Program: Digital Cinema Minor - Southern Oregon University

May 03, 2025

2021-22 Catalog

(30 credits)

Non-majors may earn a minor in Digital Cinema. To complete the minor, students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.75 in 30 credits of Digital Cinema coursework listed below. All courses must be taken for a letter grade unless instructor permission is obtained. Students must meet all applicable requirements listed in the Minors section of this catalog, including the Minor residence requirement.

The Digital Cinema Minor is designed to serve students in a variety of fields. The minor is highly flexible to student interests. Students may choose to focus more on hands-on creative production skills like audio recording, videography, and video editing, or on storytelling, film analysis, the history of cinema, and film theory. After completing their 12 credit core, students may choose from any upper division Digital Cinema courses to fulfill their elective requirement.

Program Prerequisites (6 credits)

DCIN 101 - Production Tools 1: Audio 2 credits
DCIN 102 - Production Tools 2: DSLR Video 2 credits
DCIN 103 - Production Tools 3: Non-Linear Editing 2 credits

Incoming Digital Cinema students must either complete the full Production Tools Sequence of DCIN 101, DCIN 102, and DCIN 103, or apply and receive Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) for any courses not taken. To earn CPL, students must exhibit competency in three areas of technical skill: audio recording, DSLR video, and non-linear video editing. The CPL application for Digital Cinema courses involves both a multiple-choice exam and a hands-on demonstration of the applicable skills.

Students entering SOU with film or video production transfer credits from another university or community college should also check with an advisor to see if any of their credits can be applied as satisfying parts of the Production Tools sequence.

Required Core (12 credits)

Choose 12 credits from:
DCIN 200 - Storytelling Foundations 4 credits
DCIN 201 - Introduction to Film Analysis 4 credits
DCIN 202 - History of Cinema 4 credits
DCIN 203 - Digital Cinema Production 4 credits
DCIN 216 - Studio Production for Film & Television 4 credits

Upper Division Electives (12 credits)

Choose any 12 credits from the following:

COMM 326 - Multimedia Storytelling 4 credits
COMM 424 - Creative Entrepreneurship 4 credits
COMM 472E - Advanced Broadcast Journalism Production 4 credits
DCIN 301 - Innovations in Creative Media 1 credit
DCIN 313 - Design Problems in Sound & Light 4 credits
DCIN 321 - Cinematography 4 credits
DCIN 322 - Editing 4 credits
DCIN 330 - Great Screenplays Seminar 2 credits
DCIN 331 - Screenwriting 1: The Short Script 4 credits
DCIN 332 - Screenwriting 2: Developing Features & Pilots 4 credits
DCIN 333 - Screenwriting 3: Advanced Features & Pilots Workshop 4 credits
DCIN 334 - Directing for the Screen 4 credits
DCIN 340 - Entrepreneurial Producing 4 credits
DCIN 342 - Assistant Directing & Production Management 4 credits
DCIN 362 - Film Theory & Practice: the Script 4 credits
DCIN 363 - Film Theory & Practice: Documentary 4 credits
DCIN 364 - Film Theory & Practice: Narrative Cinemas 4 credits
DCIN 365 - Film Theory & Practice: Genre 4 credits
DCIN 366 - Film Theory & Practice: Auteurs 4 credits
DCIN 409 - Practicum/Internship in Digital Cinema 1 to 15 credits
DCIN 444 - Film Festival Programming and Promotion 2-4 credits
DCIN 450 - The Crew Experience 12 credits
DCIN 472 - Advanced Production Projects 2-4 credits
DCIN 472A - Advanced Documentary Production 4 credits
DCIN 472C - Advanced Promotional Production for Clients 4 credits
DCIN 472D - Advanced Short Film Production 4 credits
DCIN 472F - Advanced Virtual Reality Production 4 credits