CCA at University of Miami

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 CCA coursework.

• CCA 251Motion Picture Workshop: Storytellingopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CCA 329Writing for Series Television: Dramaopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CCA 356Cinematographyopens 3 courses (1.3 directly)
• CCA 357Editingopens 3 courses (1.3 directly)
• CCA 395Directing Techniques I.opens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• CCA 326Intermediate Screenwritingopens 1 course (1 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 CCA 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 53 CCA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 62 more CCA 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 CCA, 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 CCA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CCA 451

  1. CCA 103Survey of Motion Pictures
  2. CCA 251Motion Picture Workshop: Storytelling
  3. CCA 351Intermediate Filmmaking
  4. CCA 451Advanced Filmmaking Workshop

• 3 courses deep, ending at CCA 330

  1. CCA 229Foundation of TV Writing
  2. CCA 329Writing for Series Television: Drama
  3. CCA 330The Business of Television

• 3 courses deep, ending at CCA 419

  1. CCA 151Introduction to Digital Filmmaking
  2. CCA 355Essentials of Documentary Film
  3. CCA 419Seminar in Documentary Production

• 3 courses deep, ending at CCA 426

  1. CCA 126Introduction to Screenwriting
  2. CCA 326Intermediate Screenwriting
  3. CCA 426Advanced Screenwriting

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CCA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CCA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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