Curriculum
Combining the strengths of Emerson’s renowned Visual and Media Arts program (consistently rated as one of the top 10 film schools in the country) with the studio art instruction from the Paris College of Art, this program offers a wide range of film and art practices.
If you seek a more studio-based education that incorporates design thinking with modes of expression in drawing, painting, mixed media and sculpture and hands-on media education in film and video making, digital arts, and new media installation, then this is the program for you. Below is an overview of the program curriculum.
Year 1
| Paris Fall | French | French-level TBD | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FILM-0120 | Media-based Writing | 3 |
| FLIB-1011 | Critical Thinking and Writing I | 3 | |
| FILM-0130 | Media Production I | 3 | |
| VMA131 | Approaches to Media Studies (Online) | 4 | |
| Paris Spring | FLIB-3400 | Topics in French Civilization | 3 |
| 2 | FLIB-1012 | Critical Thinking and Writing II | 3 |
| FILM-0210 | Color Photography | 3 | |
| FILM-0140 | Cinema Lighting I | 3 | |
| VMA134 | Media Histories (Online) | 4 | |
| Boston Summer | VM101 | History of Media Arts II | 4 |
| 3, 4 | VM230 | Introduction to Film | 4 |
| VM243 | Introduction to Narrative Drama | 4 | |
| VM376 | Introduction to Editing (Adobe Premiere) | 4 |
Year 2
| Paris Fall | FILM-0250 | Cinematography | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Studio Elective | Studio Elective (recommend Set Design) | 2 |
| FLIB-2004 | Liberal Arts - Science or Math | 3 | |
| FILM-0330 | Media Production II | 3 | |
| Paris Spring | FLIB-XXX | PCA General Elective | 3 |
| 6 | Studio Elective | Studio Elective | 2 |
| FLIB-1105 | Paris, Yesterday and Tomorrow | 3 | |
| VM250 | Intro Sound Principles and Audio Prod | 4 | |
| Well Summer | VM315 | TOPICS: Art History "Representations of the Cultural Other in European Art" | 4 |
| 7, 8 | VM331 | TOPICS: Practice "Art of Documentary" | 4 |
| TH372 | TOPICS: Art History "Storytelling in Drama" | 4 | |
| VM331 | TOPICS: Practice "Storytelling in Film" | 4 |
Year 3
| Paris Fall | FILM-0400 | BFA Project Conceptualization | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FILM-0410 | BFA Project Research Seminar | 3 |
| FILM-440 | BFA Project Management | 2 | |
| VM362 | Motion Graphics | 4 | |
| Paris Spring | FILM-0430 | BFA Project Production | 6 |
| 10 | Studio Elective | Studio Elective | 2 |
| VM221 | Writing the Feature | 4 | |
| Boston Summer | VM409 | Seminar: The Moving Image in Contemporary Art, 1990 - Present | 4 |
| 11, 12 | VM490 | BFA Workshop | 4 |
| VM437 | BFA Project Presentation | 4 | |
| VM420 | TOPICS: Simulating the Production House | 4 |
Total Credits: 128