Ohio University · Honors Tutorial College / School of Film

BFA in Film (Honors Tutorial College)

BFABachelor of Fine Arts, Film Tutorial MajorFunding not verified

Overview

A four-year Honors Tutorial BFA in film with six individual tutorials, film production and scholarship courses, a cognate minor, and a thesis that is a film or feature-length screenplay with a paper, or a major scholarly paper. Students are admitted only as freshmen.

Official program name

Awarded degree

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film Tutorial MajorBachelor's · Bachelor of Fine Arts

Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

School

Ohio University — Honors Tutorial College / School of Film

Location

Athens, OH

Delivery

On campus

Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Required attendance

Regular campus attendanceStudents attend classes on campus throughout the program.

Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Study intensity

Not published

Duration

Four years

Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Required credits

Not verified

Entry routes

First-year entry — Admitted only as freshmen.Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Fields of study

Field	Classification	Evidence
Film Production	Dedicated degreeThe degree itself is in this field.	Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Film Studies	Dedicated degreeThe degree itself is in this field.	Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Why this degree is listed

Separate BFA major in film offered through the Honors Tutorial College.

Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

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Curriculum, pathways and faculty

Thesis, film or capstone

Culminating requirementThesis: a completed film or feature-length screenplay with a scholarly paper, or a major scholarly paper.

Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other

Six individual tutorials, one per semester, in the first three years.
Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Faculty listed by the program

Faculty list: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Production costs and equipment

Production and equipment costs are separate from tuition. Tuition does not include cameras, crew, actors, locations, software or thesis-film budgets unless the school says so.

Equipment and facility access

Equipment loans: Student-run Equipment Room with over a thousand items (RED Scarlet, Sony EX3, Canon C100 and 16mm packages, dollies, lighting, grip and sound).
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Post-production: Post-production wing with editing suites available 24 hours a day; Avid Media Composer training.
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Facilities: Peterson Sound Studio for audio post-production, including Foley and ADR.
Source: ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Published production and equipment costs

Production and equipment costs: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

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Admissions

Each submission item is shown exactly as the school states it. Anything not listed is not verified — never “not required”.

Portfolio and submission materials

Material	Status	Instructions as published
Creative portfolio	Required	Portfolio of recent creative work.Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Writing sample	Required	Writing sample from a high school assignment.Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Other requirements

Recommendation letters: Required2 letters — Two letters of reference.
Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Interview: RequiredInterview with the director of studies.
Source: catalogs.ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Tests

Test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

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Deadlines

Dates are shown with the year and intake the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its applicant category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-year and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other. Production costs are listed separately above.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
In-state — Athens campus full-time (12-20 hours), OHIO Guarantee cohort entering 2026-27, Ohio residentFrom the school's rate table for this level	$7,401	per semester · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026
Out-of-state — Athens campus full-time (12-20 hours), OHIO Guarantee cohort entering 2026-27, out-of-stateFrom the school's rate table for this level	$13,288	per semester · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: ohio.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Funding

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable. “Fully funded” never means every personal or production expense is covered. How we classify funding

Funding not verified

Funding policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 12, 2026.

catalogs.ohio.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=107&poid=37226 — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 12, 2026
ohio.edu/bursar/ohio-guarantee/2026-2027 — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 12, 2026
ohio.edu/fine-arts/film/facilities — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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