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As film students, filmmakers, and representatives of the IEMC Innovation Catalyst Team, we wanted to utilize resources from the undergraduate and graduate schools, the business school, and the law school to completely reinnovate the film program at our school. While certainly promising with its many incredibly talented students, it is still not quite on par with the programs of other universities in the greater Los Angeles area. So for our prototype, we decided to create a theoretical dream major, Cinematic Arts, and its would-be curriculm.
<span style="text-indent: 48px;">To begin, we looked at Pepperdine's exisiting undergraduate film programs, Film Studies and Media Production, and pulled all the courses with we thought were beneficial to film students. Next, we looked at the MFA Film Program, and added courses that we thought were essential to an undergraduate's education. Afterwards, we perused through course catalogs for the business and law schools. We were able to find invaluable courses in entertainment law/intellectual property from the law school. The business schoolis currently working on creating their own entertainment program, unfortunately, doesn't offer many promising from which we are planning to pull relevant courses for film students...yetonce the course list is made available to us. </span>
<span style="text-indent: 48px;"></span>Our prototype can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zevTEARG82uoHXz1bjjHQQRPmaHkb0BMi-EPuOCt-RQ/edit?usp=sharing&nbsp];
<span style="text-indent: 48px;">After we had drafted our prototype/proposal for the major, we met with three faculty stakeholders, two of which were Media Production professors. We also conducted a focus group comprised of current Film Studies and Media Production students. The feedback we got from both sides was invaluable, and really helped outline our next steps, which are summarized in the milestones below.</span>
<span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 10/28/17: Present completed proposal to the Executive Board of IEMC, with stakeholders' support.</span>
<span style="text-indent: 48px;">- 11/28/17: Make any adjustments needed, and either present to faculty stakeholders, or, if ready, present to Seaver Undergraduate Academic Council.<u></u></span>
== Enhancing Student Engagement ==