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Honours Majors

Students must complete the requirements of the Specialized Honours BA (cinema and media studies), the Specialized Honours BFA - Screenwriting or the Specialized Honours BFA - Production degree.

Specialized Honours BFA Program – Screenwriting

Students must complete at least 48 credits in Cinema and Media Arts, including:

Students must also complete:

12 elective credits chosen from the other departments in AMPD

6 credits from the FA/1900 3.00 series of courses, outside the Film major

18 credits of General Education courses: 6 credits from each of Humanities, Social Science and Natural Science (or approved substitutes)

6 credits non-AMPD electives

24 free elective credits

Specialized Honours BFA Program – Production

Students must complete at least 60 credits in Cinema and Media Arts, including:

Students must also complete:

12 elective credits chosen from the other departments in AMPD

6 credits from the FA/1900 3.00 series of courses, outside the Film major

18 credits of General Education courses: 6 credits from each of Humanities, Social Science and Natural Science (or approved substitutes)

6 credits non-AMPD electives

24 free elective credits

Specialized Honours BA Program – Cinema and Media Studies

Students must complete at least 48 credits in Cinema and Media Arts, including:

Students must also complete:

12 elective credits chosen from the other departments in AMPD

6 credits from the FA/1900 3.00 series of courses, outside the Film major

18 credits of General Education courses: 6 credits from each of Humanities, Social Science and Natural Science (or approved substitutes)

18 credits non-AMPD electives

24 free elective credits

Honours Minor

Students must complete at least 30 credits in Cinema and Media Arts, including:

BA 90 Credit Program – Cinema and Media Studies

[amended April 12, 2016, April 20, 2016, April 22, 2016, September 16, 2016, February 2017]

Students must complete at least 42 credits in film, including:

Students must also complete:

12 elective credits chosen from the other departments in AMPD including 6 credits from the FA/1900 3.00 series of courses, outside the Film major

18 credits of General Education courses: 6 credits from each of Humanities, Social Science and Natural Science (or approved substitutes)

18 free elective credits

York-Sheridan Joint Degree-Diploma in Film and Media Arts

This joint program provides opportunities for students in York’s Department of Cinema and Media Arts Honours degree programs and Sheridan’s Media Arts Program to earn an Honours degree and a CAAT diploma in five years. The joint program can be pursued in the following ways:

  • York Department of Cinema and Media Arts BFA Honours students concentrating in production may, after three years (90 credits) at York, apply to study for two years (four semesters) in the Media Arts diploma program at the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.
  • Sheridan students in the Media Arts program who have completed three years of approved diploma program courses with a minimum B average may, after three years of study at Sheridan, apply to enter the York BA or BFA Honours programs in Cinema and Media Arts and complete an Honours degree in two years.

Specific information on applications and program requirements can be obtained from the Department of Cinema and Media Arts at York (416-736-5149 or filmvideo@yorku.ca) and the Media Arts Program at Sheridan (905-845-9430 or infosheridan@sheridaninstitute.ca, website: http://www.sheridancollege.ca/).

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