Undergraduate Programs

Students are admitted to the Film School only in the Fall Semester. We admit a freshman class and a sophomore-in-college transfer class. Each fall, approximately 25 freshmen film majors merge with a class of approximately 5 transfer students, and begin the Film School seven semester production program. Freshmen spend their freshman year (the first two semesters) at Florida State University completing the university liberal arts requirements.

The Torchlight Program is a non-degree granting academic program designed to enhance the education of film students by providing instruction in current and emerging business practices of the motion picture industry.

The Film Studies minor offers students the opportunity to select a program of study that examines the many facets of American and international films. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows students to experience different approaches to film study: film and cultural differences, basic film vocabulary, film history, film and social forces, film genres, film theories, film directors, and film aesthetics.