Film Studies, Minor

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Required Credit Hours: 18

At Least Nine Credit Hours in Required Courses:

FILM 150W - Introduction to Film Studies (4) or
FILM 250 - Introduction to Film Studies (4)
FILM 251 - World Cinema Before TV (1895-1955) (3)
FILM 306 - Video Production (3)

Or One Course Chosen From the Following:

ART 211 - Two-Dimensional Foundations (3) or
ART 212 - Three-Dimensional Foundations (3)
ENGL 212 - Introduction to Creative Writing (2) or any advanced creative writing course.
MUSC 207 - Independent Composition I (4)
MUSC 281 - Introduction to Computer Music and Electroacoustics (4)
MUSC 365 - Topics in Music (4)
THEA 152W - Freshman Seminar: Introduction to Theatre (4)
THEA 206 - Makeup (2)
THEA 301
THEA 303
* THEA 317 - Fundamentals of Playwriting (3)
THEA 318

Nine Credit Hours in Elective Courses:

Taken after consultation with a member of the Advisory Committee. Courses might include the following:

AMST 202 - Introduction to American Studies: Cinema and the Modernization of U.S. Culture, 1914-1945 (4)
ANTH 348 - Japanese Values Through Literature and Film (3)
CHIN 280 - East Asian Cultures Through Film (3)
JAPN 280 - East Asian Cultures Through Film (3)
CHIN 360 - Introduction to Chinese Cinema (3)
FILM 350 - Documentary (3)
FREN 310 - French Cinema (3) (taught in French)
FREN 393 - Topics in French/Francophone Cinema (3) (taught in French)
GRMN 220 - Survey of German Cinema. Taught in English (3)
GRMN 424 - The Holocaust in German Literature and Film (3)
HISP 320 - Topics in Hispanic Cinema (3)
HISP 383 - Issues in Visual Culture (3)
HISP 417 - Hispanic Cinema (3) (taught in Spanish)
ITAL 310 - Italian Cinema and Post-War Italian Culture (In English) (3-4)
JAPN 311 - Japanese Cinema (3)
MUSC 375 - Music and Film (4)
RUSN 309 - Topics in Russian Cinema (Taught in English) (3)
RUSN 380 - Russian Cinema: ‘The Most Important Art’ (Taught In English) (4)
FILM 480 - Independent Study (1-3)
FILM 498 - Internship (1-3)
And special topics courses as appropriate.

Note:

All courses listed above are taught in English unless otherwise noted.

No more than two courses from the department or program in which the student majors may be counted toward the Film Studies minor; in the case of students majoring in interdisciplinary programs, no more than two courses being counted toward the major may be counted toward the Film minor as well.