This will depend in part on your own interests. Generally, however, once you have successfully completed the Prerequisite Core courses (CINE 200 and CINE 202), you should try to complete as quickly as possible the required Foundation courses as listed above.
While you are completing the Foundation course requirements, you should also be taking classes from a variety of 300-level Cinema courses open to you. In certain cases, some 400-level courses may also be taken prior to completion of the Foundation courses--see the Blue Sheet for details.
Once you have completed the Prerequisite Core and Foundation courses, you are generally free to pursue your own particular interests within the context of available courses and class requirements. There are no “tracks” or concentrations, as such. As long as courses are upper-division cinema courses, they can be counted toward the major, with a few exceptions (for example, variable topic courses such as CINE 344 and 401 can only be taken for a maximum of 9 units, as specified in the Bulletin).
Some students will focus on production, cinema studies, animation, screenwriting, or some combination of these emphases. Depending on the emphasis, certain prerequisites may be required before taking more advanced courses. For example, taking either CINE 354 or CINE 355 is a prerequisite for taking more advanced screenwriting courses, and CINE 310/316 is a prerequisite for most advanced production courses. For animation, see below. Because of the limited availability of equipment and spaces in advanced production courses, students are assigned to these courses through an Advanced Production Pool. See links to the right for details.
