Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies

Outcomes

Students who major in CTEMS are expected to gain an appreciation of the aesthetic, formal, historical, political, thematic components of film and strong screenwriting skills and upon completion of the program, pursue further study at the graduate level or professional entry into the industry and create compelling stories for the medium. 

All courses in the CTEMS program are designed to support the instructional goals of the College, including developing critical thinking and effective writing and oral communication skills, value awareness, global awareness, computer literacy, and graduate education and professional preparation. They also embody the overall vision of the English Department that “a properly educated Morehouse student, trained through the medium of English, should read, write, speak, listen and reason with above-average skills and should understand and appreciate the ways human beings express themselves and their culture through literature and other arts.” Upon completion of the CTEMS program, students will understand the components of film and the process of shaping compelling narratives by moving from idea to the written page, and ultimately to the screen through the film production project in the last spring semester of the senior year.

Bachelor of Arts in Cinema, Television. and Emerging Media Studies

CTEMS is a highly selective and competitive intellectual and professional academic program with a limited admissions rate. Morehouse applicants who want to major in CTEMS must apply through a secondary application completed in the fall of sophomore year. 

Transfer students must apply during the fall application period of their last year at their current school.  Successful applicants generally have a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher. The quality and relevance of the applicant’s original written application and the academic record and program capacity  impact the admission decision.

Freshmen who plan to apply in the sophomore year will have a major designation such as undeclared-CTEMS intended or liberal studies. Applicants taking and passing introductory-level courses (e.g., Introduction to Film, or Introduction to TV) or any CTEMS elective open to multiple majors does not mean that a student is a major. Students may also apply to minor in the program during the fall application period of sophomore year and complete the designated part for the minor on the CTEMS application. The minor requires 18 hours. Minors do not take the screenplay courses, 365 Technologies in Storytelling courses, or the Senior Capstone Course.

General Education (Core) – 33-48 hours

Refer to the general education requirements for more information.

Cinema, Television, and Emerging Media Studies Major – 45 hours

• HCTM 235 Introduction to Film
• HCTM 237 Introduction to Television
• HCTM 255/258 Classic African American Cinema/Survey of African American Cinema (an additional one counts as a major elective)
• HENG 392 Creative Writing: Fiction and Drama (must be taken before or with Screenplay I)
• HCTM 300 Screenplay I
• HCTM 302 Screenplay II
• HCTM 303 Writing for Television
• HCTM 320 Film Criticism and Theory
• HCTM 325 The Great Films (Domestic and International)
• HCTM 348 Hollywood, Politics, Power
• HCTM 365 Special Topics: Digital Media/Technology in Film (Storyboarding, Editing and Photography for Film)
• HCTM 425 Senior Capstone: Film Production

Cinema, Television, and Emerging Media Studies Electives – Hours Vary

Sample of approved standing course electives include:

• HCTM 400 The Storyteller: Spike Lee
• HART 140 The Graphic Novel Art
• HENG 388 New Media Technology
• HAAS 210 Black Aesthetic of the 1960s
• HFLC 302 Chinese Language and Culture through Film and Literature
• HSOC 300 Gender and the Media
• HPSY 389 Black Men, Black Boys and the Psychology of Modern Media
• HENG 461 West African Fiction and Film
• HFLF 320 French Literature, Language and Culture through Film

Cinema, Television. and Emerging Media Studies Minor

Students may also apply to minor in the program in the sophomore year during the fall application period and complete the designated part for the minor on the CTEMS application. The minor requires 18 hours. Minors do not take the screenplay courses, 365 technologies in storytelling courses, or the senior capstone course.

The minor in CTEMS requires 18 hours. Students must complete the following courses with the required C or above: CTM 235, 237, 255 or 258, 320, and 325.