Requirements for the Film Studies Minor (up-to-date as of Spring 2008):
Film Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of film through a body of courses that expose students to the cultural, political and social implications of this art form. Courses in the minor provide students with the critical tools necessary for both evaluating and producing film texts, and it prepares qualified students to choose critical and/or creative paths for further study or in a profession.
A minor in Film Studies requires a minimum of eighteen hours of approved courses. Candidates for the minor must complete Introduction to Film (COM 246) and Film Theory and Criticism (COM 311) and an additional twelve hours of courses from a list approved by the Film Studies Steering Committee: at least three hours from each of the designated fields of International Cinema and Production, and six hours of electives from any of the courses listed below. NOTE: students who have already declared a film studies minor have priority access to required film studies courses in the Communication department.
A NOTE ON COURSE SEQUENCING: Film studies minors should take COM 246 (Introduction to Film) as early as possible in their program, certainly by their junior year, because it is a prerequisite for COM 311 (Film Theory and Criticism), and the two courses may not be taken simultaneously. In fact, both of these courses should be taken as early as possible in the minor sequence because they provide an exceptionally good foundation for other film studies courses.
Please contact Peter Brunette (Art/Communication), Reynolds Professor of Film Studies and director of the Film Studies minor, for further information.
Required Courses
COM 246. Introduction to Film. (3h)
COM 311. Film Theory and Criticism. (3h)
International Cinema
ART 261. Topics in Film History: Survey of Recent Asian Cinema. (3h)
ART 261. Topics in Film History: Three Japanese Masters: Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu (3h)
ART 261. Topics in Film History: Survey of Recent European Cinema. (3h; spring 2008)
ART 296K (now 396K). Survey of International Cinema. (3h)
ART 296K (now 396K). Three Italian Masters: Visconti, Fellini, Antonioni (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Survey of International Cinema. (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Three Italian Masters: Visconti, Fellini, Antonioni (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Survey of Recent Asian Cinema (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Three Japanese Masters: Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Ozu (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Survey of Recent European Cinema (3h; spring 2008)
FRH 360. Cinema and Society. (3h)
HUM 252. Introduction to Chinese Film. (3h)
HUM 382. Italian Cinema and Society. (3h)
HUM 383. Italian Fascism in Novels and Films. (3h)
ITA 325. Italian Neorealism in Films and Novels. (3h)
ITA 326. Comedy in Italian Cinema. (3h)
ITA 327. Modern Italian Cinema. (3h)
ITA 330. Cinematic Adaptation and Literary Inspiration. (3h)
SPA 339. Introduction to Spanish Film Studies. (3h)
SPA 340. Film Adaptations of Literary Works. (3h)
SPA 366. Latin American Cinema and Ideology. (3h)
Production
ART 114. Digital Art I. (3h)
ART 214. Digital Art II. (3h)
COM 212. Introduction to Production and Theory. (3h)
COM 213. Media Production: Documentary. (3h)
COM 214. Media Production: Narrative. (3h)
COM 216. Media Production: Studio. (3h)
COM 310. Advanced Media Production. (3h)
COM 316. Screenwriting. (3h)
COM 370: Special Topics: Directing
THE 141. On-screen Performance. (3h)
General
FLM 101, 102. Internship in Film Studies I and II (1.5h, 1.5h)
ART 260. Classics of World Cinema. (3h)
ART 261. Topics in Film History (3h) (courses without international focus)
ART 396K (formerly 296K). Art History Seminar: Film. (3h)
COM 312. Film History to 1945. (3h)
COM 313. Film History since 1945. (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: American Independent Cinema. (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Reading Television. (3h)
COM 370. Special Topics: Culture and the Sitcom. (3h)
ENG 373. Literature and Film. (3h)
SOC 366. Sociological Analysis of Film. (3h)
WGS 321. Gays and Lesbians in Literature and Film (3h)