermediate Film Production is AS.061.150)
One (1) Advanced Film Production Course:
AS.061.301	Advanced Film Production: The mongrel film
AS.061.356	Narrative Productions
AS.061.440	Senior Capstone Project: Production	3.00

Application and Supplement
$70 nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver
Signed Early Decision Agreement
Secondary School Report
SAT Reasoning Test or ACT Test
Mid-year Report*
TOEFL or IELTS results (recommended)
International Certification of Finances Form and Bank Statement

Scholarships

Both need- and merit-based financial assistance is available for international applicants, although both types of assistance are limited. The admissions process for international students is need-aware, meaning the offer of admission is directly linked to the student’s ability to meet expenses.

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