FILM STUDIES

FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

WILLIAM G. CHRIST, Ph.D., Professor, Communication

AARON DELWICHE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Communication

PATRICK KEATING, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Communication; Chair

THOMAS SEBASTIAN, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

RITA E. URQUIJO-RUIZ, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

MICHAEL T. WARD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

The minor in Film Studies is an interdisciplinary program that explores film as a cultural, artistic, and commercial product. Students will have the opportunity to study film principles through theory, history, and practice.

          THE MINOR

The requirements for a minor in Film Studies are as follows:

I.      Complete 21 semester hours in the following distribution:

A.    FILM 1301, Introduction to Film Studies, and FILM 2301, International Cinema.

B.     Six hours taken from at least two departments from the Study Coursework list.

C.     Three hours from the Practice Coursework list.

D.     Six hours of electives chosen from either the Study or Practice Coursework list.

II.      Guidelines for selection of coursework:

A.    At least nine hours of coursework in the Film Studies Minor must be upper division.

B.     No more than nine hours of the coursework can be taken from one department to fulfill the requirements of the minor.

FILM 1301         Introduction to Film Studies

This course is an introduction to the artistic, cultural, and scholarly importance of film. The course focuses on the development of film as a complex art form, the evolution of narrative as part of a formal system, the development of the industry and film genres, critical and cultural approaches to film analysis, and the construction of the audience. Students will read excerpts from primary texts as well as more general texts dealing with film interpretation and criticism. (Also listed as ARTH 1301, COMM 1302, ENGL 1301, and ML&L 1301.)

FILM 2301         International Cinema

This course focuses on the cultural and critical analysis of international films as an expression of particular artistic genres and/or styles within specific historical, ideological, and cultural contexts. Films selected have achieved wide, critical acclaim; others reveal unique and important visions of human experience; while still others are selected for their political, ideological, or sociological significance. Students should develop an awareness that the medium of film has a history and that its history is not confined to national boundaries. (Also listed as ARTH 2301, COMM 2301, ENGL 2300, and ML&L 2301.)

FILM STUDIES CORE

Study Coursework

COMM 3325             Special Topics: Women Journalists in Film and Novel

COMM 3325             Special Topics: Vietnam War in Film and Television

COMM 3325             Special Topics: Animation: The Golden Years

COMM 3325             Special Topics: Modern Animation

DRAM 2332             Play Structure and Analysis

HIST 3372                Black Images in Film

ML&L 3303              Chinese Cinema

ML&L 3311              French Cinema

PHIL 3357                Philosophy of Film

SPAN 3321              Spanish Cinema

SPAN 3322              Spanish American Cinema

PLSI 1332                Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World

RELI 3318                Religion, Literature, and Film

Practice Coursework

ART 2350                Beginning Photography

ART 3350                Intermediate Photography

ART 4-50                 Photography: Advanced

ART 2352                Digital Photography: Beginning

ART 3352                Digital Photography: Intermediate

ART 4-52                 Digital Photography: Advanced

ART 2380                Digital Art

ART 3380                Advanced Digital Art

COMM 3340             Media Writing: Scriptwriting

COMM 3342             Visual Communication: Narrative Production

COMM 3342             Visual Communication: Theory and Practice of Montage

COMM 4350             Advanced Producing

DRAM 1320             Introduction to Production Techniques

DRAM 1352             Acting I

DRAM 2310             Principles of Design

DRAM 2314             Principles of Stage Lighting

DRAM 2352             Acting II: Scene Study

DRAM 3340             Directing

ENGL 3302              Fiction Writing