Minor in Film Studies
The film minor consists of 18 hours. The requirements are as follows:
1. Film Studies 125 (Introduction to Film Studies)
2. One course in film theory: Communication Studies 242 (Communication, Culture, and Consciousness), Film Studies 201 (Film Theory), Philosophy 243 (Philosophy of Film), or Women's and Gender Studies 272 (Feminism and Film)
3. One course in Film Practice: Music 264 (Exploring the Film Soundtrack), Theatre 170 (Introduction to Film Making), Theatre 219 (Acting I), Theatre 227 (Screenwriting), or Theatre 230 (Play Direction)
Electives (9 hours)
Students must select three courses from the following list (note: Film minors are strongly encouraged to elect a course in foreign cinema):
AFRICAN AMERICAN & DIASPORA STUDIES: 150 (Reel to Real: Film Aesthetics and Representation)
ART STUDIO: 120 (Photography), 122 (Digital Imaging), 160 (Digital Art), 170 (Multimedia), 171 (Video Art)
COMMUNICATION STUDIES: 241 (Rhetoric of Mass Media), 242 (Communications, Culture, and Consciousness)
EAST ASIAN STUDIES: 212 (Exploration of Japanese Animations)
ENGLISH: 265 (Film and Modernism), 267 (Desire in America), 268a (America on Film: Art and Ideology), 268b (America on Film: Performance and Culture), 269 (Special Topics in Film)
EUROPEAN STUDIES: 235 (Filming World War II)
FILM STUDIES: 130 (Introduction to Documentary Studies), 201 (Film Theory)
FRENCH: 210 (French and Francophone Film)
GERMAN: 244 (German Fairy Tales from Bros. Grimm to Walt Disney), 270 (German Film), 273 (Nazi Cinema)
HISTORY OF ART: 272a and/or 272b (Survey of Film History I and II), 222 (British Art)
MUSIC: 183 (Music, The Arts, and Ideas), 264 (Exploring the Film Soundtrack)
PHILOSOPHY: 243 (Philosophy of Film)
RELIGIOUS STUDIES: 133 (Asia on Film), 229 (The Holocaust: Its Meanings and Implications)
RUSSIAN: 234 (Russian Cinema)
SPANISH: 226 (Film and Recent Cultural Trends in Spain)
THEATRE: 110 (Introduction to Theatre Production), 170 (Introduction to Film Making), 212 (Scenic Design), 213 (Lighting and Sound Design), 214 (Costume and Makeup Design), 219 (Acting I), 227 (Screenwriting), 230 (Play Direction), 271 (American Film Forms), 275 (Advanced Screenwriting), 277 (Advanced Filmmaking), 278 (Advanced Production Workshop)
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES: 272 (Feminism and Film)
Other courses related to film studies may also be counted as electives, subject to the approval of the director of Film Studies.