FMA at Temple 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 FMA coursework.

• FMA 1142Film, Video and Interactive Foundations II.opens 43 courses (7 directly)
• FMA 2241Filmmakingopens 11 courses (5.3 directly)
• FMA 2396Screenwriting I.opens 10 courses (8 directly)
• FMA 2242Videographyopens 10 courses (2.3 directly)
• FMA 2453Introduction to Animationopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• FMA 3244Lighting for Film and Videoopens 4 courses (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 FMA 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 96 FMA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 93 more FMA 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 FMA, 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 FMA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at FMA 4246

  1. FMA 1141Film, Video and Interactive Foundations I.
  2. FMA 1142Film, Video and Interactive Foundations II.
  3. FMA 2242Videography
  4. FMA 3244Lighting for Film and Video
  5. FMA 4245Cinematography Master Class
  6. FMA 4246Cinematography Master Class II.

• 6 courses deep, ending at FMA 4254

  1. FMA 1141Film, Video and Interactive Foundations I.
  2. FMA 1142Film, Video and Interactive Foundations II.
  3. FMA 2551Editing Film and Video

• 5 courses deep, ending at FMA 3249

  1. FMA 1141Film, Video and Interactive Foundations I.
  2. FMA 1142Film, Video and Interactive Foundations II.
  3. FMA 2241Filmmaking

• 5 courses deep, ending at FMA 4242

  1. FMA 1141Film, Video and Interactive Foundations I.
  2. FMA 1142Film, Video and Interactive Foundations II.
  3. FMA 2241Filmmaking

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FMA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FMA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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