USC School of Cinema-Television he USC School of Cinema-Television offers undergraduate and graduate-level programs in production, critical studies, animation, writing for screen and television and producing. TThe school educates students in the aesthetic and technical values of the medium through course work, production activities and research. All members of the full-time cinema-television faculty have been or are working professionals in their respective fields; most have years of full-time professional experience. Each year a number of adjunct faculty from the Los Angeles film and television industries participate in all programs. Students at the USC School of Cinema-Television produce over 234 hours of motion pictures each year and complete approximately 100 full-length screenplays. USC films made by students receive 150 awards annually from festivals around the world. USC cinema-television alumni are among the most successful filmmakers and scholars working today. Since 1951, there have been only two years when no members of the Trojan Family were nominated for Academy Awards for their work USC’s School of Cinema-Television is number one according to the rankings published in America’s in documentary or fiction film. Best Graduate Schools issue of U.S. News and World Report (1998). The Cinema-Television Library offers a comprehensive collection of books in English and substantial holdings in other languages. The vast collection of journals, unpublished screenplays and manu- script materials includes personal papers of industry figures from the silent years to the present and studio records from Warner Bros., MGM, Universal and other producing companies. The study cen- ter also provides student access to the school’s large collection of film and television materials in all film and video formats as well as to several thousand recent screenplays. 138 USC School of Cinema-Television Administration Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Chair: Joseph Adjunct Professors: Steve Albrezzi; Ioan Allen; Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D., Dean Andrew Casper, Ph.D. Isaac Artenstein; Rick Berg; Bruce Block; Bobette Buster; Chris Chomyn; Joseph Cohen; Office of Student Affairs Fran and Ray Stark Endowed Chair: Lawrence Cynthia Cohn; Vera Dika; Bob Enders; Nina Carson Television Stage GT 106 Turman, B.A. Foch; Greg Foster; Robert Gardner; Nelson (213) 740-2911 Gidding; Jean-Pierre Geuens; Lisa Gottlieb; Email: [email protected] Mary Pickford Foundation Professorship: Doe Peter Gould; Dianne Haak; Karen Halverson; www.cinema-tv.usc.edu Mayer, M.A. Lynn Hendee; Rowdy Herrington; Joe Hoffman; Joseph Janeti; Jeremy Kagan; Gabor Critical Studies Professors: Barbara Corday; Robert Estrin, Kalman; Randal Kleiser; Susan Landau; Dana Polan, Division Chair M.F.A.; John Furia, Jr., B.A.; Mark J. 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Miller, Berg; Becky Bristow; Tim Clawson; Ph.D.; Amanda Pope, B.A. Cornelius Cole; Sam Denoff; Michael Doban; Peter Stark Producing Program Richard Edland; Mar Elepano; Paul Evans; Lawrence Turman, Director Assistant Professors: Tom Abrams, M.F.A.; Peter Exline; Mel Ferber; Kathy Fogg; Dan George Lucas Instructional Building 302 Tara McPherson, Ph.D.; James Nathan, Gillman; Andrew Given; Charles Glenn; (213) 740-3304 M.F.A.; Paul Wolansky, M.F.A. 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Ross/Time Warner Dean’s Chair in Emeritus Professors: Herbert E. Farmer, M.A.; Cinema-Television: Elizabeth M. Daley, Ph.D. Research Associate Professors: Syou Ling Fu, Trevor Greenwood, M.A.; Richard Harber, M.F.A.; Richard Weinberg, Ph.D. M.A.; Edward Kaufman, Ph.D.; Gene Hugh M. Hefner Chair for the Study of American Petersen, M.F.A.; Melvin Sloan, M.A.; Film: Richard B. Jewell, Ph.D. Wolfram von Hanwehr, Ph.D.; Daniel Wiegand, M.A.; Morton Zarcoff, M.A. Degree Programs The School of Cinema-Television offers pro- Bachelor of Fine Arts — Filmic Writing Marshall School of Business and the School of fessional and academic degree programs at This is a unique program designed for stu- Cinema-Television. Students successfully the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. dents who wish to receive intensive training completing the program receive a Bachelor of for non-fiction and fiction screenwriting. The Science in Business Administration with an Bachelor of Arts B.F.A. in Filmic Writing is granted through emphasis in Cinema-Television. The program Students can choose either a Film and the School of Cinema-Television and is offered to freshmen admitted to the Television Production or Critical Studies track. requires 128 units. Marshall School of Business as Business The degree is granted through the College of Scholars. See Marshall School of Business Letters, Arts and Sciences in conjunction with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration— (page 105) for course requirements. the School of Cinema-Television. The B.A. Entertainment Management degree requires 128 units. Entertainment Management is a joint pro- gram consisting of courses offered by both the General Requirements 139 Master of Arts, Cinema-Television Doctor of Philosophy, Cinema-Television: Critical Minor in Film, Video and Computer Animation This degree, which allows a track in Critical Studies The minor in animation offers students an Studies, is granted by the Graduate School in The Ph.D. is based on a program of study introduction to the theory and practice of ani- conjunction with the School of Cinema- and research culminating in the completion mation, including its relationship to the histo- Television. The Critical Studies track of a dissertation in the major field of study. A ry of art and cinema, creative writing, and requires 32 units. minimum of 64 semester units (exclusive of basic film production. It provides students dissertation registration) beyond the bac- with an opportunity to create both personal Master of Fine Arts, Cinema-Television calaureate is required. Applicants who have and collaborative work in a wide range of The School of Cinema-Television offers this completed a Master of Arts degree in genres, from traditional character to contem- professional degree in two tracks: Film and Cinema-Television, or a closely related field, porary experimental and computer animation. Television Production and Writing for Screen may apply to the Ph.D. program. The doctor- The program requires 32 units. and Television. The Writing for Screen and al degree is granted by the Graduate School Television track requires 42 units and the in conjunction with the School of Cinema- Minor in Performing Arts Film and Television Production track requires Television. The minor in performing arts provides an 40 units. interdisciplinary inquiry into the nature and Cinema-Television Minor aesthetics of the performing arts. It combines Master of Fine Arts, Film, Video and Computer A minor in cinema-television is available to the disciplines of cinema-television, dance, Animation USC undergraduate students in all schools music and theatre. The minor is a unique This program requires 50 units. and departments. The minor provides the course of study that looks at how the perform- opportunity for students to become familiar ing arts contribute to a culturally literate soci- Master of Fine Arts, Motion Picture Producing with various aspects of media study. ety. See the School of Theatre, page 756, for The Peter Stark Producing Program requires Admission to the minor program is granted in requirements. 44 units. the fall and spring semesters. The program requires 24 units. General Requirements Acceptance of Transfer Units Waiver of Course Requirements Grade Point Average Requirements The School of Cinema-Television does not Under special circumstances waivers and A minimum grade of C, 2.0 (A = 4.0), must accept courses taken in film and/or television substitutions are granted; check with the be earned in all required and prerequisite production at other institutions to fulfill CNTV Office of Student Affairs. All course courses in order to progress to the next degree and minor requirements. Basic film or waivers and substitutions must be approved course level.