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Film and International Cultures, Minor

2021-2022 Edition

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The minor in Film and International Cultures allows students to study the rapidly expanding global visual culture. Students will explore the history, theory, aesthetics and criticism of film and other moving-image media on a global scale and in relation to culture, other arts, politics and propaganda. The minor also explores how the image and the film/propaganda industry shape the world we live in and the ways in which we conceive of ourselves and others.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Note: At least two of the courses taken for the minor must be at or above the 2000 level.

Required Culture Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
CLTR 1120Introduction to Languages, Literature, and Culture4
CLTR 2001World Cultures through Film4

Film and Culture Study

Course List
Code Title Hours
Select one of the following pairings:8
CLTR 1240
and CLTR 1505
Latin American Film
and Latin American Culture, History, and Politics
CLTR 1260
and CLTR 1700
Japanese Film
and Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
CLTR 2715
and LACS 1220
New Media Narratives in Latin America: Local and Global Dimensions
and Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies

Elective

Note: Courses taken for this requirement cannot be double-counted with courses taken to fulfill the film and culture study requirement.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following:4
CLTR 1151
Muslim Writers and the Qur’an (in English Translations)
CLTR 1240
Latin American Film
CLTR 1260
Japanese Film
CLTR 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
CLTR 1501
Introduction to French Culture
CLTR 1502
Introduction to Arabic Culture
CLTR 1503
Introduction to Italian Culture
CLTR 1504
Cultural History of Spain
CLTR 1505
Latin American Culture, History, and Politics
CLTR 1506
Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture
CLTR 1700
Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
CLTR 2715
New Media Narratives in Latin America: Local and Global Dimensions
CLTR 3715
New Narratives: Latin America after 1989
CLTR 3725
Representing Violence and Human Rights in Latin America
CLTR 4655
Latin American Literature

GPA Requirement 

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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