FAVS at George Mason University

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 FAVS coursework.

• FAVS 255Film Productionopens 4 courses (2.8 directly)
• FAVS 204Film Artopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• FAVS 233Film Soundopens 1 course (0.3 directly)
• FAVS 280Screenwriting: Introductionopens 1 course (0.3 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 FAVS 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 10 FAVS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 29 more FAVS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FAVS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 2 courses deep, ending at FAVS 260

  1. COMM 208Introduction to Media Production
  2. FAVS 260Video Editing for Film

• 2 courses deep, ending at FAVS 304

  1. FAVS 204Film Art
  2. FAVS 304Film Forms

• 2 courses deep, ending at FAVS 334

  1. FAVS 233Film Sound
  2. FAVS 334Cinematic Podcasting

• 2 courses deep, ending at FAVS 366

  1. FAVS 255Film Production
  2. FAVS 366Community Content Creation

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FAVS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FAVS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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