Television and Film Studies

126 Credit Hours
Day and Evening
Queens and Staten Island

The curriculum in Television and Film leading to the 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 expertise as well.

Two optional courses of study are available for students so interested: Video Concentration or Film Studies Concentration. The upper level and studio courses are offered on the Queens campus only. A Senior Project is required.

Major Area Requirements
12 credit hours of Communication Arts

  • CAS 1101: Introduction to Mass Communication
  • CAS 1472: Ethical Values for the Communications Arts
  • CAS 1500: Visual Aesthetics
  • CAS 1800: Senior Project

18 credit hours of Production

  • 1210 and 1220 Production series
  • 6 credits in writing from 1310
  • CAS 1320: Non-fiction Screenwriting
  • CAS 1321: Dramatic Screenplay Writing
  • CAS 1322: Advanced Screenplay Writing

12 credit hours of CAS Electives

  • CAS 1102: International Communications
  • CAS 1103: International Communications, Asia
  • CAS 1410: The Business of Television
  • CAS 1411: Communications Technologies
  • CAS 1420: Into to Motion Picture Production
  • CAS 1421: The Business of Film and Video
  • CAS 1422: Film and Video Production Management
  • CAS 1510: Contemporary American Television I: The Early Years
  • CAS 1511: Contemporary American Television II: A Time of Innocence, A Time of Change
  • CAS 1520: Film Rhetoric
  • CAS 1521: The Rise of American Film
  • CAS 1522: Hollywood Films of the Studio Era
  • CAS 1523: A Survey of the Foreign Cinema
  • CAS 1524: Contemporary Cinema
  • CAS 1525: The Hollywood Musical
  • CAS 1526: Special Cinema Studies
  • CAS 1527: East Asian Cinema
  • CAS 1290: Fundamentals of Media Graphics
  • CAS 1295: Advanced Graphics
  • CAS 1296: Multimedia Screen Design
  • Credits taken with the Communications curriculum clubs
  • Internship credits are limited to six credits chosen from: CAS 1606: Television Intership and CAS 1607: Film Intership

Business Area Requirements
12 credit hours

  • ACC 1007: Fundamentals of Accounting I
  • ACC 1013: Managerial Accounting or ACC 1008: Fundamentals of Accounting II 
  • 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