Requirements BFA | Film & TV Production Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2024 through2025

Film and Television

About the Program

Production Design Concentration

Students majoring in the BFA Film and Television program are forbidden from double-majoring in the BA Film and Television program; as well as from minoring in Digital Cinema and Television Production.

Curriculum Requirements

First Year

  • FILM 101
  • FILM 105
  • FILM 110
  • FILM 131
  • FILM 170
  • FILM 171
  • FILM 172
  • ILL 200
  • SCWR 110
    OR MPOP 274
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110
    OR LSP 111
  • WRD 103
  • WRD 104

Second Year

  • ANI 220
  • FILM 173
  • FILM 250
  • FILM 270
  • FILM 274
  • FILM 279
  • FILM 283
  • POST 110
  • VFX 320
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • MAT 120
  • MAT 120


Third Year

  • DES 387 (2 credit hours)
  • FILM 174
  • FILM 271
  • FILM 272
  • FILM 273
  • FILM 370
  • GD 150 (2 credit hours)
    OR GD 151 (2 credit hours)
  • POST 128
  • SCWR 101
  • SCWR 120
  • VFX 324
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Experiential Learning

Fourth Year

  • DES 284 (3 credit hours)
  • FILM 210
  • FILM 371
  • FILM 398
  • Four (4) Credit Hours of Major Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Major Electives

Major Electives must be selected from 200 or 300-level courses in ANI, CP, DOC, FILM, POST, SCWR or VFX.

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.