2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University

Film
Minor in Film
Also see: Theatre Arts
Film Minor Advisor
Ann Alter
(707) 826-5495 / aea2@humboldt.edu
Department of Theatre, Film & Dance
Theatre Arts Building, room 20
(707) 826-3566
The Program
Independent filmmaking is the focus of both
the undergraduate film area and the masters
program (see Theatre Arts). We advocate
a hands-on approach, where students
are encouraged to experience film by making
films. Basic preproduction, production,
and postproduction skills are taught, with
emphasis on experimental, documentary,
and narrative forms.
Students fund their own films, though there
is sometimes a modest budget for class
projects. During fall and spring semesters,
students can apply for Answer Print Funds
(used for bringing 16mm films to completion),
based on the overall integrity and quality of
the film and the grant proposal.
The annual Humboldt International Film
Festival, produced and organized by students,
is the oldest student-run festival in
the world. Conceived in 1967, this annual
spring showcase brings to the university and
Humboldt County a week of exciting activities:
workshops with professional filmmakers,
screenings of international filmmakers’ recent
works, and opportunities for individual
sessions with visiting artists. The festival is
a juried competition attracting film entries
from all over the world. There are many
opportunities for student involvement in the
festival, including several paid positions as
festival co-directors.
This minor prepares persons for careers
using the basic skills of cinematography,
editing, directing, and sound recording and
engineering.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
F=offered fall only; S=spring only;
A=offered alternate years as funding
permits
Total unit requirement: 16
TFD 312 Cinematography I
TFD 372 Cinematography II [F]
TFD 394 Film Studies in Theatre Arts:
Film Festival [S, one-unit min.]
TFD 439 Audio Production I [F]
Two of the following:
TFD 305 Art of Film:
Beginning to 1950s (satisfies
upper division GE) or
TFD 306 Art of Film: 1950s to the
Present
[satisfies upper division GE]
TFD 313 Theory & Criticism of Film [A]
TFD 465 Film Seminar: Motion
Pictures [A]
Other recommended courses:
TFD 348 Writing for Film [A]
TFD 373 Cinematography III [S]
TFD 450 Audio Production II [S]
TFD 476 Film Directing [A]
TFD 477 Cinema Production Workshop
Additionally, special topics courses (oneor
two-units), offered as funding permits.
Past topics have included: Location Sound
Recording, African Cinema, Documentary
Editing, Lesbian & Gay Films, Beginning
Animation, Grant Writing for the Arts.
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Fire Ecology
Minor in Fire Ecology
Department Chair
K. O. Fulgham, Ph.D.
Department of Forestry & Watershed
Management
Forestry Building 205
(707) 826-3935
The Program
Required courses:
FOR 230 Dendrology, or an approved
course in Plant Taxonomy
FOR 231 Forest Ecology, or an
approved course in Ecology
FOR 321 Fire Ecology
FOR 323 Fire Behavior/Suppression
FOR 424 Wildland Fire Seminar
Plus one of the following:
FOR 307 California’s Forests &
Woodlands or
FOR 315 Forest Management
FOR 422
FOR 423
NRPI 430
RRS 306
SOIL 460
Wildland Fire Use
Wildland Fuels Management
Natural Resource
Management in Parks
Rangeland Resource
Principles
Forest & Range Soils Mgmt.
WLDF 300/300B Wildlife Ecology &
Management or
WLDF 301 Principles of Wildlife Mgmt.
WSHD 310 Wildland Hydrology &
Watershed Mgmt or
WSHD 315 Watershed Management
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2007-2008 Humboldt State University Catalog