| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-22 | - |
| 2024-06-03 | - |
| 2024-08-19 | - |
Program Overview
The BA (Hons) Cinema program at San Francisco State University is a four-year program that combines cinema studies and production, offering critical analysis of films and technical skills in filmmaking. Core courses must be completed before enrolling in advanced courses. Filmmaking is time-consuming and expensive, with production courses requiring significant financial investment and limited enrollment.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The BA (Hons) Cinema program at San Francisco State University is a four-year program that combines cinema studies and production. The program emphasizes the critical analysis of films, covering a range of periods and cultures. It also equips students with technical skills in animation, filmmaking, and screenwriting. The program requires students to complete core courses before enrolling in advanced courses. Students should be aware that filmmaking is time-consuming and expensive, and production courses often require significant financial investment.
Other:
The School of Cinema enforces the completion of the core courses before enrollment in all other courses. Additional required courses may be taken once 200-level core courses are completed, provided the student is an upper-division cinema major. Students should be aware that filmmaking is time-consuming and expensive. Although course requirements seldom demand it, students often spend considerable sums of money on their film projects. Production courses require hands-on practice and experience; this necessarily limits the number of students enrolled in such courses.
