FLM&MDA at University of California, Irvine

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 FLM&MDA coursework.

• FLM&MDA 120ABasic Productionopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• FLM&MDA 117AIntroduction to Screenwritingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• FLM&MDA 118AWriting Television Iopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• FLM&MDA 120BIntermediate Productionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• FLM&MDA 298Prospectus Writing Practicumopens 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 FLM&MDA 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 42 FLM&MDA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more FLM&MDA 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 FLM&MDA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at FLM&MDA 120C

  1. FLM&MDA 85Introduction to Film and Visual Analysis
  2. FLM&MDA 120ABasic Production
  3. FLM&MDA 120BIntermediate Production
  4. FLM&MDA 120CProduction Workshop

• 3 courses deep, ending at FLM&MDA 117B

  1. FLM&MDA 85Introduction to Film and Visual Analysis
  2. FLM&MDA 117AIntroduction to Screenwriting
  3. FLM&MDA 117BIntermediate Screenwriting

• 3 courses deep, ending at FLM&MDA 118B

  1. FLM&MDA 86Introduction to Television Analysis
  2. FLM&MDA 118AWriting Television I
  3. FLM&MDA 118BWriting Television II

• 3 courses deep, ending at FLM&MDA 299

  1. FLM&MDA 285AFilm Studies: Theory and Methods
  2. FLM&MDA 298Prospectus Writing Practicum
  3. FLM&MDA 299Dissertation Research

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FLM&MDA yet.

Clubs & organizations

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Department events

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