Bachelor's Degree in Film Studies
Degree: Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
Major: Film Studies
Hours: 120
Film Studies Overview
Lamar University's Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Film Studies allows you to apply prior college credits, military training or vocational work experience to obtain a degree. This is a flexible, career-focused program that blends hands-on production experience with academic theory.
By enrolling in this program, you will have the opportunity to study, theorize and produce film and other media, gaining experience writing critically about aesthetics, culture and history. Upon graduation, you will have enhanced critical thinking, viewing and writing skills, as well as hands-on experience with valuable technological tools to advance creativity.
Film Studies Courses You May Take
Personal Productivity: Personal productivity is a course based on the FranklinCovey framework, designed to empower individuals to significantly enhance their personal and professional effectiveness by focusing on five key decision-making principles that optimize their time, attention, and energy. This course integrates theoretical foundations with practical applications to develop students' abilities to make effective decisions, manage time efficiently, and achieve sustainable productivity in both personal and professional contexts.
Psychology of TV and Film: Analysis of excerpts from popular TV shows and films probe how fictional characters and situations exemplify the significance of the unconscious to individual psychological growth and interpersonal relationships, using the depth psychology of Freud, Jung, Rank, and Von Franz.
The History of American Film: The history of American Film is a films studies course that focuses on the study of major developments in the history of american film. Because worldwide film movements have greatly impacted American films, certain landmark foreign films and movements will also be studied.
Media Theory: Storyboarding and lecture analyze classic theories by Balazs, Arnheim, Bazin, Kracauer, Kuleshov, Pudovkin, and Eisenstein. Film and TV examples include Citizen Kane, Metropolis, Beatles movies, Miami Vice, and Star Trek.
Pop Culture Theories: An introduction to popular culture-based theories with an emphasis on all forms of media.
Career Paths for Film Studies
Graduates of this program will have plenty of job options in different industries, whether it be film/television production, screenwriting, animation or becoming a critic. Other possible options are digital marketing, entertainment administration and art education.
Primary Careers
Producer, director, screenwriter, cinematographer, production assistant
- Film production
- Art direction
- Multimedia marketing
- Video advertising
- Film research and criticism
- Web content creator/editor
- Production companies
- Television companies
- Advertising agencies
- Print media producers
- Online media producers
- Schools and universities