The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies
Queens Campus, Staten Island Campus
Overview
The Associate Degree in Television and Film at St. John’s University offers students a thorough but rudimentary understanding of the theory, history, and practice of television and film craft and technique, and the business structures of the television and film industries.
The central goal of the Associate Degree in Television and Film is to prepare students either to enter the job market or to proceed to earning the Bachelors Degree in Television and Film.
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Department Contact (Queens)
Alla Baeva
Program Director (Queens)Department Contact (Staten Island)
Nancy DiTunnariello
Program Director (Staten Island)Courses
Core Requirements – 24 credits
| DNY | 1000C | Discover New York | 3 |
| ENG | 1000C | English Composition | 3 |
| ENG | 1100C | Literature in a Global Context | 3 |
| HIS | 1000C | Emergence of a Global Society | 3 |
| PHI | 1000C | Philosophy of the Human Person | 3 |
| PHI | 3000C | Metaphysics | 3 |
| SCI | 1000C | Scientific Inquiry | 3 |
| THE | 1000C | Theology | 3 |
Other Liberal Arts Requirements — 6 Credits
| MTH | Choose from 1001 or 1003 | 3 | |
| SPE | 1000C | Public Speaking | 3 |
Major Area Requirements – 21 credits
| COM | 1001 | Intro to Mass Communication | 3 |
| TVF | 1200 | Introduction to Production | 3 |
Production – 9 credits
| TVF | 2200 | Television Production 1 | 3 |
| TVF | Choose from 2203 or 2204 | 3 | |
| TVF | 3220 | Film Production | 3 |
Writing, Industry Practices and History – 6 credits
| TVF | 1400 | Audio Production 1 | 3 |
| TVF | 1501 | Contemporary American Television 1: The Early Years | 3 |
| TVF | 1502 | Contemporary American Television 2 | 3 |
| TVF | 1503 | Special Television Studies | 3 |
| TVF | 1504 | Film Rhetoric | 3 |
| TVF | 1506 | Hollywood Films of the Studio Era | 3 |
| TVF | 1507 | International Cinema | 3 |
| TVF | 1508 | Contemporary Cinema | 3 |
| TVF | 1509 | The Hollywood Musical | 3 |
| TVF | 1510 | Special Cinema Studies | 3 |
| TVF | 1511 | East Asian Cinema | 3 |
| TVF | 2301 | Screenwriting: Television | 3 |
| TVF | 2302 | Screenwriting: Documentary | 3 |
| TVF | 2303 | Screenwriting: Narrative | 3 |
| TVF | 2402 | The Business of Television | 3 |
| TVF | 2403 | Broadcast Operations | 3 |
| TVF | 3303 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 |
| TVF | 3404 | Producing Film and Television | 3 |
| TVF | 3405 | Film and Television Production Management | 3 |
| COM | 2403 | Management in Communications | 3 |
| COM | 2500 | Visual Aesthetics | 3 |
| COM | 3101-3102 | International Communications | 3 |
Free Electives – 9 credits