To graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College, Film/Video Department students are required to take 120 credit hours as follows:

• 60 credits to fulfill the Film/Video requirements

• 48 credits to fulfill general education requirements
• 16 credits of college wide electives. These can be made up of additional film courses, additional general education courses and/or any other course offered at Columbia College.

The 60 (minimum) credits in the Film/Video department are broken down as follows:

• 24 credits of department Core classes.
• 36 or more credits as follows:

• for a Major with Concentration (such as directing, cinematography, editing, screenwriting etc) student follows the concentration’s requirements for a total of 60 (+) F/V credits.

• for a Major without Concentration student may take 36 hours from any available Film/Video classes for a total of 60 (+) F/V credits.

Note: Where places in specialty Concentration classes are limited, priority may be accorded to Majors with Concentration.