Transfer Planning Guidelines
Cinema-related course transfer equivalencies are determined by the Cinema Department faculty transfer advisor during a new/transfer student orientation.
General Education and the Harpur College Writing Requirement
It is strongly recommended that students transferring from two-year colleges concentrate on fulfilling the SUNY General Education and Harpur College writing requirements prior to enrolling at Binghamton. For more information on these requirements, please contact Harpur Academic Advising. While completing the Cinema major you will automatically complete Gen Ed A (Aesthetics) requirement and at least one course in the Cinema major requirements (CINE 321: Film Theory) will help you complete the writing requirement.
Residency Requirement for Cinema Major & Minor:
- All transferred courses must have a letter grade of C or better (The department requires a grade of C or better in cinema courses counted toward the Cinema major & minor. No courses for the major may be taken Pass/Fail).
- A minimum of 6 courses in Cinema courses must be taken at Harpur College in order to qualify for the Cinema major.
- SUNY Broome Community College
The SUNY Broome course “COM 145: Contemporary Film Analysis” will be transferred for CINE 121, and "COM 205: Introduction to Filmmaking" will be transferred for CINE 252.
The following courses will be transferred for our 200-level Cinema electives (please note that students are required to take two 200-level Cinema electives for the Cinema major requirements and one 200-level Cinema elective for the Cinema minor requirements).
- ART/COM 112: Beginning Photography
- ART 118: Introduction to Digital Photography
- ART/COM: 212 Intermediate Photography
- ART/COM 222: Advanced Photography
- ART/COM 228: Animation I
- COM 125: Introduction to Audio Theory and Production
- COM 130: Introduction to Video Theory and Production
- COM 200: Image Theory for Film, Photography, and Television
- COM 210: Advanced Video Production
- COM 211: Digital Photographic Imaging
- COM 230: Motion Graphics
- COM 260: Television Production Practicum
- COM 265: Intermediate Television Production Practicum
- PT207: Digital Photography Practice
- Cayuga Community College
The Cayuga CC course “COMM 103: Introduction to the Moving Image” will be transferred for CINE 121, and "VP 101: Intro to Video Production" will be transferred for CINE 252.
The following courses will be transferred for our 200-level Cinema electives (please note that students are required to take two 200-level Cinema electives for the Cinema major requirements and one 200-level Cinema elective for the Cinema minor requirements).
- COMM 208: Video Production II
- TELC 105: Video Editing
- TELC 114: Lighting
- TELC 180: Video Field ProductionE
- TELC 190: Scriptwriting for Film & TV
- TELC 192: Script Analysis
- NGL 237: Film and Literature
- Mohawk Valley Community College
The MVCC course “HU 188: Film Appreciation” will be transferred for CINE 121, and "VP 101: Intro to Video Production" or "VP 102: Cinematography" will be transferred for CINE 252 (If you have taken both of them, we will transfer one for CINE 252 and another for a CINE 200-level Cinema elective).
The following courses will be transferred for our 200-level Cinema electives (please note that students are required to take two 200-level Cinema electives for the Cinema major requirements and one 200-level Cinema elective for the Cinema minor requirements).
- VP 201: Visual Effects in Video
- VP 202: Video Production Seminar
- PT 207: Digital Photography Practive
- Nassau Community College
The NCC course “COM 112: History of Film” may be considered as equivalent to CINE 121 following a review of the COM 112 syllabus and an interview with the faculty transfer advisor.
For transfer students wishing to receive transfer credit for production courses such as the NCC course “COM 107: Film Production I,” a portfolio is required. Media files or films must be sent to the department chair or undergraduate adviser for review. The role of the student in the production of these works must be clearly stated.
Deadline for receiving portfolio is Thursday of week before classes begin. The portfolio review committee of the department’s production faculty may award transfer credit for CINE 252, but they may also award partial credit and/or specify additional coursework at Binghamton to satisfy the program’s production requirements.
Other film courses from NCC may be approved for transfer as electives on a case-by-case basis.
- SUNY Westchester Community College
The SUNY WCC course “FILM 100: Intro to Film” or "FILM 110: Cinema Studies Honors" will be transferred for CINE 121 and "FILM 130: Digital Storytelling" will be transferred for CINE 252.
The following courses will be transferred for our 200-level Cinema electives (please note that students are required to take two 200-level Cinema electives for the Cinema major requirements and one 200-level Cinema elective for the Cinema minor requirements).
- FILM 101: Film 1895-1945
- FILM 102: Film 1945-Present
- FILM 103: Great Directors
- FILM 109: Film American Cinema
- FILM 113: World Cinema
- FILM 125: Writing for Film
- FILM 140: Video Production
- FILM 142: Video Editing
- FILM 143: Advanced Video Editing
- FILM 145: Documentary Video
- FILM 150: Film Internship
- FILM 160: Visual Effects
- FILM 220: Fiction into Film
- ART 129: Digital Photography
- ART 147: Digital Animation
- Monroe Community College
The Monroe Community College course “CIN 120: Introduction to Cinema” will be transferred for CINE 121 and "COM 150: Video Production I" will be transferred for CINE 252.
The following courses will be transferred for our 200-level Cinema electives (please note that students are required to take two 200-level Cinema electives for the Cinema major requirements and one 200-level Cinema elective for the Cinema minor requirements).
- CIN 222: Topics in Cinema and Screen Studies
- COM 203: Compositing and Visual Effects
- COM 204: Audio Production
- COM 230: Scriptwriting
- COM 264: Video Production II
- COM 267: Video Editing
