Film, Media & Communication
Mount Saint Mary's College

Film, Media & Communication

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts in Film & Media

The Bachelor of Arts in Film & Media at Mount St. Mary's College offers early immersion in the technical and professional skills necessary to prepare students for careers in the film, television, and digital media industries. Through small class sizes, hands-on instruction, and one-on-one mentoring, students gain experience in the aspects of the development, production, and post-production of cinematic storytelling.

Required Core Courses

FLM 101  Introduction to Film
FLM 137  Screenwriting
FLM 140  Introduction to Avid
FLM 144  Cinematography
FLM 155  Protools Essentials
FLM 198  Senior Capstone Project

Plus 6 additional Film courses (18 units).
Total required unit in major: 36 


Bachelor of Science in Film, Media & Social Justice

Our Mount St. Mary's College Film, Media & Social Justice Program offers a strong liberal arts and social science educational foundation, in which the students learn the skills, equipment, and latest industry software to develop and produce media content that promotes positive social change. 

The foundation of this mission is rooted in the legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, founders of Mount St. Mary's College. Beginning in Le Puy, France, over 350 years ago, the sisters have served the world as strong social justice advocates and activists, working to improve the lives of the world's underrepresented populations and the most vulnerable among us.

Required Core Courses

FLM 101 Introduction to Film (3)
FLM 131 Film, Media & Social Justice (3)
FLM 132 History of Film (3)
FLM 135 Mass Media (3)
FLM 198 Senior Capstone Project (3)
FLM 197A Internship (3)
  or
FLM 176 Independent Project (3) *by approval of Program Director

Plus 7 additional Film courses (21 units).
Total Units Required for B.S. in Film and Social Justice: 39

Minors

Minor in Film & Media

 

Minor in Film, Media & Social Justice

FLM 101 Introduction to Film (3)
FLM 132 History of Film (3)
FLM 135 Mass Media (3)

Plus three elective Film courses (9 units).
Total units required for Minor in Film & Media: 18

FLM 131 Film, Media & Social Justice (3)
FLM 132 History of Film (3)
FLM 135 Mass Media (3)

Plus three elective Film courses (9 units).
Total units required for Minor in Film, Media & Socia Justice: 18

 

Minor in Music Scoring for Media

Minor in Multimedia Communication

FLM 139A Digital Video Production (3)
FLM 138 Audio Production

  or                                                (3)

FLM 155 ProTools Essentials
FLM 152A Digital Music for Media A (3)
MUS 135 Composition

  or                                                (3)

FLM 152B Digital Music for Media B

MUS 3 Music Fundamentals (1)
MUS 13/113 Instrumental or Vocal for Non-Music Majors
  or                                                (3)
MUS 115 Applied Music (for Music Majors)
MUS 134 Orchestration and Arranging (3)
Total units required for Minor in Music Scoring for Film: 19

SOC 30 Human Communication (3)

ART 15 Computer Graphics (3)

FLM 122 Public Relations (3)
FLM 154 Production Management (3)
FLM 157 eMedia (3)
FLM 147 Newscasting
  or                                              (3)
FLM 139A Digital Video Production
Total units required for Minor in

Multimedia Communications: 18

 

 

 

 



 

Optional Emphases for B.S. Degree in Film, Media & Social Justice

An optional area of emphasis is available, but is not required. An emphasis helps students focus their coursework in an area of special interest to them in preparation for their future careers. The areas of emphases are:

1) Film Production: Emphasizes building technical skills in the production of cinematic media.

2) Social Justice: Provides a strong social justice foundation using media to advocate for social change.

3) Film Marketing: Combines media education with business marketing skills.

4) Film Studies: Focus on academic analysis and appreciation of film and media.

5) Writing: Emphasizes fictional and non-fictional storytelling.

6) Producing: Focus on the budgeting, organization, and management of media development, production, and distribution.

7) Audio Production: Develops specific skills in recording, mixing, and producing audio for live performance, studio, music and cinematic applications.

Emphasis 1: Film Production

Emphasis 2: Social Justice 

FLM 137A Writing for Film (3)
FLM 139A Digital Video Production (3)

FLM 140 Introduction to Avid Editing (3)
FLM 143A Post-Production Audio (3)

FLM 144 Digital Cinematography (3)

FLM 154 Production Managment (3)

 

Plus 2 additional elective Film courses (6 units)
from list directly below.
 

Elective Film Courses for Production Emphasis 
FLM 119 Music Video Production (3)
FLM 123 Commercial Production (3)

FLM 138 Audio Production (3)
FLM 139BCD Digital Video Production (3)
FLM 143BC Post-Production Audio (3)
FLM 145ABC Animation (3)
FLM 147BCD Newscasting (3)
FLM 152AB Digital Music for Media (3)
FLM 153 Visual Effects (3)

FLM 155 ProTools Essentials (3)

FLM 156 On Screen Acting (3)
FLM 157 eMedia (3)

FLM 159 Video Game Design (3)

FLM 160 The Director (3)
FLM 176 Independent Project (3)
FLM 197BCD Internship (3)

 

 

 

 

FLM 142 Women in Hollywood (3)

FLM 124 Gender & Media (3)

SOC 1 Introduction to Sociology (3)

SOC 180 Social Stratification (3)

SOC 162 Human Rights (3)

 

Plus 3 additional elective Social Justice courses (9 units),
listed directly below, or by approval of the
Film Program Director.
 

Elective Courses for Social Justice Emphasis
FLM 125 Media Anthropology (3)

FLM 136 Disney Inc. and Mass Popular Culture (3)

FLM 139A Digital Video Production

FLM 171 Film Noir and the City (3)

FLM 177 Human Rights & Science Fiction (3)

PHI 167 Ethics and Film (3)

PSY 186 Violence Against Women (3)
PSY 139 Child Abuse and Family Violence (3)
PSY 144 Psychology of Prejudice (3)
SOC 161 Majority-Minority Relations (3)
SOC 163 Women and Children’s Rights (3)
SOC 167 U.S. Women of Color and Human Rights (3)
SOC 175 Urban Sociology (3)
SOC 185 Global Studies and Human Rights (3)
SOC 186 Immigration and Human Rights (3)
SOC 187 Environmental Studies and Human Rights (3)
SOC 190 Social Change and Human Rights (3)
SOC 191 Social Movements and Human Rights (3)

SOC 193 Chicana/o Identity in Southern California (3)

 

 Emphasis 3: Film Marketing

 Emphasis 4: Film Studies

FLM 146 Film Marketing (3)
BUS 160 Principles of Marketing (3)
BUS 161 Principles of Advertising

  or                                                     (3)

FLM 123 Commercial Production

ENG 107 Professional Writing

  or                                                     (3)

FLM 167 Screenwriting, Pitching & Packaging

BUS 122 Management Communications

  or                                                     (3)

FLM 122 Public Relations

BUS 15 Accounting Principles I

  or                                                      (3)

FLM 102 Film & Media Accounting

SOC 117 Quantitative Research Methods

  or                                                      (3)

FLM 124 Gender & Media

Plus one additional Film course (3 units)

             

Core major courses plus eight additional film history or genre classes (24 units), such as:

PHI 167 Ethics and Film (3)

PHI 175 Philosophy of Film (3)

FLM 124 Gender & Media (3)

FLM 125 Media Anthropology (3)

FLM 136 Disney Inc. and Mass Popular Culture (3)
FLM 142 Women in Hollywood (3)

FLM 158 Heroes, Villians, and Warriors (3)
FLM 168 People of Color in Film (3)
FLM 171 Film Noir and the City (3)
FLM 172 Crime, Deviance and Violence in Film (3)
FLM 177 Human Rights & Science Fiction (3)
FLM 178 Suspense, Horror, and Mayhem

  or by department advisement (3)



 

 

 

 

Emphasis 5: Writing

Emphasis 6: Producing

FLM 137AB Writing for Film A&B (6)

FLM 126 Basic News Writing (3)

ENG 107 Professional Writing (3)

ENG 106 Creative Writing

  or                                                       (3)

ENG 109 Writing: Voice and View 

ENG 124 Fiction to Film

  or                                                       (3)

FLM 167 Screenwriting, Pitching & Packaging

 

Plus 2 additional Film courses (6 units).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLM 154 Production Management (3)

FLM 160 The Director (3)

FLM 137 Writing for Film

  or                                               (3)

FLM 167 Screenwriting, Pitching & Packaging

FLM 146 Film Marketing (3)

FLM 122 Public Relations

  or                                                (3)

SOC 130 Organizational Communication

FLM 139A Digital Video Production

  or                                                (3)

FLM 147A Newscasting

BUS 15 Accounting Principles

  or                                                (3)

FLM 102 Film & Media Accounting

 

Plus 1 additional Film course (3 units).

 

 

Emphasis 7: Audio Production

  

FLM 119 Music Video Production

  or                                                     (3)

FLM 139A Digital Video Production 

FLM 138 Audio Production (3)
FLM 143A Post-Production Audio (3)

FLM 152A+B Digital Music for Media (6)

FLM 155 ProTools Essentials (3)

 

Plus 2 additional elective courses (6 units)
from list directly below.
 

Elective Film Courses for Audio Production Emphasis

 

FLM 133 Music, Culture & Broadcasting (3)

FLM 139A Digital Video Production (3)

FLM 143B Post-Production Audio (3)

MUS 3 Music Fundamentals (1)

MUS 13/113 Instrumental or Vocal for Non-Music Majors (3)

MUS 134 Orchestration and Arranging (3)

  

 

Recommended courses to be taken for General Studies credit by Film Majors 

ART 2

ART 5

Design 1

Fundamentals of Art

(GS III)

(GS VI)

BUS15A

Accounting Principles I

(GS VII)

ENG 124

ENG 135

Fiction to Film

Classic Films as Visual Literature

(GS III)

(GS III)

FLM 125

PHI 16

PHI 167

Media Anthropology

Philosophy Through Popular Culture

Ethics and Film

(GS VI)

(GS V)

(GS V)

PHI 175

POL 192

Philosophy of Film

Plays and Politics

(GS V)

(GS III)

RST 45/145

Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics

(GS V)

RST 146

The Catholic Justice and Peace Tradition

(GS V)

RST 50

Social Issues

(GS V)

SOC 1

Introduction to Sociology

(GS III, VII)

SOC 30

Human Communication

(GS I)

SOC 38

SOC 117

Statistics for Social Science

Quantitative Research Methods

(GS III, VII)

(GS VII)