<p>My son is a crit studies major, and he took several of those courses freshman and sophomore years, plus he managed to get into a few upper level classes with names like “Motion Picture Camera” and “Special Effects” in sophomore year. He started the production sequence with everyone else, in spring of sophomore year. He had raced through a bunch of the GE’s in Thematic Option, but still hasn’t started the language requirements. In short, he got to be heavily involved in film waaay before we expected, and has been in hog heaven :)</p>