Seattle Film Institute 2019-20 Catalog MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to SFI: The Big Picture Students come to Seattle Film Institute because they have a passion for film. SFI takes full advantage of its location in the heart of Seattle and is proud to be the only accredited film school in the Northwest and that it has prepared students for successful careers for twenty-five years. SFI’s programs feature a hands-on education where students learn real-world skills as they are guided by a mentor-based faculty anchored by experienced and working professional filmmakers who provide the foundation necessary to launch careers in today’s fast-paced film environment. SFI offers accelerated undergraduate and graduate programs with choices of on-ground, online, and hybrid schedules featuring: • Filmmaking • Digital Arts, Animation & Game Design • Acting For Film • Producing • Audio Production & Sound Design • Composing for Film At SFI, all of its diverse programs and its robust curriculum live together in one space. The Filmmaking students are across the hall from the Acting for Film students. The Composing for Film students meet up with film directors, sound designers, and editors in the lounge to talk around ideas. The Digital Arts, Animation, & Game Design students and Audio Production & Sound Design students are not only working on their own projects but are also working with the filmmaking and producing programs. Everyone at Seattle Film Institute is not only learning the specifics of their individual craft, but they are also learning and collaborating together—literally from their very first minute at Seattle Film Institute. This, then is SFI’s “secret” ingredient—a film school where the filmmakers, the actors, the producers, the sound designers, the animators and game designers, and the composers are all learning and working in an intensely collaborative and hands-on environment together at a school large enough to house a film studio but where everyone is together all in one building. Welcome to the Seattle Film Institute. David J. Shulman President Seattle Film Institute—Official Catalog: 2019-2020 1 The Online Catalog (OC) is the official Seattle Film Institute compilation for all certificate and degree programs. The OC is available at https://www.sfi.edu/admissions/catalog. The OC will serve as the basis for all graduate, undergraduate, and non-degree certificate program requirements for the academic year. Students must follow the catalog that was current at the time of their admittance for all program-related requirements. For current policy and curriculum requirements refer to the SFI online catalog. The production of a printed catalog will take place following the freezing of the OC for that year. The Online Catalog is issued on an annual basis. Current students (or any other individual) may obtain a printed copy of this catalog at the main administrative offices of the Seattle Film Institute. TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the President ...................................................................................................................... 1 About SFI ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 History ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Mission and Supporting Objectives ..................................................................................................................... 7 Licenses and Approvals .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Ownership .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Administrative Officers .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Articulation and Reciprocity Agreements ......................................................................................................... 8 Facilities ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Hours of Operation .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Class Times ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Seattle Film Institute Library and Learning Resource Center .................................................................. 10 Admissions ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Notice of Non-Discrimination ............................................................................................................................ 11 Certificate in Film Program Admission and Application Requirements ............................................... 11 Bachelor of Arts in Film Program Admission and Application Requirements ..................................... 11 Master Programs Admission and Application Requirements .................................................................. 12 International Student Admissions .................................................................................................................... 12 Tuition and Fees ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Refund and Cancellation Policy ......................................................................................................................... 13 Financial Aid ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Federal Loans ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Grants ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Federal Work Study .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Outside Scholarships ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Institutional Grants .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Veterans Educational Assistance Programs .................................................................................................. 17 Academic Policies and Information ...................................................................................................... 18 Academic Credit and Definition of a Credit Hour ......................................................................................... 18 Distance Education ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Class Size and Ratio............................................................................................................................................... 20 Course Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................................ 20 Course Challenge and Prior Learning EXperience........................................................................................ 20 Program Revisions and Course Substitutions ............................................................................................... 21 Course or Program Cancellation ....................................................................................................................... 21 Course Numbering System .................................................................................................................................. 21 Grading System ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Withdrawals ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 Course Incompletes .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Seattle Film Institute—Official Catalog: 2019-2020 2 Course Repetitions ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Grade Reports ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 Statute of Limitation on Grade Changes 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