Departmental Notes
For course descriptions and pre-requisite information click on the subject column next to the appropriate catalog number.
THIS DEPARTMENT ENFORCES UNDERGRADUATE PREREQUISITES. Please note that the registration system may not factor in transfer work when determining if prerequisites have been met. If you are unable to register for a course and think you have met the prerequisite(s), please contact an advisor from this department to inquire about obtaining a permission code. You may be administratively dropped from a course if the prerequisite has not been met.
Attention: Classroom assignments may change between the time you
register and when classes begin. Please check your class schedule for the latest classroom location
information before attending class.
FILM 1110 - 001 Intro To Film & Media
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section. This is a Hybrid course, which uses a mixture of online, face-to-face, and technology enhanced instruction. The course fee covers digital course materials through the Instant Access program. Students may request to opt out here: https://portal.verba.io/utah/login
FILM 1110 - 001 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number:
- Instructor: Cunningham, Douglas
- Component: Lecture
- Type: Hybrid
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 4
This course requires registration for a lab and/or discussion section. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent lab and/or discussion section. This is a Hybrid course, which uses a mixture of online, face-to-face, and technology enhanced instruction. The course fee covers digital course materials through the Instant Access program. Students may request to opt out here: https://portal.verba.io/utah/login
FILM 1110 - 003 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 003 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9486
- Instructor: Glenn, Devin
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 1110 - 004 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 004 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9487
- Instructor: MESHKATI SHAHMIRZADI, MARIA
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 1110 - 005 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 005 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9488
- Instructor: Glenn, Devin
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 1110 - 006 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 006 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9489
- Instructor: PYAKURYAL, MIHIR
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 1110 - 007 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 007 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9490
- Instructor: MESHKATI SHAHMIRZADI, MARIA
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 1110 - 008 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 008 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9491
- Instructor: PYAKURYAL, MIHIR
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 1110 - 009 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 009 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9492
- Instructor: TICKNOR, ERICA
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 1110 - 010 Intro To Film & Media
FILM 1110 - 010 Intro To Film & Media
- Class Number: 9493
- Instructor: TICKNOR, ERICA
- Component: Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 1500 - 001 Making Movies
Sections 002-007 are attached to this lecture. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent discussion section.
FILM 1500 - 001 Making Movies
- Class Number:
- Instructor: PECCHIA-BEKKUM, STEVEN
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 71
Sections 002-007 are attached to this lecture. Students will be automatically registered for this lecture section when registering for the pertinent discussion section.
FILM 1500 - 002 Making Movies
FILM 1500 - 002 Making Movies
- Class Number: 9471
- Instructor: Nie, Daisy Xiaoyu
- Component: Lab/ Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 1500 - 003 Making Movies
FILM 1500 - 003 Making Movies
- Class Number: 9472
- Instructor: LEAVY, MARK
- Component: Lab/ Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 9
FILM 1500 - 004 Making Movies
FILM 1500 - 004 Making Movies
- Class Number: 9473
- Instructor: PRICE, NORA
- Component: Lab/ Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 17
FILM 1500 - 005 Making Movies
FILM 1500 - 005 Making Movies
- Class Number: 9474
- Instructor: Nie, Daisy Xiaoyu
- Component: Lab/ Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 10
FILM 1500 - 006 Making Movies
FILM 1500 - 006 Making Movies
- Class Number: 9475
- Instructor: LEAVY, MARK
- Component: Lab/ Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 17
FILM 1500 - 007 Making Movies
FILM 1500 - 007 Making Movies
- Class Number: 9476
- Instructor: PRICE, NORA
- Component: Lab/ Discussion
- Type: In Person
- Units: --
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 17
FILM 2110 - 070 Film & Media until 1952
This class meets at the Sandy Center 10011 Centennial Parkway, Suite 100, Sandy. For directions call 801.587.2520 or visit https://sandy.utah.edu
FILM 2110 - 070 Film & Media until 1952
- Class Number: 16990
- Instructor: Cunningham, Douglas
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 17
This class meets at the Sandy Center 10011 Centennial Parkway, Suite 100, Sandy. For directions call 801.587.2520 or visit https://sandy.utah.edu
FILM 2115 - 002 Film & Media from 1952
FILM 2115 - 002 Film & Media from 1952
- Class Number: 9482
- Instructor: SINWELL, SARAH
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 40
- Class Number: 9444
- Instructor: PECCHIA-BEKKUM, STEVEN
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 5
- Class Number: 9483
- Instructor: WILKERSON, CONNIE
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 3
- Class Number: 9484
- Instructor: PECCHIA-BEKKUM, STEVEN
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 2610 - 001 Intro to Animation
FILM 2610 - 001 Intro to Animation
- Class Number: 9446
- Instructor: EDWARDS, MICHAEL
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 4
- Class Number: 9416
- Instructor: EDWARDS, MICHAEL
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 2650 - 001 Storyboarding
FILM 2650 - 001 Storyboarding
- Class Number: 9445
- Instructor: GLASS, KOHL
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 3100 - 001 Intro to Doc Studies
FILM 3100 - 001 Intro to Doc Studies
- Class Number: 9437
- Instructor: MKRTICHIAN, EMILY
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 4
FILM 3250 - 001 Indian Cinema
FILM 3250 - 001 Indian Cinema
- Class Number: 9426
- Instructor: NAYAR, SHEILA
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 13
- Class Number: 9443
- Instructor: LIPPARD, CHRIS C
- Component: Seminar
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 19
The course fee covers digital course materials through the Instant Access program. Students may request to opt out here: https://portal.verba.io/utah/login
- Class Number: 9454
- Instructor: WILKERSON, CONNIE
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
The course fee covers digital course materials through the Instant Access program. Students may request to opt out here: https://portal.verba.io/utah/login
FILM 3420 - 001 Sound for Film
FILM 3420 - 001 Sound for Film
- Class Number: 9440
- Instructor: REO, ATTICUS
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 3520 - 001 Soc Justice Documentary
FILM 3520 - 001 Soc Justice Documentary
- Class Number: 9462
- Instructor: MKRTICHIAN, EMILY
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 8
- Class Number: 9396
- Instructor: WILKERSON, CONNIE
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 3560 - 001 Grip & Lighting
FILM 3560 - 001 Grip & Lighting
- Class Number: 9463
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, MIRIAM
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
- Class Number: 9464
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, SONIA
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 3580 - 001 Color Grading
FILM 3580 - 001 Color Grading
- Class Number: 9469
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, SONIA
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
- Class Number: 19131
- Instructor: EDWARDS, MICHAEL
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
PRODUCING THE UNDERGRADUATE FILM MAGAZINE - Reading- and writing-intensive online course in which students serve as the editorial board of an internationally distributed undergraduate film magazine, Film Matters. Students develop their writing/editing skills and gain professionalization experience in the world of media publishing, while reviewing external submissions and crafting original content for each assigned issue.
- Class Number: 19137
- Instructor: PALMER, LIZA
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: Online
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
PRODUCING THE UNDERGRADUATE FILM MAGAZINE - Reading- and writing-intensive online course in which students serve as the editorial board of an internationally distributed undergraduate film magazine, Film Matters. Students develop their writing/editing skills and gain professionalization experience in the world of media publishing, while reviewing external submissions and crafting original content for each assigned issue.
Students learn to create multi-channel films and immersive video installations designed for gallery spaces rather than cinemas, exploring how moving images tell stories through loops, multiple screens, and viewer interaction. The semester culminates with students transforming the Film & Media Arts building into a public exhibition space for their work.
- Class Number: 9456
- Instructor: COLLINS, KENNETH
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 3
Students learn to create multi-channel films and immersive video installations designed for gallery spaces rather than cinemas, exploring how moving images tell stories through loops, multiple screens, and viewer interaction. The semester culminates with students transforming the Film & Media Arts building into a public exhibition space for their work.
Students discover how experimental processes such as formal constraints, chance operations, and the appropriation of found footage can generate breakthroughs in their creative practice. Through hands-on experiments students will develop new methodologies that embrace unexpected outcomes as valuable discoveries. The course culminates in a portfolio of four experimental works by each student that challenge conventional production methods.
- Class Number: 9457
- Instructor: COLLINS, KENNETH
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 11
Students discover how experimental processes such as formal constraints, chance operations, and the appropriation of found footage can generate breakthroughs in their creative practice. Through hands-on experiments students will develop new methodologies that embrace unexpected outcomes as valuable discoveries. The course culminates in a portfolio of four experimental works by each student that challenge conventional production methods.
FILM 3945 - 003 Art of Rewriting
To register for this course, complete the survey found here: https://utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3pUWQmZWse1XL9A Refinement of a narrative screenplay. Course focuses on transforming the first draft of a feature script into a work that is ready to disseminate professionally or produce. Students must have a completed screenplay that they plan to rewrite in order to take the class. Required Text — Screenwriting is Rewriting (Jack Epps Jr.)
FILM 3945 - 003 Art of Rewriting
- Class Number: 9458
- Instructor: PALMER, HUBBEL
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
To register for this course, complete the survey found here: https://utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3pUWQmZWse1XL9A Refinement of a narrative screenplay. Course focuses on transforming the first draft of a feature script into a work that is ready to disseminate professionally or produce. Students must have a completed screenplay that they plan to rewrite in order to take the class. Required Text — Screenwriting is Rewriting (Jack Epps Jr.)
FILM 3945 - 004 Making Micro-Budget Movie
FILM 3945 - 004 Making Micro-Budget Movie
- Class Number: 9459
- Instructor: HARRIS, TRENT
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 4
- Class Number: 9442
- Instructor: HOPKINS, KERRI
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 15
FILM 4520 - 001 16mm Cinematography
FILM 4520 - 001 16mm Cinematography
- Class Number: 9438
- Instructor: HANSON, KEVIN
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
Ready to take your filmmaking to the next level? Join two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DGA Award-winning filmmaker Erika Cohn (In Football We Trust, The Judge, Belly of the Beast) for FILM 4580-001: Producing Indie Film, Spring 2026. Get an inside look at the art and business of independent producing — from short films to successful features. Learn real-world strategies for development, packaging, pitching, funding, festival planning, distribution, and career-building. You’ll workshop your own projects in a collaborative, executive-style environment and leave with a production-ready package: polished script, schedule, budget, pitch, and fundraising deck. Plus, gain an exclusive behind-the-scenes perspective as Erika shares insights from every phase of her filmmaking process — from concept to release.
- Class Number: 19393
- Instructor: COHN, ERIKA
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 2
Ready to take your filmmaking to the next level? Join two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DGA Award-winning filmmaker Erika Cohn (In Football We Trust, The Judge, Belly of the Beast) for FILM 4580-001: Producing Indie Film, Spring 2026. Get an inside look at the art and business of independent producing — from short films to successful features. Learn real-world strategies for development, packaging, pitching, funding, festival planning, distribution, and career-building. You’ll workshop your own projects in a collaborative, executive-style environment and leave with a production-ready package: polished script, schedule, budget, pitch, and fundraising deck. Plus, gain an exclusive behind-the-scenes perspective as Erika shares insights from every phase of her filmmaking process — from concept to release.
FILM 4820 - 001 Screenwriting
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FILM 4820 - 001 Screenwriting
- Class Number: 9409
- Instructor: PALMER, HUBBEL
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 1
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FILM 4820 - 002 Screenwriting
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FILM 4820 - 002 Screenwriting
- Class Number: 9410
- Instructor: BOYER, SAM
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 2
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FILM 4820 - 003 Screenwriting
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FILM 4820 - 003 Screenwriting
- Class Number: 9411
- Instructor: SMITH, ALEX B
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 2
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FILM 4860 - 001 Adv Film/TV Acting
FILM 4860 - 001 Adv Film/TV Acting
- Class Number: 9506
- Instructor: WHEELER-NICHOLSON, DANA
- Component: Activity
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
Please email kevin.hanson@utah.edu for permission to register. Film 4520 16mm Cinematography is a prerequisite for this course.
- Class Number: 9384
- Instructor: HANSON, KEVIN
- Component: Special Projects
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 11
Please email kevin.hanson@utah.edu for permission to register. Film 4520 16mm Cinematography is a prerequisite for this course.
- Class Number: 9466
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, MIRIAM
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 5.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 6412 - 001 Editing
FILM 6412 - 001 Editing
- Class Number: 9455
- Instructor: WILKERSON, CONNIE
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 6420 - 001 Sound for Film & DM
FILM 6420 - 001 Sound for Film & DM
- Class Number: 9439
- Instructor: REO, ATTICUS
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 5
FILM 6502 - 001 First Year Film II
FILM 6502 - 001 First Year Film II
- Class Number: 9479
- Instructor: SMITH, ALEX B
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 4
FILM 6520 - 001 16mm Cinematography
FILM 6520 - 001 16mm Cinematography
- Class Number: 19235
- Instructor: HANSON, KEVIN
- Component: Workshop
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 1
FILM 6570 - 001 Produc & Directing II
FILM 6570 - 001 Produc & Directing II
- Class Number: 9467
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, MIRIAM
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 5.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 2
FILM 6575 - 001 Grip and Lighting
FILM 6575 - 001 Grip and Lighting
- Class Number: 19874
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, MIRIAM
- Component: Studio
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 6580 - 002 Producing Indie Film
FILM 6580 - 002 Producing Indie Film
- Class Number: 19518
- Instructor: COHN, ERIKA
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 3.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 6595 - 001 Second Year Film II
FILM 6595 - 001 Second Year Film II
- Class Number: 9478
- Instructor: SMITH, ALEX B
- Component: Workshop
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 2
FILM 6820 - 001 Screenwriting I
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FILM 6820 - 001 Screenwriting I
- Class Number: 9412
- Instructor: PALMER, HUBBEL
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: No
- Seats Available: 0
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FILM 6820 - 002 Screenwriting I
FILM 6820 - 002 Screenwriting I
- Class Number: 19262
- Instructor: BOYER, SAM
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
FILM 6820 - 003 Screenwriting I
FILM 6820 - 003 Screenwriting I
- Class Number: 9413
- Instructor: SMITH, ALEX B
- Component: Lecture
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 2
FILM 6945 - 001 Color Grading
FILM 6945 - 001 Color Grading
- Class Number: 9460
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, SONIA
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 2
- Class Number: 17841
- Instructor: COLLINS, KENNETH
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
- Class Number: 19139
- Instructor: ALBERT SOBRINO, SONIA
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 0
- Class Number: 17842
- Instructor: COLLINS, KENNETH
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 2
- Class Number: 19236
- Instructor: HANSON, KEVIN
- Component: Special Topics
- Type: In Person
- Units: 4.0
- Requisites: Yes
- Wait List: Yes
- Seats Available: 3