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Film Studies, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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        • Film Studies, Minor
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        • Media and Screen Studies, Minor
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The film studies minor focuses on one of the most influential art forms of the 20th century and provides the tools required to analyze the formal aspects of cinema, as well as the broader aesthetic, social, cultural, political, and technological contexts. The minor has been structured to ground students in basic aspects of the field—a foundational course, an analysis course, a creative course, and a theory course. By design, many of the courses included in the film studies minor explore questions of class, ethnicity, gender, identity, nationality, race, and sexual orientation.

Students must complete a minimum of three courses exclusive to this minor beyond the courses required for the student’s declared major(s) and additional minor(s).

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Foundation
Complete one of the following:4
MSCR 1100
Film 101
MSCR 2895
Film Analysis
Analysis
Complete one of the following:4
ARTH 1001
and ARTH 1002
Visual Intelligence
and Seminar in Visual Intelligence
ARTH 2212
Survey of the Still and Moving Image
MSCR 2330
Film Genres
MSCR 2335
Race and Social Justice in American Film
MSCR 2336
American Film and Culture
Creative
Complete one of the following:4
ARTD 3485
Experimental Video
MSCR 1230
Introduction to Film Production
MSCR 2160
Narrative Filmmaking
MSCR 3389
Screenwriting
MSCR 3390
Screenwriting: Feature Films
MSCR 3446
Documentary Production
THTR 3670
Mixed-Media Performance Lab
Theory
Complete one of the following:4
MSCR 3392
Gender and Film
MSCR 3600
Film Theory
MUSC 1113
Film Music

 GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor.

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