FILM at Western Kentucky 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 FILM coursework.

• FILM 202Basic Film Production 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 30 courses (10 directly)
• FILM 250Screenwriting Iopens 8 courses (4.5 directly)
• FILM 282Film Production Workshop I 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)opens 7 courses (5 directly)
• BCOM 366Editing I 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 6 courses (4 directly)
• FILM 256Film Editing Iopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• FILM 369Introduction to World Cinemaopens 2 courses (2 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 52 FILM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 6 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.

• 6 courses deep, ending at FILM 444

  1. FILM 100Film Industry and Aesthetics
  2. FILM 202Basic Film Production 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. FILM 282Film Production Workshop I 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
  4. FILM 376Cinematography 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  5. FILM 482Film Production Workshop III 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
  6. FILM 444Film Industry Launch

• 6 courses deep, ending at FILM 493

  1. FILM 100Film Industry and Aesthetics
  2. FILM 202Basic Film Production 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. FILM 256Film Editing I

• 5 courses deep, ending at FILM 490

  1. FILM 100Film Industry and Aesthetics
  2. FILM 202Basic Film Production 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. FILM 290Practicum: Pre-Production I

• 5 courses deep, ending at FILM 491

  1. FILM 100Film Industry and Aesthetics
  2. FILM 202Basic Film Production 3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. FILM 291Practicum: Below-the-Line I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FILM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FILM yet.

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Department events

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