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2022-23 Catalog 
    
2022-23 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Digital Cinema Minor


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.

Students are eligible (though not required) to enroll in Capstone to do a year-long project (6 credit minimum) if they wish to do a thesis in the Digital Cinema minor.

Program Prerequisites (6 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.

Upper Division Electives (12 credits)


Choose 12 credits from the following: