FTMA at Fairfield University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. FTMA 1010Introduction to Film Studies
• 1. FTMA 1011Introduction to Film and Video Production
• 1. FTMA 1120Beginning Screenwriting for Film and Television
• 1. FTMA 1122Writing for Scripted Television

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FTMA coursework.

• FTMA 1010Introduction to Film Studiesopens 4 courses (3.5 directly)
• FTMA 1011Introduction to Film and Video Productionopens 4 courses (2.5 directly)
• FTMA 1120Beginning Screenwriting for Film and Televisionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FTMA 4998Capstone Seminar Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FTMA 1122Writing for Scripted Televisionopens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• FTMA 1130Film Editing and Media Constructionopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FTMA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 17 FTMA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more FTMA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FTMA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at FTMA 1137

  1. THTR 1030Acting I
  2. FTMA 1137Acting for the Camera

• 2 courses deep, ending at FTMA 2204

  1. FTMA 1010Introduction to Film Studies
  2. FTMA 2204African American Cinema

• 2 courses deep, ending at FTMA 2220

  1. FTMA 1120Beginning Screenwriting for Film and Television
  2. FTMA 2220Feature Film Screenwriting

• 2 courses deep, ending at FTMA 2230

  1. FTMA 1011Introduction to Film and Video Production
  2. FTMA 2230Lighting and Cinematography

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FTMA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FTMA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FTMA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Fairfield campus feed.