FILM TV

Film and Television

162 courses on record · 13 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

162 courses

Lower division 17

Lower division courses in Film and Television
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
1A	Freshman Symposium	3.98 n=59	1 section
1B	Freshman Symposium	3.98 n=58	—
4	Introduction to Art and Technique of Filmmaking GE	3.80 n=3,178	1 section
6A	History of American Motion Picture GE	3.75 n=1,465	1 section
10A	American Television History GE	3.71 n=126	—
15	Introduction to Media Production	no grade history	—
18	Media Parks: Cinematic and Television History of Theme Parks	3.86 n=44	—
33	Introductory Screenwriting	3.83 n=2,924	1 section
34	Introduction to Television Writing	3.83 n=48	—
37	Writing for Television: Big Ideas for Small Screen	3.91 n=24	—
M50	Introduction to Visual Culture GE	3.70 n=341	—
51	Digital Media Studies	3.74 n=456	—
72	Production Practice in Film, Television, and Digital Media	3.85 n=96	—
75	Lighting for Film and Television	3.95 n=24	—
84A	Overview of Contemporary Film Industry	3.79 n=286	—
98T	Obscured Labor: Workers, Unions, and Guilds in Hollywood	3.77 n=16 small sample	—
98TW	Influencer Culture and Economy	3.89 n=21	—

Upper division 52

Upper division courses in Film and Television
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
101A	Junior Symposium	3.85 n=117	—
102A	Senior Symposium	3.98 n=100	1 section
102C	Senior Symposium	3.97 n=54	—
106B	History of European Motion Picture: Lecture 1 GE	3.60 n=368	1 section
106C	History of African, Asian, and Latin American Film GE	3.68 n=517	—
107	Experimental Film	3.61 n=201	—
108	History of Documentary Film GE	3.59 n=213	—
109	Advanced Topics in Documentary: New Documentary Forms	3.85 n=110	—
M111	Women and Film	3.93 n=15 small sample	—
112	Film and Social Change GE	3.52 n=406	—
113	Film Authors GE	3.68 n=146	—
114	Film Genres GE	3.77 n=509	—
M117	Chicanos in Film/Video	3.78 n=78	—
C118	Intermediate Cinematography	3.91 n=25	—
122D	Film Editing: Overview of History, Technique, and Practice	3.94 n=899	—
122E	Digital Cinematography	3.81 n=480	—
122M	Film and Television Directing	3.73 n=650	—
122N	History of Animation in American Film and Television	3.90 n=257	—
CM129	Contemporary Topics in Theater, Film, and Television: History of Black American Fashion from 19th to 21st Century	3.54 n=27	—
130	Introduction to Speculative Television Writing	no grade history	—
131	Introduction to Television Writing	3.86 n=11 small sample	—
134	Intermediate Screenwriting Workshop	3.58 n=24	—
135A	Advanced Screenwriting Workshop	3.87 n=11 small sample	—
135B	Advanced Screenwriting Workshop	3.84 n=11 small sample	—
135C	Advanced Screenwriting Workshop	3.77 n=10 small sample	—
C142	Digital Imagery and Visualization	3.91 n=9 small sample	—
146	Art and Practice of Motion Picture Producing	3.85 n=280	—
150	Cinematography	3.93 n=148	1 section
153	Motion Picture Lighting	3.98 n=83	—
154	Film Editing	3.96 n=114	1 section
155	Introduction to Digital Media and Tools	3.97 n=118	—
C157	Lighting for Film and Television	3.92 n=10 small sample	—
C158	Digital Workflow	no grade history	—
163	Directing Cameras	3.89 n=44	2 sections
175A	Undergraduate Film Production	no grade history	—
178	Film and Television Production Laboratory	3.93 n=129	—
C181A	Introduction to Animation	3.92 n=71	1 section
C181B	Writing for Animation	no grade history	—
C181C	Animation Workshop	3.95 n=25	—
183A	Producing I: Film and Television Development	3.98 n=629	—
183B	Producing II: Entertainment Economics	3.79 n=347	—
183C	Producing III: Marketing, Distribution, and Exhibition	3.98 n=445	—
184B	Overview of Contemporary Television Industry	3.97 n=145	—
185	Intermediate Undergraduate Film Production	3.93 n=43	—
C186A	Advanced Documentary Workshop	no grade history	—
187A	Global Film and Television Development	3.99 n=200	—
187B	Domestic and Global Entertainment Industry Careers and Strategies	3.98 n=353	—
187C	Scripted and Unscripted Series Development for Domestic and Global Streaming Services	3.99 n=298	—
188A	Special Courses in Film, Television, and Digital Media	3.93 n=500	—
194	Internship Seminars: Film, Television, and Digital Media	3.92 n=10 small sample	—
195	Corporate Internships in Film, Television, and Digital Media	3.97 n=55	—
195CE	Corporate Internships in Film, Television, and Digital Media	no grade history	—

Graduate 93

Graduate courses in Film and Television
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
201A	Seminar: Media Industries and Cultures of Production--Foundations	3.88 n=41	—
201B	Seminar: Media Industries and Cultures of Production--Transmedia	3.89 n=11 small sample	—
202	Seminar: Media Audiences and Cultures of Consumption	3.89 n=10 small sample	—
203	Seminar: Film and Other Arts	3.90 n=32	—
205	Seminar: Videographic Scholarship	3.92 n=10 small sample	—
206B	Seminar: Selected Topics in American Film History	3.93 n=15 small sample	—
207	Seminar: Experimental Media	3.94 n=16 small sample	—
208C	Seminar: Contemporary Film Theory	3.81 n=11 small sample	—
209A	Seminar: Documentary Film	3.66 n=12 small sample	—
209D	Seminar: Animated Film	3.89 n=22	—
210	Viewing and Reading Media	3.93 n=260	—
211	Seminar: Historiography	3.93 n=42	—
212	Cinema and Media Studies Graduate Colloquium	no letter grades	—
213	Capstone Seminar	3.94 n=34	—
215	Seminar: Text and Context in Intermedia Age	3.85 n=38	—
215A	Theory and Method: Academic Track	no grade history	—
215B	Theory and Method: Professional Track	no grade history	—
217A	Seminar: American Television History	3.82 n=15 small sample	—
219	Seminar: Film and Society	3.87 n=14 small sample	—
220	Seminar: Television and Society	3.94 n=17 small sample	—
222	Seminar: Film Genres	3.90 n=10 small sample	—
CM229	Contemporary Topics in Theater, Film, and Television: History of Black American Fashion from 19th to 21st Century	no grade history	—
274A	Research Design 1: Initial Research Design	no grade history	—
282A	TV Development 1	3.90 n=25	—
282B	TV Development 2	3.93 n=15 small sample	—
283B	Writing Half-Hour Comedy Pilot and Series Bible	no grade history	—
284B	Writing One-Hour Drama Pilot and Series Bible	no grade history	—
286	Television Speculative Script	no grade history	—
287A	Introduction to Art and Business of Producing I	3.74 n=29	—
287B	Introduction to Art and Business of Producing II	3.71 n=42	—
287C	Introduction to Art and Business of Producing III	3.96 n=28	—
288A	Feature Film Development I	3.97 n=44	—
288B	Feature Film Development II	3.92 n=15 small sample	—
289C	Independent Spirit: Creative Strategies for Financing and Distributing Independent Features	3.78 n=14 small sample	—
290A	Thesis Workshop 1	3.96 n=29	—
290B	Thesis Workshop 2	3.93 n=15 small sample	—
290C	It's a Wrap: Preparation for Your Entertainment Career	3.97 n=42	—
291B	Feature Film Marketing	3.76 n=19 small sample	—
292A	Overview of Network Television Management	3.97 n=90	—
294A	Contracts and Negotiation	3.78 n=29	—
294C	International Financing and Distribution	3.85 n=51	—
295C	Advanced Producing: Role of Successful Producer	3.95 n=21	—
297A	Digital Media Producing 1	3.96 n=33	—
297B	Digital Media Producing 2	3.96 n=32	—
298A	Special Studies in Film and Television: Visual Development for Animation	3.94 n=428	6 sections
375	Teaching Apprentice Practicum	no letter grades	—
400B	Introduction to Cinematography II	3.95 n=25	—
402A	Advanced Narrative Directing Workshop	3.77 n=10 small sample	—
C403A	Advanced Documentary Workshop	no grade history	—
404	Emerging Techniques and Technologies in Cinematography	3.92 n=10 small sample	—
411A	Modes of Making: Experimental	3.97 n=47	—
411B	Modes of Making: Documentary	3.92 n=47	—
412A	Tools and Techniques: Editing I	3.85 n=46	—
412B	Tools and Techniques: Documentary	3.88 n=47	—
412C	Tools and Techniques: Narrative Fiction	3.85 n=36	—
413	Themes and Issues: Foundations of Directing	3.92 n=53	—
413A	Tools and Techniques: Sound I	3.83 n=25	—
413B	Tools and Techniques: Sound II	3.88 n=25	—
413C	Tools and Techniques: Sound III	3.83 n=24	—
414A	Tools and Techniques: Cinematography I	3.85 n=25	—
414B	Tools and Techniques: Cinematography II	3.95 n=23	—
414C	Tools and Techniques: Cinematography III	3.80 n=22	—
415	Themes and Issues: Foundations of Directing	3.88 n=25	—
C416	Intermediate Cinematography	3.96 n=32	—
C417	Lighting for Film and Television	3.95 n=23	1 section
419	Advanced Cinematography	3.82 n=10 small sample	—
423A	Direction of Actors for Film and Television	3.89 n=17 small sample	—
423B	Advanced Direction of Actors for Film and Television	no grade history	—
430	Introduction to Film and Television Writing	3.81 n=108	—
433	Writing Short Screenplays	3.85 n=20	—
434	Advanced Screenwriting	no grade history	—
435	Advanced Writing for Short Film and Television Screenplays	3.86 n=12 small sample	—
438	Advanced Screenwriting: Rewrite	no grade history	—
440	Festival Strategies	3.96 n=91	—
C452C	Digital Audio Postproduction	3.91 n=22	—
453	Postproduction Sound Design: Lecture 1	no grade history	—
C454B	Advanced Film Editing	3.97 n=48	—
C454C	Digital Workflow	3.93 n=13 small sample	—
459A	Directing for Film and Television	3.94 n=29	—
C481A	Introduction to Animation	3.96 n=34	—
C481B	Writing for Animation	3.96 n=33	—
C481C	Animation Workshop	3.95 n=25	—
482A	Advanced Animation Workshop	3.89 n=18 small sample	—
483A	Advanced Computer Animation	3.66 n=15 small sample	—
483B	Advanced Computer Animation	3.76 n=10 small sample	—
484A	Visual Thinking and Organization for Animation	3.95 n=27	—
484B	Visual Thinking and Organization for Animation	3.97 n=40	—
488A	Interactive Animation	3.89 n=17 small sample	—
489A	Computer Animation in Film and Video	3.95 n=41	1 section
489B	Production in Computer Animation	3.94 n=20	—
495A	Practice of Teaching Film and Television	no letter grades	—
498	Professional Internship in Film and Television	3.97 n=88	—
596A	Directed Individual Studies: Research	3.93 n=15 small sample	—

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.