Investigation on the Curriculum of Film and Television Major in American Universities

Let me introduce the general situation of the curriculum of film and television major in American universities, hoping to help students studying abroad. Want to know more about the wonderful content of studying abroad, and give you detailed answers. I. General education

Teachers who undertake the teaching tasks of general education courses must be professors and senior lecturers. In other words, the first year of undergraduate course needs a comprehensive knowledge base, and the most prestigious professors in various majors push students to the forefront of the discipline at once, so that students can plan what they want to learn. Although the fields involved in the core curriculum plan and the subject content of the curriculum are different, they are the same in emphasizing a specific way of thinking. In other words, no matter what classes you take, what you want is a relatively basic university-level education, which can open students' eyes. According to their own general education ideas, most universities organize one or more courses in different disciplines as core courses, requiring undergraduates to take compulsory or restricted elective courses. According to the provisions of elective courses in different disciplines, under the guidance of relevant teachers, students choose courses or courses with specified credits as the core curriculum plan according to their own learning foundation and hobbies.

Second, the core curriculum.

Even students enrolled in the same department or major at the same time have different core courses. For example, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) requires students to compulsory English composition and rhetoric, reading and writing; Take five courses of philosophy of art from four groups of nine courses; Choose three social science courses from three groups of sixteen courses; Choose two science courses from two groups of ten courses (no more than two in each group); Besides, I have to take three literature courses and a foreign language.

Generally speaking, American universities require undergraduates to complete core courses within the first two years after entering school, and then enter professional courses in the third year. Professional course plans are usually divided into two categories: primary professional courses and advanced professional courses. Before taking advanced professional courses, you must complete the credits or courses required by the primary professional courses. This is the degree awarding requirement of the film and television department of UCLA, which ranks first in American film and television major. After completing the core courses, students will take four professional preparatory courses, including American film history, broadcasting history, taking one other continental film history and one drama course. Professional study began in the third grade, mainly the basic courses of film and television production (compulsory courses and elective courses); The fourth grade focuses on one direction, and the department offers 26 elective courses in five directions: film production, television production, drama, animation and critical research. The requirements of film and television department of Tisch Art College of new york University are slightly different. First-year students need to complete the core courses of schools and colleges, and also need to learn seven courses in four directions: historical criticism, drama, technical production and production basis.