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FILM - Film Studies Minor

Program Title

Film Studies

Program Type

Minor

Degree Designation

Minor

Department(s)

Program Description

Effective: Fall 2013

Modifications Made to Curriculum: Fall 2023

Requisites

Requirements for the Minor (24 credits)


Note: No more than two courses taken for this Minor may be counted towards a Major.

I. Core (8 credits)

Complete all of the following:

  • course - Introduction to Film Analysis OR course - Introduction to Film Analysis

  • course - Film History and Theory OR course - Film History and Theory

II. Production (4-8 credits)

III. Analysis, History, and Criticism (8-12 credits)

Courses should be chosen in consultation with Film Studies faculty in order to connect to the student’s area of interest.

  • course - Aesthetics

  • course - History of Photography

  • course - Early 20th-Century Art

  • course - Monsters, Gangsters, and the Great Depression OR course - Monsters, Gangsters, and the Great Depression

  • course - Contemporary Transnational Cinema OR course - Contemporary Transnational Cinema

  • course - Music and the Soundscape of Film OR course - Music and the Soundscape of Film

  • course - German Film in English OR course - German Film in English

  • course - Contemporary Italian Cinema OR course - Contemporary Italian Cinema

  • course - Contemporary Francophone Cinema OR course - Contemporary Francophone Cinema

  • course - From Book to Screen OR course - From Book to Screen

  • course - Thinking about Genre through Film OR course - Thinking about Genre through Film

  • course - Cinema and Social Justice OR course - Cinema and Social Justice

  • course - Filming American Feminisms OR course - Filming American Feminisms

  • course - Gender and Film OR course - Gender and Film

  • course - Cinema and the Critique of Capitalism OR course - Cinema and the Critique of Capitalism

  • course - North African Film From Decolonization to Globalization (in French) OR course - North African Film From Decolonization to Globalization (in French)

  • course - Cinematic Language: An Introduction to Spanish Filmic Discourse OR course - Cinematic Language: An Introduction to Spanish Filmic Discourse

  • course - Selected Topics in Modern Chinese Literature and Film OR course - Selected Topics in Modern Chinese Literature and Film

  • course - Gender in Contemporary Hispanic Fiction and Film OR course - Gender in Contemporary Hispanic Fiction and Film