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Acting Cinematography Directing Editing Producing Production Design Screenwriting

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Acting Cinematography Directing Editing Producing Production Design Screenwriting

MFA MPT Outlines

MFA Motion Pictures&Television
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School of Motion Pictures & Television

BFA MPT - Acting

First Year - 30.0 Units

First Semester 12.0 Units

  • MPT_122: Voice 1: Singing
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_121: Acting for Actors
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_295: Successful Storytelling
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_235: Movement for the Actor 1
    [Major Required Course]

Second Semester 18.0 Units

  • MPT_210: Acting 1
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_222: Voice 2: Speech
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_123: Improvisation for the Actor
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_160: Acting Techniques & Processes
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course] *To be taken in Summer.
  • LA_108: Composition for the Artist
    [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement] *To be taken in Summer.

Second Year - 36.0 Units

Third Semester 15.0 Units

  • MPT_280: Acting 2
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_220: Introduction to Screenwriting
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_265: Movement for the Actor 2
    [Major Required Course]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
  • LA_120: Art History through the 15th Century
    [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]

Fourth Semester 21.0 Units

  • MPT_223: Advanced Improvisation for the Actor
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_299: Script Breakdown, Blocking, & Continuity
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • LA_121: Art History through the 19th Century
    [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]
  • (LA_202: English Composition: Creative Persuasion & Argument, OR LA_280: Perspective Journalism)
    [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement] [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]
  • LA_291: Designing Careers
    [Liberal Arts: Employment Communications & Practices requirement] *To be taken in Summer.
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course] *To be taken in Summer.

Third Year - 36.0 Units

Fifth Semester 15.0 Units

  • MPT_345: Acting 3
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_336: Movement for the Actor 3
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • LA_110: English Composition: Narrative Storytelling
    [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]

Sixth Semester 21.0 Units

  • MPT_365: Acting 4
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts: Historical Awareness requirement
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts: Comparative Ideas & Influence requirement]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course] *To be taken in Summer.
  • ***_***:
    [Art Elective 1] *To be taken in Summer.

Fourth Year - 30.0 Units

Seventh Semester 12.0 Units

  • MPT_466: Acting 5
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_468: Cold Readings, Auditions, & Portfolios
    [Major Required Course]
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts: Quantitative Reasoning Literacy requirement]

Eighth Semester 18.0 Units

  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • MPT_***:
    [Major By Advisement Course]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
  • ***_***:
    [Art Elective 2]
  • LA_***:
    [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course] *To be taken in Summer.
  • ***_***:
    [Art Elective 3] *To be taken in Summer.