FILM at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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 FILM coursework.

• FILM 181Foundation Production: Nonfictionopens 73 courses (24 directly)
• FILM 180Foundation Production: Fictionopens 73 courses (14 directly)
• FILM 232Animation Iopens 70 courses (21.9 directly)
• FILM 222Digital Filmmakingopens 47 courses (23.5 directly)
• FILM 22016mm Filmmakingopens 45 courses (8.0 directly)
• FILM 231Writing for Filmopens 45 courses (8.0 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 FILM 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 89 FILM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 more FILM 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 FILM, 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 FILM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at FILM 510

  1. FILM 181Foundation Production: Nonfiction
  2. FILM 180Foundation Production: Fiction
  3. FILM 232Animation I
  4. FILM 22016mm Filmmaking
  5. FILM 347Introduction to 3D Animation
  6. FILM 509Senior Project I
  7. FILM 510Senior Project II

• 7 courses deep, ending at FILM 465

  1. FILM 181Foundation Production: Nonfiction
  2. FILM 180Foundation Production: Fiction
  3. FILM 232Animation I

• 7 courses deep, ending at FILM 482

  1. FILM 181Foundation Production: Nonfiction
  2. FILM 180Foundation Production: Fiction
  3. FILM 232Animation I

• 7 courses deep, ending at FILM 498

  1. FILM 181Foundation Production: Nonfiction
  2. FILM 180Foundation Production: Fiction
  3. FILM 232Animation I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FILM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FILM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FILM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UW-Milwaukee campus feed.