Augustana student wins award at Cedar Rapids Independent Film Fest
Matthew Chezum ’25, from New Windsor, Ill., won the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (CRIFF).
Film course catalog
2024-25 catalog
STACY BARTON, Associate Professor, Film Program Director
B.F. A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.F.A., Syracuse University
MAJOR IN FILM. 32 credits, including 200, 250, 300, 350, and 450 or 4-credit approved FILM-INTR taken in the senior year. An additional 12 credits must be taken from approved electives in two categories. 4 credits are required from the Critical Media Studies category, choose one course from the following: CLAS 250, CHST 260, COMM 240, COMM 260, COMM 340, FILM 100, FRST 248, GRD 392, GRST 353, MJMC 225, MJMC 301, MJMC 420, MUSC 131, PHIL 318, or SOAN 231. 8 credits are required from the Production Skills category, choose two courses from the following: CSC 150, ENCW 204, ENCW 304, FILM 270, FILM 420, FRST 248, GRD 374, GRD 375, MJMC 235, MULS 353, MUSC 133, THEA 240, THEA 242, THEA 314, THEA 315, THEA 410, 2 or 4-credits of approved FILM-INTR.
MINOR IN FILM. 16 credits, including 250 and at least one additional FILM course of the student’s choosing. An additional 8 credits must be taken from any remaining offerings in FILM, and/or from approved electives in two categories. Critical Media Studies category options include CLAS 250, CHST 260, COMM 240, COMM 260, COMM 340, FILM 100, FILM 200, FRST 248, GRD 392, GRST 353, MJMC 225, MJMC 301, MJMC 420, MUSC 131, PHIL 318, and SOAN 231. Production Skills category options include CSC 150, ENCW 204, ENCW 304, FILM 270, FILM 300, FILM 350, FILM 420, FILM 450, FRST 248, GRD 374, GRD 375, MJMC 235, MULS 353, MUSC 133, THEA 240, THEA 242, THEA 314, THEA 315, THEA 410, and 2 or 4-credits of approved FILM-INTR.
Film majors or minors who opt for an approved film internship must enroll in 2 or 4-credits FILM-INTR and complete 75 or 150 supervised hours with the employer. Approved film internships count as a 2 or 4-credit Production Skills elective toward the film major or minor. Approved 4- credit film internships completed in the senior year substitute for the 4-credit Senior Film Inquiry major requirement, if a Senior Inquiry course has been added to the transcript for another major. A total of 4-credits maximum of approved FILM-INTR can be applied toward the film major or minor. No-credit or partial credit internships do not count toward the film major or minor unless a combined total of 2 or 4-credits are completed. Credit-earning film internships can be paid or unpaid.
