Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
The film studies minor combines study in two tracks: film theory (FT) and film production (FP). Film theory includes film analysis and the exploration of film histories in relation to genre and diverse national cultures. Film theory encourages students to acquire a theoretical, comparative, and critical understanding of film as well as some appreciation for film production. Film production focuses on the practice of film and video preparation within the context of film theory. As part of declaring the minor with the Chair, each student selects an advisor from program faculty in the appropriate track. Students in the film theory or film production track then select their courses in consultation with their advisor.
Requirements for the Minor in Film Studies
The minor requires successful completion of the following:
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Course Requirements | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to World Cinema | ||
| History of Film: Invention to Mid-Century | ||
| History of Film: Mid-Century to the Present | ||
| Select one additional course in introductory film theory or film production: | 4 | |
| Film Theory (FT) | ||
| The Films of Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Introduction to World Cinema | ||
| History of Film: Invention to Mid-Century | ||
| History of Film: Mid-Century to the Present | ||
| Film Production (FP) | ||
| Line, Form and Space: Studies in Drawing, Photography and Sculpture | ||
| Color, Motion, and Time: Studies in Digital Art, Painting, and Video | ||
| Topics in Electronic and Interactive Art | ||
| Intermediate Documentary Projects in Photography | ||
| Beginning Video Production | ||
| Select at least two additional courses in advanced film theory or film production: | 8 | |
| Film Theory (FT) | ||
| The History of French Cinema | ||
| German Film | ||
| German Queer Cinema | ||
| A History Written in Blood: The Partition of India | ||
| The Outlaw in American Culture | ||
| Narrating Place/Space in Contemporary World Film | ||
| Polish Film | ||
| Body Film: Representing the Body in Contemporary World Cinema | ||
| Russian and Soviet Film | ||
| Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Cinema | ||
| Film Production (FP) | ||
| The Lens and the Landscape: Documentary Studies and the Environment | ||
| Cutting Time: Topics in Contemporary Video Production and the Moving Image | ||
| Advanced Seminar in the Production of Video and the Moving Image | ||
| Select at least two additional approved electives from the above lists or from the courses below: 1 | 8 | |
| Junior Seminar | ||
| American Animation, 1910-1960 | ||
| Chinese Martial Arts Cinema | ||
| Modern China through Fiction and Film | ||
| History of Film: Invention to Mid-Century | ||
| Modern France Through Film and Text | ||
| Existentialism in Film | ||
| Spanish-American Short Fiction and Film | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 24 | |
| 1 | Thus, a film production student elects two courses in film theory and a film theory student elects two courses in film production. |