Requirements BFA | Comedy Filmmaking

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2024 through2025

Film and Television

About the Program

Comedy Filmmaking Concentration

Students majoring in the BFA Film and Television program are forbidden from double-majoring in the BA Film and Television program.

Curriculum Requirements

First Year

  • FILM 101
  • FILM 105
  • FILM 110
  • FILM 131
  • POST 110
  • POST 128
  • SCWR 101
  • SCWR 110
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110
    OR LSP 111
  • MAT 120
  • WRD 103
  • WRD 104

Second Year

  • SCWR 120
  • SCWR 151
  • SCWR 210
  • SCWR 250
  • SCWR 301
  • SCWR 302
  • SCWR 370
  • SCWR 374
  • SCWR 375
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 200
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry

Third Year

  • SCWR 352
  • SCWR 371
  • SCWR 373
    or MPOP 274
  • SCWR 376
  • SCWR 385
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Fourth Year

  • SCWR 372
  • SCWR 380
  • SCWR 381
  • SCWR 382
  • SCWR 386
  • SCWR 397
  • SCWR 398
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Major Electives

No major elective courses are required.

Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 192 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.


Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • Complete a minimum of 192 credit hours
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • Between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate Cum Laude
  • Between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate Magna Cum Laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate Summa Cum Laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.